The XX Factor : monogamyhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/monogamy/default.aspxTags: monogamyenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)"Couples Retreat" Peddles a Strange Vision of Fear-Induced Monogamyhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/12/couples-retreat-peddles-a-strange-vision-of-fear-induced-monogamy.aspxMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:53:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6700Jessica Grose0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6700.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6700A post from DoubleX blogger Lauren Bans: I disregarded the bad reviews and saw Couples Retreat this weekend, mostly because I have a sort of inexplicable faith in the comedy prowess of Vince Vaughn. As expected, it didn’t offer much beyond the Hollywood-happy...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/12/couples-retreat-peddles-a-strange-vision-of-fear-induced-monogamy.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6700" width="1" height="1">monogamyJon FavreauCouples RetreatKristin DavisEdwards Confesses!http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/08/edwards-confesses.aspxFri, 08 Aug 2008 19:03:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3431Rachael Larimore0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/3431.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3431OK, so John Edwards cops to the affair but says he's not the baby daddy to Rielle Hunter's infant. A few problems with all of this. First, is he trying to help himself by saying "he did not love her"? Is that supposed to make Elizabeth feel better, that...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/08/08/edwards-confesses.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3431" width="1" height="1">John EdwardsmonogamyRielle HunterGettin' Some Strangehttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/05/20/gettin-some-strange.aspxTue, 20 May 2008 21:57:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2917Dana Stevens0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2917.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2917That's funny, Meghan — when you just posted asking if any of us had seen Philip Weiss' cover piece for this week's New York , I was debating whether it was worth gathering my own thoughts about it. Poor Weiss is already being eaten alive, entertainingly,...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/05/20/gettin-some-strange.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2917" width="1" height="1">marriageEliot SpitzerVito FossellamonogamyPhilip Weiss