DoubleX Gabfest: The Stop Binge Drinking Edition
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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate’s Outward blog editor June Thomas and New Republic staff writer Noreen Malone to discuss whether women senators were key to the budget deal, a controversial article telling young women not to binge drink or they put themselves at risk of assault, and a New York self-esteem campaign's misuse of the word "beautiful."
Other items discussed in the show:
- New York Times credits women senators for the budget deal.
- Emily Yoffe tells college women to stop binge drinking.
- Kansas City Star on the Maryville rape case.
- Katy Waldman on Bloomberg’s self esteem campaign.
DoubleX endorsements:
Hanna Rosin recommends the hilarious McSweeney’s article on the decorative gourd.
Also, Susan Faludi in The Baffler on Lean In and self esteem feminism.
Noreen Malone recommends Claire Dederer’s Poser.
June Thomas recommends the Public Theater's groundbreaking musical version of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, which she has already seen several times.
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