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On this week’s Gabfest, Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin joins Outward editor June Thomas and New York editor Noreen Malone to talk about the TV show Transparent, the pussification of America, and the best and worst feminist moments of 2015.
Other items discussed in the show:
- Ariel Levy’s New Yorker profile of Jill Soloway
- Sense8
- Slate on the opening credits of Transparent
- Christina Cauterucci in Slate on the pussification of America
- Donald Trump on Hillary’s bathroom break
- Slate looks back on the best and worst moments for women in 2015
DoubleX recommendations:
June is reading Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall.
Noreen finally understands why The Great British Baking Show is awesome. Also, she’s reading Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies.
Hanna just finished A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Also, she insists you buy a titanium spork as a stocking stuffer for everyone.
DoubleX plugs:
Outro Song is Eartha Kitt’s version of Santa Baby.
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