http://bitchmagazine.org/tag/independent-magazines The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bitchmagazine.org/post/mary-harris-jones-must-be-turning-in-her-grave <p>I've been debating whether I should post this for a few days, but I've decided I must.   </p> <p>Earlier this week, I went to the <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/" target="_blank">Mother Jones</a> website to find an old article I wanted to post here. But my search was interrupted when I saw an ad for Wal-Mart pop up. </p> <p>An ad for Wal-Mart on the website of a magazine that calls itself:    </p> <blockquote><p>An independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting. </p> </p></blockquote> <p><p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/mary-harris-jones-must-be-turning-in-her-grave">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/mary-harris-jones-must-be-turning-in-her-grave#comments Bitch on Wheels independent magazines independent publishing horrors Wal-Mart WTF? Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:54:29 -0400 Debbie Rasmussen 661 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/post/tote-bags-and-independent-magazines <p>I finally unpacked from last weekend's <a href="http://www.freepress.net/conference" target="_blank">NCMR</a>, and unloaded the special NCMR tote bag. I've learned from the past couple conferences I've attended that tote bags are apparently a necessary part of every conference. Am I being an ungracious a**hole when I say I find this ridiculous? Sure, tote bags are helpful in organizing all the conference materials and other items handed out at workshops, but don't people bring their own bags?</p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/tote-bags-and-independent-magazines">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/tote-bags-and-independent-magazines#comments Bitch on Wheels conferences independent magazines magazines media criticism media reform Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:12:13 -0400 Debbie Rasmussen 490 at http://bitchmagazine.org