DoubleX Gabfest: The Three Sexy Witches Edition
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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin joins Outward editor June Thomas and New Yorkeditor Noreen Malone to discuss Gamergate, the woman who tried to kill her violent autistic child, and the history of witches.
Other items discussed in the show:
- David Auerbach in Slate on how to end Gamergate
- Auerbach again on anonymity as culture
- Anita Sarkeesian’s New York Times op-ed
- Chris Suellentrop on the “Disheartening Gamergate Campaign”
- Hanna’s New York magazine cover on Kelli Stapleton
- Andrew Solomon’s Far From the Tree
- Ruth Padawer on the “Kids Who Beat Autism”
- Katherine Howe’s Conversion
- The Penguin Book of Witches
- The trendy witches of Brooklyn
DoubleX recommendations:
Hanna Rosin has read and re-read the New Yorker profile of Billy Joel by Nick Paumgarten.
June loves Paper Love, by Sarah Wildman.
Noreen (sort of) recommends the movie Listen Up Philip, starring Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss.
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