feminist media

 

8. Bitch, per our tag line, offers a feminist response to popular culture – and while we love dissecting what's good, bad and ugly in mass media, we aren't just here to weigh in on whether your favorite TV show is feminist or not.

We also love talking about books, movies, websites, TV shows, new organizations and projects you might not have heard about yet, and creators and activists who are working hard to better the lot and increase the visibility of marginalized people everywhere.

 

I caught up with parent/teacher/blogger/activist Paige Schilt to get her take on the new wave of parenting emerging from the genderpocalypse.

Some links for your mindgrapes.

• The day after Jos from Feministing reported on Google +'s gender problem, the company announced the option to make gender private on its profiles. One point for feminist bloggers!
• Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat offers Essence readers her perspective on the Mac McClelland essay.
• s.e. smith at Tiger Beatdown exposes the inaccessibility of 3-D films.
• This blog offers critical reviews and analyses of  Kathryn Stockett's The Help. Be sure to comment and share your voice.
• Sofia Veraga's Emmy nomination prompts Lee Hernandez at Latina to ask, "Do the Emmy Awards Only Reward Latina Stereotypes?"
• Danielle B. at fbomb called and interviewed a member of the Westboro Baptist Church. Wow.
• BitchFlicks reviews upcoming documentary !Women Art Revolution. I'm going to have to check this movie out.
• Someone get me this awesome poster, please?
• Help support "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl" on Kickstarter.

OK, so I guess I was sort of under a rock the past few days, because I kind of missed the Tina Fey mega-freakout that blew up all over the feminist blogosphere. I have only watched a few clips from the episode, and I think I've yammered on (in blog form as well) about Tina Fey enough already, so I won't say anything about SNL here. (Except that I thought the Brownie Husband skit was kinda funny. There. I said it.)

Anywho, getting to the point, all this Tina Fey jibber jabber has me thinking: What DO we want from a feminist comedic actor? What ARE our expectations for our fellow funny feminists? Because of course we don't want to see ladies bashing other ladies, and we don't want to see ladies objectifying themselves in order to get laughs, and we don't want offensive humor that caters to the lowest common denominator (hell, we don't want to see dudes do that either). But what is it that we do want? And is anyone currently giving it to us? Let's discuss.

It's like The View, but we don't have free copies of The Blind Side on DVD to give away. And even if we did, we probably wouldn't distribute them.

Welcome back to another episode of Bitch Popaganda! Tune in as Kjerstin, Shaamini, and Kelsey discuss the ins and outs (zing!) of Fucking While Feminist, the (Re)Birth of Venus Zine, and Liz Lemon vs. Leslie Knope. Plus: Bitch Faves!



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