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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate senior editor Dan Kois and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss rape jokes, the rehabilitation of cad politicians Anthony Weiner and Mark Sanford, and a new article on the biology of loneliness.

Other items discussed in the show:

• Onion item about Chris Brown and Rihanna.
• Onion on the Cleveland kidnapping case.
• Salon on the rape joke double standard.
• Sady Doyle on Sam Morrill’s unfunny rape jokes.
• Slate’s John Dickerson on Mark Sanford.
• The New Republic’s Judith Shulevitz on the science of loneliness.

DoubleX endorsements:

Hanna Rosin recommends that you check out The Reductress, and the episode of Veep called “Helsinki.”

Noreen Malone says you should read “Lip Shtick,” by Texas Monthly’s Pamela Colloff.

Dan Kois recommends you read Mur Lafferty’s new novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City.

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