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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX managing editor Allison Benedikt joins New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone and DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin to discuss Naomi Wolf’s new book, Vagina: A New Biography, and the onslaught of negative reviews the book has inspired; the recent discovery of a scrap of papyrus from the 4^th Century that appears to refer to Jesus’ wife; and Mindy Kaling, whose new show, The Mindy Project, premieres on Fox next week.

Other items discussed in the show:  

• Ariel Levy’s review of Vagina in The New Yorker.
• The New York Times review of Vagina.
• Kat Stoeffel’s sort-of defense of the book and Wolf.
• Naomi Wolf’s first book, The Beauty Myth.
• The New York Times story, “A Faded Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus’ Wife”.
• David Haglund’s BrowBeat post, “Jesus Was Married?”
• New York Magazine’s Mindy Kaling cover story.
• Alyssa Rosenberg’s DoubleX post, “Is TV Really Ready for a Single Woman Who Doesn’t Want a Man?”
• Mindy Kaling’s old blog, Things I’ve Bought that I Love.

DoubleX endorsements:

• Hanna Rosin recommends New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells’ review of Eleven Madison Park.
• Noreen Malone wants you to check out the Longform Podcast, and in particular the Janet Reitman episode.
• Allison Benedikt says you should be watching the sappy but great NBC show, Parenthood.