#yesallwomen, paid menstrual leave, and Sophia Amoruso on this week’s Double X Gabfest.

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Slate’s weekly women’s roundtable.
May 29 2014 9:16 AM

DoubleX Gabfest: The #Hashtag Edition

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In this week’s Gabfest, Slate senior editor Jessica Winter joins Outward editor June Thomas and New York editor Noreen Malone to discuss #yesallwomen, the hashtag response to this weekend’s Santa Barbara shootings; paid menstrual leave; and Sophia Amoruso and her new book #Girlboss.

Some of the stories discussed in the episode:

  • A Mashable article on #yesallwomen.
  • When Women Refuse, a site that collects stories of violence against women who refuse men’s advances.
  • Katy Waldman’s Slate article on paid menstrual leave.
  • The New York magazine profile of Sophia Amoruso.

DoubleX recommendations:

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Jessica says you should read the poem “The Houselights,” by Robyn Schiff, and also recommends Schiff's Revolver, a poetry collection so good it transcends seasickness.*

Noreen suggests a midcentury working girl novel, The Best of Everything, by Rona Jaffe.

June recommends Faking It, an MTV show about two teenagers who pretend to be a lesbian couple to boost their popularity. Despite the questionable premise, June says the show has some surprisingly poignant moments.

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Correction, May 29, 2014: This post originally misstated the title of the Robyn Schiff poem "The Houselights."

Noreen Malone is a senior editor at New York Magazine.

June Thomas is managing producer of Slate podcasts.

Jessica Winter is Slate’s features editor and the author of the novel Break in Case of Emergency.