DoubleX Gabfest: The Butch Goddess Edition
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In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX founder Hanna Rosin joins Outward editor June Thomas and Slate writer Katy Waldman to discuss the Rolling Stone story about the gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house, a study showing it’s husbands, not kids, who derail women’s careers, and Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games as the ultimate feminist heroine.
Other items discussed in the show:
- The Rolling Stone story on the gang rape at a UVA frat.
- Jessica Grose in Slate on the new Harvard Business School study.
- Linda Hirshman’s book Get to Work.
- Katy Waldman in Slate on the feminism of The Hunger Games.
- Manohla Dargis on Mockingjay Part 1.
DoubleX recommendations:
June recommends Dahlia Lithwick’s new Slate podcast, Amicus.
Hanna recommends the New Yorker piece “Whipping Boy.”
Outro: “Thank You Friends” by Big Star
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