Identity outrage, women on TV, and a feminist wishlist for 2015.

Is Online Identity Outrage Democratizing or Just Polarizing?

Is Online Identity Outrage Democratizing or Just Polarizing?

Slate’s weekly women’s roundtable.
Dec. 25 2014 7:00 AM

DoubleX Gabfest: The Righteous Feminist Outrage Edition

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In this week’s Gabfest, Slate staff writer Amanda Hess joins Outward editor June Thomas and New York editor Noreen Malone to discuss the current state of identity outrage, how television treated women in 2014, and our feminist wish list for 2015.

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Noreen loves Gilmore Girls, which is now streaming on Netflix.

Amanda recommends Lana Del Ray’s album Ultraviolence (which we discussed on the DoubleX Gabfest back in June).

June says The Missing, on Starz, is enthralling, mysterious, and beautifully acted.

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Amanda Hess is a David Carr fellow at the New York Times. Follow her on Twitter.

Noreen Malone is a senior editor at New York Magazine.

June Thomas is managing producer of Slate podcasts.