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by rbecker 2149 days ago
> UCLA professor Safiya Noble wrote an article for Bitch magazine describing how searches for “Black girls” regularly brought up porn sites in top results. “These search engine results, for women whose identities are already maligned in the media, only further debase and erode efforts for social, political, and economic recognition and justice,” she wrote in the article.

Perhaps it's just my media bubble, but I hardly ever (if ever) see black women maligned in the media. Certainly nothing as obvious as an article titled "The trouble with black women". Perhaps it's so subtle that I missed it, or limited to Fox News?

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Wow, there is actually a Bitch magazine.

I'm sure their name extends beyond recent events, but good lord that name should be changed.

> Bitch is an independent, quarterly magazine published in Portland, Oregon.[1] Its tagline is "a feminist response to pop culture".[2] Bitch is published by the non-profit Bitch Media feminist media organization. The magazine includes analysis of current political events, social and cultural trends, television shows, movies, books, music, advertising, and artwork. It has about 80,000 readers. Its editor-in-chief is Evette Dionne.

This is a self-described feminist magazine who's editor is a black woman. If that's the name they like for their magazine, why should they change it? Just because it's a little too edgy for you? Are you even in their target demographic?

>why should they change it?

As we've seen, the only real reason you need to change anything is that someone feels offended by it. Being edgy isn't a defense any more.