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Banktrupcy article about Edmund Andrews
I heard him on NPR and just read the NYT article discussed in XX factor. And frankly, I have ZERO pity. Not to be harsh, but he and his wife knew how much they had and they knew they had a huge mortgage and while he scrimped and saved she spent and spent not wanting to be nickel and dimed. If you are broke JCrew, Gap, Starbucks, and the rest are ...
Posted to XX Factor by Callie1978 on May 19, 2009
The XX Factor and Double X
I think it's a shame that all the posts for the XX Factor are now on a separate website. It's taking these posts out of a mainstream magazine and putting them in a specialist corner. Have a separate website if you think that it will attract more readers (most likely women from my brief look at it) but leave the XX Factor as it was so that people ...
Posted to XX Factor by Measured on May 14, 2009
No, you DON'T talk to you mom too much
I fail to see this as so much a ''Gen Y'' thing as it is a return to ''pre Gen X'' values. I was born in 1959. Growing up, my entire family - grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, both paternal and maternal - lived in the same town or in nearby towns. My mother talked to her mother every day by phone, and often talked to her sisters as well. ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by StellaBlue on May 9, 2009
Long before Maggie
What about Golda Meir and Indira Ghandi? Golda was the original ''Iron Lady.'' And who says being feminine means not wearing pants and scaring the shit out of the men who work for you? This IS the XX Factor I am reading, correct?
Posted to XX Factor by Hoboken on May 6, 2009
Time bomb fairy tale
The time bomb scenario being realistic or not is a moot point when it comes to justifying making torture legal. I think we can all come up with numerous scenarios where committing ANY crime could seem righteous. The obligatory stealing a loaf of bread for the starving family scenario comes to mind. The point is, we don’t make stealing legal ...
Posted to XX Factor by cdanz on April 21, 2009
Condoning torturers
Licenses are granted by the state, but professional degrees and certifications are granted by professional peers. Although the President and the Dept. of Justice may choose not to hold torturers accountable to the standards established after World War II, the lawyers and doctors who condoned torture must nevertheless be held by their peers to the ...
Posted to XX Factor by Paradoxical on April 21, 2009
what's so bad about teen sex?
no, seriously. i'm not saying that most teens are ready at 15-16. but certainly 17 (which i feel like is the average age?) or 18, junior definitely senior year... what is with all of the ladies' arbitrary ''well, in college it's ok''? i was 17 when i started college. whenever teens are ready for it, and preferably in a steady relationship, ...
Posted to XX Factor by anysuchname on April 8, 2009
Re: OTC Birth Control
I do not doubt that the big pharmaceutical companies would likely see a huge boost in their sales and, thereby, commensurate increased profits, however, the reason for not going OTC with oral/transdermal female contraceptives are the very real, very serious health risks associated with their use. The side effects range from increased insidence of ...
Posted to XX Factor by OldeSarge on March 25, 2009
Jessica Grose vs Gwyneth: Gwyneth wins by a landslide!
The post about GOOP was mean-spirited and poorly written. Shame on you, Jessica -- did someone cut you off in traffic or spill wine on your rug to cause such an embarrassingly bitter attitude from you? First Jessica -- you should really be ashamed as a writer that you're taking Gwyneth to task for ''egregious misspellings''... when your own post ...
Posted to XX Factor by jennifer_summer on March 14, 2009
XX Factor should research women's history and washers
In response to Abigail and Bonnie concerning the washing machine. Its not a new phenomena to blame the washing machine and/or domestic help for the birth of the women's movement. Getting clothes clean used to be a monumental task often requiring several days EVERY WEEK of labor on the part of the female members of the household. If you don't ...
Posted to XX Factor by Callie1978 on March 10, 2009

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