http://bitchmagazine.org/tag/violence The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bitchmagazine.org/post/and-while-im-at-it <p>motherfucker. </p></p> <p>Why? </p></p> <p>Where did this word come from? </p> <p>Every time I hear it, a similar jolt goes through my body.  </p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/and-while-im-at-it#comments Bitch on Wheels language offensive language violence violent language Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:29:26 -0400 Debbie Rasmussen 536 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/article/comics-cold-shoulder <p>There’s a new Bat in Gotham City. Like Bruce Wayne, she’s a rich socialite by day and a black-clad vigilante at night. And, also like Bruce Wayne, in both incarnations she’s apt to sweep the ladies off their feet. Kate Kane, the new, revamped Batwoman, isn’t the first lesbian character to debut in the DC Comics universe, but she might have the highest profile. Last June, DC Executive Director Dan DiDio issued a press release saying the move was intended “to get a better cross-section of our readership and the world.” </p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/article/comics-cold-shoulder">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/article/comics-cold-shoulder#comments activism Books comics heroes heroins misogyny On Comics superheroines violence Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:00:00 -0500 Kyla 132 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/article/holy-rollers <p>Talk about old school. In skating rinks around the nation, saucy dames are getting together and strapping on old-fashioned quad rol­ler skates to jam, block, and pummel each other. The roller derby revival is on. More than two dozen leagues operate across the country, with an average of 30 to 40 active skaters each (some leagues even boast as many as 60), and many more are in the works.</p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/article/holy-rollers">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/article/holy-rollers#comments competition On Wheels riot grrrl roller derby sexualizing Social commentary sports violence Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Kyla 200 at http://bitchmagazine.org