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A little appreciation for Pamela, please

Bitch on Wheels post by Debbie Rasmussen, Submitted by Debbie Rasmussen on April 15, 2008 - 11:38pm; tagged authors, celebrities, commercialism, corporations, read this, sexualizing.

Thanks to Jennifer Pozner for defending Pam's choice of reading material. If we're lucky, Ms. Anderson will propel Unmarketable into the best-seller world the same way Posh Spice did for Skinny Bitch.

pamela anderson reads unmarketable

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An "arrghhh!" end to a "gaaaah!" week

Love / Shove post by Andi Zeisler, Submitted by Andi Zeisler on January 13, 2008 - 9:03pm; tagged authors, politics, WTF?, zero-sum shenanigans.

Wow, was this a bad week to be in the midst of production on the new issue of Bitch.

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Bitch in Brooklyn

Bitch on Wheels post by Debbie Rasmussen, Submitted by Debbie Rasmussen on October 6, 2007 - 10:19pm; tagged authors, fundraising, on the road.

Perched on a Brooklyn patio in still-perfect weather, Lisa and I mapped out our time here. Then it was off to our first fundraising house party, hosted by Jennifer Baumgardner—who's interviewed in our current issue about her new book, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics.

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Tea Time

Valencia's Michelle Tea Likes it Caffeinated

An interview with Michelle Tea by Andi Zeisler, published in 2000; filed under Books; tagged authors, dykes, Michelle Tea, queer, San Francisco, sex industry, Sister Spit, spoken word.

Valencia's Michelle Tea Likes it Caffeinated

Michelle Tea loves words, and it shows. As one of the founders of San Francisco's brilliantly loopy poetry slam-cum-cabaret Sister Spit, the 28-year-old Tea's flair for whipping tales of life and love into hilarious dramalogues have made her a local favorite on the spoken-word scene, and her gleeful energy and tongue-twisty stylings come through just as loud on paper.

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