Bitch
Subtitle: feminist response to pop culture
Contributors: Zeisler, Andi, 1972-
Series: Bitch : feminist response to pop culture -- no. 10.
Publisher: Bitch Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco, Ca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Third-wave feminism; Likes and dislikes; Mass media criticism; Pornography; Political aspects
Description: Issue 10 includes a survey on porn vs. erotica, a fat phobic gym advertisement protest, and the new feminist marketing strategy of Mattel's Barbie. There are also articles with a feminist analysis of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the violent sexual appeal of movies about serial killers and murder, idea that vulgar speech loses power when spoken by women, thoughts about fiction on Russian mail order brides, an analysis of companies using women to sell magazines, a critique of magazines featuring Oprah for her movie Beloved, and a piece on the LGBTQ activist group Dyke Action Machine (DAM). There are also paid ads, letters to the editor and interviews with writer Janice Eidus, artist Laura Lengyel known for her female body art, and artist Sadie Benning.
Notes: Also referred to as vol. 4, no. 1.

Title from cover.

Gift of Nicole Hunter, donated in 2011.
Table of contents: title: Editor's letter : Whaddya mean, you don't own a TV? --; title: Dear Bitch --; title: Love it/shove it : fat activism, Barbie's attitude adjustment, and more --; title: Stakes is high : Buffy : marketing is Hellmouth --; title: Elvis, Axl, and she : an interview with Janice Eidus --; title: Snuff box office : Serial killer movies are our new gross national product--; title: #@!% : Bad words aren't just for boys --; title: The body acrylic : actually it's water-based --; title: Moscow girls really knock me out  : And Georgia's always on my mind --; title: Macho cheese : A primer on scary new men's lifestyle mags--; title: You oughta be in pixels : An inteview with filmmaker Sadie Benning --; title: Oprah! Oprah! Oprah! : A triptych --; title: Hot dam : up close and personal with the Dyke Action Machine --; title: Bitch reads --; title: Suggested listening --; title: Suddenly--Susan? : only her surgeon knows for sure --