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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 : late bloomers</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/late+bloomers/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: late bloomers</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title> Thoroughly Modern Martha </title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/02/thoroughly-modern-martha.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4493</guid><dc:creator>Dayo Olopade</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4493.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4493</wfw:commentRss><description>Just when I thought that nipping and tucking was falling out of favor in the brave, new “frugalista” era—this creepy, yet informative Washington Post story about Martha Washington sucks us all back in. Apparently, our first FLOTUS was not some dowdy pincushion...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/02/thoroughly-modern-martha.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4493" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/fashion/default.aspx">fashion</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/First+Ladies/default.aspx">First Ladies</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/hooking+up/default.aspx">hooking up</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/late+bloomers/default.aspx">late bloomers</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sexual+politics/default.aspx">sexual politics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women_2700_s+ambition/default.aspx">women's ambition</category></item><item><title>"All I Think About Is Money"</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/09/all-i-think-about-is-money.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4312</guid><dc:creator>Liza Mundy</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4312.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4312</wfw:commentRss><description>I keep meaning to try to enter the Sugar Daddy/Cinderella Complex discussion, and then somebody keeps posting and saying what I was going to say, only better, so at the risk of being repetitive, I agree with (most recently) Nina . The way I read it, Abby...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/09/all-i-think-about-is-money.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4312" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Edmund+Wilson/default.aspx">Edmund Wilson</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/late+bloomers/default.aspx">late bloomers</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Malcolm+Gladwell/default.aspx">Malcolm Gladwell</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Studs+Terkel/default.aspx">Studs Terkel</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/sugar+daddies/default.aspx">sugar daddies</category></item></channel></rss>