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A LGBTQI+ Bitchtopia Playlist
Most popular artists nowadays are straight cisgendered people who, although try to show their support for LGBTQI+ people, they sometimes fail to do so properly. It is time to bring awareness to...
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MitchFest Comes To An End
On Tuesday night, the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival organizer, Lisa Vogel, announced on Facebook that this year would be the festival’s final year. Her statement does not explain the exact reason...
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Harnaam Kaur
lwilson-illustration.co.uk Today’s inspirational woman: Harnaam Kaur. Kaur is a 24 year old British woman with Polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes her to grow facial hair. Kaur spent many years of...
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The Concrete Island
my papi and I took a soul trip home and Borinken opened her arms and kissed our brown skin we were running from the ice that had turned into a cage of despair and homesickness we walked on the sand at...
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In Celebration of Girlfriends
“You would be the best boyfriend,” I recently texted a friend, “except for the lack of penis.” “Good friends are basically boyfriends that you don’t want to bang,”she responded. Good girlfriends ARE...
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This Inked Body
Your name is a sweet pearl in the middle of my mouth resting on my restless tongue, my restless tongue stilled by your words, by your eyes. Your name is a sweet pearl in my mouth rolling back and...
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Quiet.
Sometimes the world is just too big. Sometimes, my world is too small. I retrace my steps around old towns; old cities I once lived,old picturesque memories I can still see hanging tangibly in the air...
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The Representation of British Female Politicians in the Media
Women have often suffered from limited representations in the media and breaking this stigma is an ongoing issue that many attempt to resolve. Sadly, in 2015 the issue is still burning....
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Stop Girl Hate
by Esperanza M. Five times a week I sit in classrooms where the majority of people are girls. Five times a week I sit in classrooms where girls hate other girls. And twice a week I spend two hours in...
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Featured Artist: Poet Anna Webb
From the collection: In the Bones Some Days Some days, it looks like everything around me is floating. I climb all the way to the top of the tallest tree in my front yard, and watch all of the leaves...
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Bitchtopia’s Interview with Chastity Belt’s Julia Shapiro
After hearing about Chastity Belt for more than a year, I finally succumbed and checked them out a month ago. It like love at first sight—or first listen. Their lyrics are sarcastic, yet relatable...
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A Response…
During the Baltimore protests as a response to Mya’s and Freddie Gray’s deaths, my university’s Yik Yak (which is like Twitter, only anonymous) exploded in a flurry of racist comments. My university is...
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The Black Girl Fetish
My first romantic rejection, at aged 8, consisted of a younger somewhat more confident me approaching a cute white boy that went by the name of Oliver. He was two years older than me, had blue eyes and...
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Getting to Know Deerhoof’s Satomi Matsuzaki
Photography by Chad Kamenshine Deerhoof recently celebrated their 20th anniversary and the avant-garde indie band are still as strong as ever. Despite living in separate cities, the band is tight knit...
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It’s Okay to be Girly
by Esperanza M I often hear people saying some women aren’t good examples of strong women because they’re really shy, feminine and sensitive. And I just felt like I had to say this to all my cute...
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Toya Graham is Not Your Hero
Toya Graham, the woman all over the media for slapping her 16 year old son on camera in order to stop him from rioting in Baltimore, is not your hero. She was not trying to embarrass him. She was...
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Why I’m Not Boycotting Game of Thrones
Warning: this article contains spoilers and content that can be triggering to survivors of sexual assault If you’re a Game of Thrones fan or have been on social media sites in the past week, you...
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MCM Comic Con: The Most Girl-Friendly Comic Con I’ve Attended
As someone who enjoys “geeky” stuff, I attended Comic Con on Saturday. The MCM Comic Con in London is special this year, as it contains more female guests than male ones, including feminist television...
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How Yoga Benefits Women’s Health
According to the National Health Interview Survey from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, 21 million U.S. adults and 1.7 million children used yoga to improve their health....
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Interview with Exorsister
I was honored to sit and interview the up and coming grunge-punk band, Exorsister, from North Jersey, which is an off shoot of Wonder Cunt. Exorsister is a mixed gender 4-person group whom post songs...
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