About Tedra Osell
Tedra Osell owns the blog Bitch PhD (http://bitchphd.blogspot.com). She has published in venues as diverse as The Minnesota Review, Eighteenth-Century Studies, and the Suicide Girls Newswire. She taught English at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, before moving to Ventura, CA in order to escape the snow.
Electoral Dog Whistles Are Giving Me A Headache
From: Tedra Osell To: Courtney E. Martin; Wendy Shanker I love Wendy's imaginary “bitch” speech for Clinton. (Of course, I would.) And like Courtney, I was appalled—no, make that, seriously pissed off—at Charlotte Allen's simpering blow job to the patriarchy. … Read More
Hillary Clinton Should Run on Her Own Merits
From: Tedra Osell To: Courtney E. Martin; Wendy Shanker I can't get on board with getting rid of “women's issues.” I know what the problem with that term is—much like “women's studies” or “minority studies” in academia, it effectively ghettoizes … Read More
Electing Hillary Would Be A Symbolic Victory For Women, But Obama Should Win
From: Tedra Osell To: Courtney E. Martin; Wendy Shanker Do women have any special obligation to support Clinton's candidacy? The obvious answer is no — only the most reactionary kind of identity politics would assert that women must support women, … Read More