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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : ballot initiatives</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/ballot+initiatives/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: ballot initiatives</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Pregnant Pause</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/31/pregnant-pause.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3958</guid><dc:creator>Sarah Wildman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3958.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3958</wfw:commentRss><description>I'm a pregnancy cliché, much of the time. Weepy one moment (hello, Obama-mercial), enraged the next (did you forget to buy milk!?). Most of the time I can ignore the emotional lability or laugh about it. But sometimes that righteous ire is for good reason....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/10/31/pregnant-pause.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3958" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/abortion/default.aspx">abortion</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/election+_2700_08/default.aspx">election '08</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/ballot+initiatives/default.aspx">ballot initiatives</category></item></channel></rss>