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On this week’s DoubleX Gabfest, Invisibilia co-host Hanna Rosin, New York magazine’s Noreen Malone, and managing producer of Slate podcasts June Thomas discuss the latest domestic abuse scandal at the White House, the type of men drawn to work there, and their trouble with background checks. Then they talk about teenagers and porn. Are they watching too much of it, and is there anything we can do about it? Finally, the gabbers discuss Lena Dunham’s new essay in Vogue about getting a hysterectomy.
Slate Plus: Is ladies’ figure skating sexist?
Other items discussed on the show:
- “The F.B.I., Domestic Abuse and the White House: A Timeline of the Rob Porter Scandal,” by Michael D. Shear in the New York Times
- “White House Continues to Struggle With Domestic Abuse Vetting Scandal,” by Christi Parsons in the Los Angeles Times
- “For the Weary White House, Florida Shooting Offered a ‘Reprieve’ From Scandals,” by Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker in the Washington Post
- “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn,” by Maggie Jones in the New York Times Magazine
- “Let’s Ban Porn,” by Ross Douthat in the New York Times
- “The U.S. Will Never Ban Porn,” by Christina Cauterucci in Slate
- “In Her Own Words: Lena Dunham on Her Decision to Have a Hysterectomy at 31,” by Lena Dunham in Vogue
- “An Endometriosis Expert on Why Lena Dunham’s Hysterectomy Is Unusual,” by Katie Heaney in the Cut
DoubleX recommendations:
June: The World Only Spins Forward, by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
Hanna: This Could Hurt, by Jillian Medoff
Noreen: Paris Is Burning
This podcast was produced by Veralyn Williams. Our production assistant is Daniel Schroeder.
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