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DoubleX Gabfest: The Cate Blanchett’s Mink edition

We talk to Maureen Dowd about sexism in Hollywood.

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On this week’s Gabfest, Slate’s Hanna Rosin and June Thomas join New York editor Noreen Malone to discuss Maureen Dowd’s New York Times Magazine article, “The Women of Hollywood Speak Out”; Carol, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt; and Palo Alto, California’s unusually high number of teen suicides.  

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DoubleX recommendations:

June recommends Jessica Jones on Netflix.

Hanna recommends Caitlin Flanagan’s funny review of Curvology.

Noreen recommends Desk Set by Walter Lang.

This podcast was produced by Ann Heppermann. Our intern is Shiva Bayat.

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