The XX Factor : spitzer

Jenny and Silda, Coming to a TV Near You

Willa Paskin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:23:00 GMT

The moment when the political wife stands (or doesn’t stand) on stage while her husband soberly confesses that he could not, try as he might, keep it in his pants, has proven time and time again to be a moment of high drama. This fall, it will also be...(read more)

Ashley Needs To Get a New Agent

Bonnie Goldstein — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Hanna and Rachael , I too was struck by the vulnerability of Ashley that emerged in today's New York Times ' profile. I noticed a "primary source" ("Hot Document" speak) for the profile was the young woman's MySpace page, which by " Thursday at noon ...appeared...(read more)

What Does a Prostitute Consider "Not Safe"?

Ellen Tarlin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:53:00 GMT

It does make one wonder, what is " not safe " to a person who goes to hotels and has sex with strangers for money? I assumed "Kristen" was talking about not using a condom or inserting things into places that would cause physical damage, but perhaps I'm...(read more)

How Hard Is It To Get Extramaritally Laid Anyhow??

Dahlia Lithwick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Welcome to XX Factor Judith , and thanks for your thoughtful post. My only quibble is with the assumption that Spitzer somehow had to pay for sex (pathetic), which then unspools the freight train of humiliations you’ve just described. Is it really all...(read more)

Spitzer: Pathos, Not Power

Judith Shulevitz — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:30:00 GMT

In defense of Spitzer, I have to say that the great-man-abusing-power narrative does not seem apt in his case. In fact, it seems rather out-of-date. If you read the wiretaps closely, you'll discover that, as a consumer of sexual services, Spitzer was...(read more)

Since All Things Come Back to the Orbit of Hillary-Obama

Noreen Malone — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:45:00 GMT

Like lots of other twentysomething women, I’ve been an unswerving Obama girl from the get-go. Oddly enough it’s taken Spitzergate—not Hillary’s tears, nor her scolding—to make me less dismissive of the feminist “obligation” to vote for a woman. The Spitzer...(read more)