‘itch’ is efficiently multipurpose - it not only describes who we are when we speak up, it describes the very act of making ourselves heard.”įeaturing more than 50 essays, “Bitchfest” is a smorgasbord of feminist thought, outrage and exploration. And if we do, the word loses its power to hurt us. “If being an outspoken woman means being a bitch,” they write, “we’ll take that as a compliment, thanks. IN their introduction to “Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism From the Pages of Bitch Magazine,” editors Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler explain the seemingly pejorative name of both their magazine and this book-length collection of its greatest hits.
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