feminism

Bitch Popaganda: Complaint Department Edition

Audio post by Kelsey Wallace on November 13, 2009 - 2:40pm; tagged Bitch Popaganda, clothing, Degrassi: The Next Generation, feminism, Jane Lynch, Noncomplaining Project, podcast, Project Runway, women's happiness.

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Listen in as Sara, Jonanna, and Kelsey debate the merits of The Noncomplaining Project, women's happiness, and young people and their darned expressive clothing. You can hear the episode right here on our site, or subscribe to Bitch Media on iTunes and download it there. You can also access our audio files by visiting our page at archive.org.

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The Transcontinental Disability Choir: Glee-ful Appropriation

Social Commentary post by s.e. smith on November 12, 2009 - 12:22pm; tagged disability, fail, feminism, Fox, Glee, television, Transcontinental Disability Choir.

promotional poster for Glee, showing the upper torso of Artie, a white student with large glasses and a beige sweater. Standing behind him is another student, Puck, who is also white and wearing a blue tee shirt. Puck is making the 'loser' symbol with his hand placed in front of Artie's forehead, implying that Artie is a loser. Text reads: 'glee: a biting comedy for the underdog in all of us.' Image does not depict Artie's wheelchair, although this is a focal point of his character.

The much anticipated Very Special Disability Episode of Glee, "Wheels" aired last night. And already the rave reviews are flooding in. It's "edgy," it's "a game changer," it's "controversial," it's "moving," it's "thought provoking." Twitter is aflutter with praise. Did everyone else watch the same episode I watched?

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R.I.P. Captain Lou Albano: Feminist Antiheroes 'R' Good Enough

TV post by Kelsey Wallace on October 14, 2009 - 10:17am; tagged Captain Lou Albano, Cyndi Lauper, feminism, Goonies, The Brawl to End it All, wrestling, WWF.

This morning, professional wrestler, Cyndi Lauper video star, and feminist antihero Captain Lou Albano passed away at the age of 76. For you youngsters out there who may not be familiar with Captain Lou (or even for those of us who are), you will absolutely not regret taking 12 minutes out of your day to watch this epic Lauper/Albano collaboration video, "Goonies 'R' Good Enough":

The epic tale! The always-confusing facial rubber bands! Captain Lou! Cyndi Lauper! The Goonies! It doesn't get any better than this, folks. That is unless you consider Captain Lou Albano's staging of a pro-wrestling event wherein he and Cyndi Lauper battled on MTV over sexist remarks called The Brawl to End it All a better story.

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