Book: BitchFest

ed. by Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler, 2006.

300-plus pages of inspiration, critique, hope, and, of course, some bitching. I accidentally lost my back issues of Bitch, which I started reading in college, but thanks to this anthology, I can reread some of the best pieces any time I want. I can also dip into the list of resources at the end of the book for further feminist-y goodness.

Special favorite story status goes to "Full Frontal Offense: Bringing Abortion Rights to the Ts" by my college advisor and favorite professor, Dr. Rebecca Hyman.

Happy 100th Post!

In honor of reaching triple digits, this post is devoted to a few of the Heroines and Female Role Models in my personal pop culture lexicon.

The entire Bitch Magazine crew: I never feel smarter or more inspired than I do after reading an issue of Bitch.

Neko Case: Her voice is enough to buoy me up when I'm feeling small or weak.

Martha Gellhorn: Fearless.

Veronica Mars: I have this love letter in my head to Veronica, which might appear here someday soon. She's the barometer against which I measure most decisions.

Rose Tyler: She breaks my heart every time. A world-saver.