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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Slate writer Amanda Hess and New York editor Noreen Malone to discuss Adrian Peterson, the New Republic’s feminism debate, and the “real men” meme.

Other items discussed in the show:

• Adrian Peterson accused of child abuse.
• Slate’s Will Saletan on corporal punishment in public schools in East Texas.
• The New Republic’s debate on feminism’s future.
• Damon Linker in the Week on how feminism is just another word for liberalism now.
• Obama’s full statement on how “real men” don’t hit women.
• BuzzFeed’s “28 Ways to Spot a Real Man.”

DoubleX recommendations:

Amanda Hess recommends you check out the feminist site, the Toast.

Hanna recommends Caitlin Moran’s new novel, How to Build a Girl. She will be interviewing Moran in New York on Sept. 25. You can find more information here.

Noreen Malone likes Sheila Heti’s new book, Women in Clothes. 

DoubleX plugs:

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