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Perpetuating the Adderall Stigma A friend of mine had a different take than Ann's and Meghan's on The New Yorker's article about ''neuroenhancers.'' She worried that it perpetuated the stigma of taking these drugs for medically prescribed reasons. The article, after all, compares these drugs to cosmetic surgery and the sort of advantage gained by private tutors and mentions ... Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on April 21, 2009 "Which One Would You Give Back?" Noreen, I feel your pain. As the oldest of 11 children, I am no stranger to the raised eyebrows that come with the large-family territory, and I am constantly taken aback by the questions people feel they can ask me (like whether I think my parents are ''done'' and the ever-popular question of whether I know all my siblings' names). I have ... Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on February 2, 2009 On the Presidency and Parenting It's funny, Samantha, because when I read Barbara and Jenna Bush's letter to Sasha and Malia, I scoffed at the latter part of the sentence, ''Our dad, like yours, is a man of great integrity and love; a man who always put us first.'' Really? The president of the United States always put his children first? I have no ability to assess the ... Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on January 26, 2009

Perpetuating the Adderall Stigma

A friend of mine had a different take than Ann's and Meghan's on The New Yorker's article about ''neuroenhancers.'' She worried that it perpetuated the stigma of taking these drugs for medically prescribed reasons. The article, after all, compares these drugs to cosmetic surgery and the sort of advantage gained by private tutors and mentions ...

Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on April 21, 2009
"Which One Would You Give Back?"

Noreen, I feel your pain. As the oldest of 11 children, I am no stranger to the raised eyebrows that come with the large-family territory, and I am constantly taken aback by the questions people feel they can ask me (like whether I think my parents are ''done'' and the ever-popular question of whether I know all my siblings' names). I have ...

Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on February 2, 2009
On the Presidency and Parenting

It's funny, Samantha, because when I read Barbara and Jenna Bush's letter to Sasha and Malia, I scoffed at the latter part of the sentence, ''Our dad, like yours, is a man of great integrity and love; a man who always put us first.'' Really? The president of the United States always put his children first? I have no ability to assess the ...

Posted to The XX Factor by Elisheva Weiss on January 26, 2009

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