Interview: Three-fer

b.jpgBitch Magazine’s mighty trio, Andi Zeisler, Lisa Jervis, and Rachel Fudge, have graciously submitted to the interview process. Based in Oakland, Bitch Magazine is a feminist response to pop culture. On both Bitch’s website and print magazine you’ll find reviews of every aspect of pop culture based on the premise that we don’t live in a post-feminist world and there are still glaring disparities between the images of women and men presented in the popular media.

So what’s with the name? As it is explained on the website:
When it's being used as an insult, "bitch" is most often hurled at women who speak their minds, we’ll take that as a compliment, thanks. . . If we take it as a compliment, it loses its power to hurt us. And if we can get people thinking about what they're saying when they use the word, that's even better. . . . "bitch" describes all at once who we are when we speak up, what it is we're too worked up over to be quiet about, and the act of making ourselves heard.

Read on for the SF scoop from three of the nicest women we’ve ever interviewed

Names:
Andi Zeisler, Lisa Jervis, Rachel Fudge

Age and Occupation:
32-ish; Bitch magazine brain trust

Home Town:
New York, NY (andi & lisa); San Francisco (Rachel)

How long have you lived in the Bay Area and Where
We have lived here a combined total of more than 50 years, in the Mission, Russian Hill, and North and East Oakland.

Favorite website
Fametracker, Powell's

Favorite dot com or local business
Besides ours? We like Arizmendi and Dogster.com

What We're currently Reading
Last three issues of the New Yorker, Pam Anderson's Star, Thisbe Nissen's Osprey Island

Best Deal in San Francisco
Oakland, actually: 2-for1 nights at the Parkway Theater

Which is better: BART/MUNI/Trolley or Caltrain?
BART. But it would be so much better if it ran all night.

Favorite Spot in the Area
Corona Heights; Presidio Bowl

SF has the BEST:
produce and independent bookstores.

Youíve never lived in SF until:
You've been to a scent-free, vegan, wheat-allergy-aware transgender Seder

Favorite Bay area politician of past or present:We like habitual mayoral candidate Sister Boom-Boom of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Best solicitation from a pan handler:
"Why lie? I need a beer."

You can tell someone is local here IF:
They're not wearing shorts in July

SF would be soooo much better if only:
dogs were allowed everywhere, SUVs were outlawed, and there were more bowling alleys. Oh, and if the cost of living wasn't completely perverted.

Best Burrito in the City:
on the econo tip, El Castellito. for a more high-budget experience, Papilote

Best Restaurant:
Asmara (Oakland) for Ethiopian, Minako for vegan sushi, WeBe Sushi for the non-vegan kids, and Al Hamra for Pakistani food served by cranky men.

Best movie scene filmed in or about SF:
All scenes in *By Hook or by Crook*. Exterior shots in *Behind the Green Door*.

I want all the SFists out there to know:
"Irregardless" is not a word.

Question you'd ask if you were doing this interview:
Got a good dry-cleaner you can recommend?

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