The XX Factor : Kate Gosselin

Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People" List Is Not Fascinating

Samantha Henig — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:00 GMT

A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia: I'm 100 percent with you, Jessica —Walters' list is beyond lame, it's shameful. Now, if she'd called it "2009's Most Fascinating People Willing to Appear on My Television Special," it might make more sense,...(read more)

Jon and Kate Gosselin: Separating from Each Other but not Their McMansion

Jessica Grose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their separation on last night's much-hyped episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 . This surprised no one, as tales of Jon sweatily cavorting with coeds and Kate's utter nastiness have been littering the tabloids for months. What...(read more)

Celebrity Is Dead, Long Live Uncelebrities

Willa Paskin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:23:00 GMT

For the sixth consecutive week, Kate Gosselin’s on the cover of Us Weekly . “Mommy You Are Mean” screams the headline, while her husband Jon declares, “ Enough is Enough ” on the cover of People . In Touch and Star are selling the Gosselins as well ....(read more)

The Supremes Edition of the XX Gabfest

Emily Bazelon — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:57:00 GMT

In The Supremes Edition of our XX Gabfest this week, Hanna and Meghan and I talk about (of course) Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Also a new study showing that women are more unhappy, not less, 30 years after the sexual revolution,...(read more)

Kate Gosselin's Hair Frightens Me

Susannah Breslin — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:22:00 GMT

This week, is there a tabloid that doesn't feature Jon and Kate Gosselin of TLC's mega-spawn reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" fame? Today, Kate vomited her guts to People , revealing that her marriage to the man with whom she fathered a pair of twins...(read more)

The Death of the Private Life

Hanna Rosin — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:09:00 GMT

Compared to what's bubbling up in the culture this morning, Elizabeth Edwards seems positively demure. This morning on the Today Show , Kate Gosselin , star of the one family reality circus, Jon and Kate Plus Eight , went on to flog her new book, Eight...(read more)

I'm Just Not That Into Your Televised Family

Jessica Grose — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:48:00 GMT

I want to welcome Willa Paskin, who comes to the XX Factor from dear departed Radar magazine, where she covered high and low culture with equal enthusiasm. I agree with Willa on the He's Just Not That Into You pheonomenon: It always seemed bizarre to...(read more)

Octuplet Obsession

Jessica Grose — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:55:00 GMT

What was she thinking, Bonnie ? Maybe she was thinking that she'd get a reality TV show. While there's always been some interest in massively fertile women, it seems that in the past few years, more and more of these moms-of-multiples have been getting...(read more)