History
The first issue of bitch was published in January 1996 in Oakland, California. The founding editors, Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler, along with founding art director Benjamin Shaykin, wanted to create a public forum in which to air thoughts and theories on women, gender, and feminist issues, especially as they appear within the lens of the media.
In 2001, a loan from San Francisco's Independent Press Association allowed Jervis and Zeisler to quit their day jobs and work on bitch full-time.
bitch celebrated its 10th anniversary in August 2006 by publishing a bitch anthology entitled BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine. Edited by bitch founders Jervis and Zeisler, BITCHfest includes essays, rants and raves, and reviews reprinted from previous issues of bitch magazine, along with new pieces written especially for the anthology.
In March 2007, bitch relocated from its offices in Oakland, California, to Portland, Oregon. The magazine's 50th issue was published in 2011. Also in 2011, bitch won an Utne Reader Independent Press Award for Best Social/Cultural Coverage.
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