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Issue 41 | Fall 2008
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Making a Racket: Metal Maidens, Laughing Ladies, Ambitious Authors. Plus: MC Invincible

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Editor's Letter
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Bitch In
Books—Bitch reads. Plus: A q&a with Live Through This editor Sabrina Chapadjiev.
Music—Suggested listening.
The Back Page—Annals of quietude

Columns
||| On Marketing—The girls’ guide to hunting and fishing stores.
||| On the Tube—The New Jersey 4’s trial by media.
||| On the Shelf—The new cosmetic cover-up.

Features
::: Laugh Trap—From politics to comedy, women’s voices are judged and ridiculed. Is it the sound that’s so scary—or what they’re saying?

::: A Good Offense—When it comes to comedy, Julie Goldman & Kate Rigg want women to take back the mic.

::: Lowest Comment Denominator—Why it’s time to give blog comments the silent treatment.

::: Lady of the Knights—Linda Stein and the art of soft power.

::: Horning In—The case for feminist metal. Plus: A guide to the heaviest women in rock.

::: The Ambition Condition—Women, writing, and the problem of success.

::: Ya? Why not?—It’s a new golden age of young-adult fiction. Five contemporary authors tell us why. Plus: A q&a with author Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu.

::: Heavy Flow—Detroit MC Invincible amps up the conversation about music and social justice.

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