A few years ago, my sister gifted me a subscription to Bitch. I don’t think either of us could have predicted how profoundly the magazine would shape and fortify my burgeoning feminist philosophy.As a self-proclaimed “feminist response to pop culture,” Bitch manages to address and examine the gamut of relevant issues necessitating a feminist perspective. In other words, the magazine offers a wide range of fresh and often marginalized opinions about practically everything. What is so inspiring and enlightening about Bitch, is its intention to involve readers in a discourse that respects cultural variations, while recognizing and representing a multiplicity of feminisms.
In the issue “Singular + Plural,” topics range from the politics of identity and language, to religion and breeding, to intentional communities and the ecosystem, to the asexual revolution. Rather than put forward a specific agenda, most articles and reviews encourage readers to ask questions. What is happening and why? What is our role or responsibility? How does this clash or agree with our own values and existence?
Bitch is so lucid that you can read it on a coffee break, yet sophisticated enough to rouse and endure hours of debate. It creates a forum where we can form new opinions or revise old ones. Not to mention, it can be a handy helper, supplying our intellectual arsenals with witty comebacks to a sexist world.
If you didn’t manage to grab hold of “Singular + Plural,” I highly recommend acquiring the latest issue of Bitch (Lost and Found: Issue 38 will be on newsstands soon). Even if you find it doesn’t break new ground, its very presence is likely to spark an interesting conversation.
Review by Sofia Marin
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