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A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans:
Oh, hey! Great news! There’s a new predator-type female in town, this one created by Spencer Morgan of the New York Observer. Welcome the cheetah:
a young woman, fresh out of a relationship, on the prowl to take
advantage of helpless, drunk, out-of-her-league men. She's the girl who
stays for two games ...
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A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans:
For the MJ lover in your family—My DNA Fragrance,
a Los Angeles company that seems to exists mainly to translate the DNA
of the rich and famous and deceased into scents for the rest of us
mortals to wear, has derived a perfume based on Michael Jackson’s DNA.
Using a follicle of his hair.
Creepy? ...
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A post from DoubleX writer Amanda Marcotte:
Jess, if Gen Y is indeed less pro-choice than prior generations,
it shows that there's a dark underbelly to the generation that's been
applauded as more tolerant and diversity-oriented than any other.
They're also rumored to be the generation of bicycle helmets and
overscheduling—kids who grew up ...
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A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:
Content creators, content consumers, and advertisers already exist in
an uneasy, precarious balance (and please don't think I'm unaware of my
own place in the media food chain). Online, the symbiotic cycle takes
on new intensity because of the incredible speed with which it
operates. AOL, which ...
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A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:
Schools across the country are looking for easy ways to cut fat and sugar from their menus, and chocolate milk has become a target of choice. The dairy industry fought back, arguing that kids don't choose chocolate milk over white milk, but over water, juice or soda—all arguably less healthy choices. Is ...
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A post from DoubleX writer Mimi Swartz:
A few weeks ago I got the following e-mail from my son Sam: “MOM,” it
began, “GLENDA,* ALLISON* AND I JUST GOT PICKED UP IN A LIMO AND ARE
BEING GIVEN A FREE TOUR OF NEW YORK. I LOVE THIS CITY. I am not drunk
don't worry. Love you.” The e-mail was sent at 2 a.m. It was now 8 a.m.
“Listen to this,” I ...
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A post from DoubleX Staff:
It depends on the size of the workplace. At a small office where I once
worked, the gossip was like family gossip. It was all viciously
intimate but assumed a great amount of unspoken connection and
affection. At a bigger office where I once worked, gossip seemed more
like a management tool to organize ...
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A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans:
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s anti-fable is just as delightful as the critics say. Save for one part in which Wes Anderson’s oft-criticized “mishandling” of race peaks through.
Mr. Fox, voiced by George Clooney, is an upper middle class fox, pretty
much anthropomorphized as ...
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A post from DoubleX writer Amanda Marcotte:
One of the major arguments of the growing fat acceptance movement is
that fear-mongering about ''health'' functions more as a tool to bash fat
people than as a genuine expression of desire for a healthier
populace. You couldn't ask for a better argument for that point of
view than this article ...
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A post from DoubleX intern Jessica Dweck:
With all due respect to Slate's Christopher Beam, I don’t agree that the ''botax'' tucked into the Senate health care bill is a bad idea.
Much as it pains me to swallow conventional wisdom, the obvious
conclusion in this case—that taxing elective cosmetic surgery is a
great way to raise revenue for ...