BITCHfest

Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine

Author: Lisa Jervis
Secondary Author: Andi Zeisler
ISBN: 9780374113438

In the wake of Sassy and as an alternative to the more staid reporting of Ms., Bitch was launched in the mid-nineties as a Xerox-and-staple zine covering the landscape of popular culture from a feminist perspective. Both unabashed in its love for the guilty pleasures of consumer culture and deeply thoughtful about the way the pop landscape reflects and impacts women's lives, Bitch grew to be a popular, full-scale magazine with a readership that stretched worldwide. Today it stands as a touchstone of hip, young feminist thought, looking with both wit and irreverence at the way pop culture informs feminism--and vice versa--and encouraging readers to think critically about the messages lurking behind our favorite television shows, movies, music, books, blogs, and the like. BITCHFest offers an assortment of the most provocative essays, reporting, rants, and raves from the magazine's first ten years, along with new pieces written especially for the collection. Smart, nuanced, cranky, outrag

Publisher: Macmillan
Publish Date: 2006-08-08

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Popular Culture, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Media Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism)