Welcome!Login or Register
Bitch Magazine
  • About Us
  • Browse
  • Blogs
  • Magazine
  • Projects
  • Subscribe
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Activism
  • Art
  • Books
  • Broadcast
  • Consumer culture
  • Film
  • Internet culture
  • Music
  • Social commentary

Browse

Twelve years of Bitch wrapped in a friendly interactive interface.

Current search

You're browsing:
[×] 1995
[×] media

Guided search

Department

  • Social commentary (2)

Content type

  • Article (2)

Date authored

:
all » 1995
  • 12/1995 (2)

Tags

:
all » media
2 results

Results

Bait and Switch Sassy

Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Premiere; published in 1996; filed under Social commentary; tagged gender roles, magazines, media, misogyny, sassy, sexuality, stereotypes, teens.

Back in March a horrible thing happened. After a few months of checking the newsstands for my beloved Sassy, wondering what the hell was up and why I couldn’t find it anywhere, suddenly there it was—mutilated almost beyond recognition. Peterson Publishing (they also own Guns & Ammo) bought Sassy, replaced the entire staff, and gutted the editorial philosophy—and the new staff is trying to pretend that it’s the same magazine it always was.

Read
Share
Delicious DeliciousDigg DiggStumbleUpon StumbleUponFacebook Facebook
Enter one address or multiple addresses separated with commas.
1 comment

Editors' Letter: Premiere

Introduction
Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Premiere; published in 1996; filed under Social commentary; tagged body image, conditioning, confrontation, female sexuality, magazines, media, sexuality.

This magazine is about speaking up.

I’ve always been a media junkie. Magazines, movies, television—I love them all and tend to consume them voraciously. But indiscriminate media consumption, maybe more than any other binge, can make you sick.

Read
Share
Delicious DeliciousDigg DiggStumbleUpon StumbleUponFacebook Facebook
Enter one address or multiple addresses separated with commas.
0 comments

Email List Signup

Latest Issue

Current Issue Cover ImageSubscribe  |  Look Inside

Most Popular

Most Discussed
  • Bitch's fate is in your hands
  • I really really really can't stress strongly enough
  • We've made history together!
  • The A-word in popular media: A plea for help
  • Multiply & Conquer
Most Read
  • Bitch's fate is in your hands
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Feminism But Were Afraid to Ask
  • Loud
  • Mad Science
  • Hard Times

Recent comments

  • Too Much Rape For Me
    Bond Girl Power
    idyllicmollusk (not verified)
  • welx!
    Add the "S" to Feminism
    cripchick (not verified)
  • This could only be douchyer if...
    What's the German word for douchebag?
    joshuax (not verified)
  • Bond Women vs. Bond's Women
    Bond Girl Power
    Jennifer K. Stuller (not verified)
  • Thank You for this!
    Read it and weep: Atlantic Monthly advises women to just settle, already — you're not getting any younger, right?
    Autumnlee (not verified)

Photos

2654303754_2b927683ccsm[art] an auction to benefit bitch magazineQuiz Mistress Toni2654303176_d445a10e84Turn it up!DSC_0045.JPGThe registration tableConsidering the optionsSaveBitch_728x90.pngDSC_0141.JPGIMG_0848.JPGDSC_0038.JPGIMG_9462.JPGDSC_0057.JPGWired-39_ReleaseFlyer-web.jpg

Bitch Radio

  • Bitch Radio Episode 2: The Genesis of Genesis
    The audio adventure continues
Syndicate contentiTunes_sm_bdg.png

sidebar-ad-free-blog.png

  • About Us
    • Staff
    • Our history
    • Founders
    • FAQs
    • Get involved
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Press
    • Bitchfest
  • Browse
    • Activism
    • Art
    • Books
    • Broadcast
    • Consumer culture
    • Film
    • Internet culture
    • Music
    • Social commentary
  • Blogs
    • Subscribe to Feed of All Posts
  • Magazine
    • Subscribe
    • Back Issues
    • Advertise
    • Contributor's Guidelines
    • Where to Buy
    • Customer Service
  • Projects
    • Events
    • Lecture Series
  • Subscribe
  • Search
  • Donate

Be our friend?

  • facebook.png Facebook
  • myspace_icon.png MySpace
  • stumbleit.png StumbleUpon
  • youtube_icon.png YouTube
  • delicious_icon.jpg del.icio.us
  • flickr_icon_.jpg Flickr
© 2008 B-word Worldwide | Content wrangling by Kyla Wagener | Website by Quilted