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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 : happiness</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/happiness/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: happiness</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>A Female Happiness Strategy</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/09/25/a-female-happiness-strategy.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6612</guid><dc:creator>Emily Bazelon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6612.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6612</wfw:commentRss><description>This week on the DoubleX gabfest , Hanna, Margaret Talbot, and I talked about the studies showing that female happiness among secular, educated women has declined since the advent of feminism. Hanna mentioned an experiment she and Jess are embarking on....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/09/25/a-female-happiness-strategy.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6612" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/happiness/default.aspx">happiness</category></item><item><title>The Secret of a Good Life</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/15/the-secret-of-a-good-life.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5571</guid><dc:creator>Bonnie Goldstein</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5571.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5571</wfw:commentRss><description>Science reporter Joshua Wolf Shenk describes his visit to the famous Grant Study archives (named for the dime store magnate who originally funded the experiment) in the new issue of the Atlantic and includes a video interview of George Vaillant , the...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/15/the-secret-of-a-good-life.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5571" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/happiness/default.aspx">happiness</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/how+to+be+a+man/default.aspx">how to be a man</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Harvard/default.aspx">Harvard</category></item><item><title>SWF Seeks Bright Lights, Big City</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/07/25/swf-seeks-bright-lights-big-city.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3377</guid><dc:creator>Kara Hadge</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3377.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3377</wfw:commentRss><description>This week's renewed discussions about women " opting out " of the work force — or being forced out — make me think of Joan Didion's 1967 essay " Goodbye to All That ." It's about her life in 1950s New York as a twentysomething, when the city emblematized...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/07/25/swf-seeks-bright-lights-big-city.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3377" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/opting+out/default.aspx">opting out</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/working+families/default.aspx">working families</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/happiness/default.aspx">happiness</category></item></channel></rss>