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Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting
Self-defense instructor, black belt, and generally cranky person Susan Schorn trains at Sun Dragon Martial Arts in Austin, Texas, where she learned karate from a second-wave feminist who could snap people’s bones like breadsticks. She is also the author of the memoir Smile at Strangers, and Other Lessons In the Art of Living Fearlessly. She has been hit in the head more than most McSweeney’s columnists.
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April 6, 2011Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 26: Below the Belt
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February 21, 2011Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 25: Mano a Mano
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January 26, 2011Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 24: Connecting
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December 10, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 23: The Insanity Defense
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November 4, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 22: Amber Portwood’s Very Bad Day
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October 4, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 21: Lockdown: Austin, Texas, September 28,
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September 29, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 20: Sticks and Stones
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September 8, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 19: Speaking as a Woman Who Has Been Punched in the Face…
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August 2, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 18: Breaking the Mirror
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July 8, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 17: A Child’s Garden of Moral Danger
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June 22, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 16: Cross, Training
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June 3, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 15: Security
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