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On this week’s Double X Gabfest, Slate’s Hanna Rosin and June Thomas join New York editor Noreen Malone to talk about Emma Sulkowicz’s sex tape/performance art about sexual assault, Caitlyn Jenner and what it means to be a woman, and Aziz Ansari’s book on the sociology of modern dating.
Other items discussed in the show:
- Emma Sulkowicz’s latest artwork, Ceci N’est Pas Un Viol
- Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover
- “What Makes a Woman?” by Elinor Burkett in the New York Times
- “What Is a Woman?” by Michelle Goldberg in the New Yorker
- Republicans’ reactions to Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out, from the Washington Post
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
- Amanda Hess’ review of Modern Romance in Slate
- The book trailer for Modern Romance
DoubleX recommendations:
June recommends the Wachowskis’ new Netflix show, Sense8.
Hanna recommends the Julie Sokolow documentary, Aspie Seeks Love, and Mystery Show, the new podcast from This American Life alumna Starlee Kine.
Noreen recommends watching oldie, feminist-y movies such as Thelma & Louise.
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