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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Allison Benedikt joins Slate editor June Thomas and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss Orange Is the New Black, Christine Quinn’s run for New York mayor, and Hanna Rosin’s new Atlantic piece about the Craigslist killer.
Items discussed in the show:
- “White is the New White,” a critique of OITNB by Aura Bogato.
- Piper Kerman’s memoir, on which the show is based.
- New York magazine’s profile of Christine Quinn.
- Katie Roiphe’s Slate column asking why more women aren’t supporting Quinn.
- Hanna Rosin’s snail-mail interview with Craigslist killer accomplice Brogan Rafferty.
DoubleX endorsements:
June Thomas recommends Sarah Stillman’s excellent New Yorker piece on civil forfeiture and the BBC America show, Broadchurch.
Noreen Malone says to check out a “slow ass” version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and the Cut’s slideshow of the “Secret Shoes Beneath Every Woman’s Desk.”
Allison Benedikt plugs Emily Oster’s new DoubleX blog, “Expecting Better: Pregnancy by the Numbers.”
Also, live show reminder! The DoubleX Gabfest will be at George Mason University’s Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 18. Buy tickets here!