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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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May 17, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 14: A Short and Potentially Hazardous Guide to Sparring Strategy
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April 28, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 13: Blood, Sweat, Tears, and Miscellaneous
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April 8, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 12: You Say You Want a Non-Violent Revolution
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March 19, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 11: On Impact
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March 1, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 10: Pain is Womanly, and Other Bullshit Myths of Childbirth
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February 11, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 9: Ghost Stories
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January 22, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 8: Sparring Class
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January 7, 2010Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 7: Choose Your Weapons
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December 15, 2009Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 6: Tidings of Comfort and, uh,…
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November 30, 2009Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 5: Women Beware Women
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November 9, 2009Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 4: Lineage
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October 20, 2009Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting: Column 3: Madness
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