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Palin's Idiots in the Parking Lot

Check out this video of Palin supporters in the parking lot. The video is cut to make them seem like a bunch of yahoos and crackers, or perhaps it’s not cut much at all and that’s what they sound like. Not one of them answers a question with any ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  23 Nov 2009

Should Athletes Be Seperated Into Men and Women?

Ariel Levy’s wonderful piece in The New Yorker raises the essential question about South African runner Caster Semenya, and then an even deeper essential question. Testosterone—which Semenya seems to have in excess quantities—is powerful stuff for an ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Caster Semenya

Free-Range Parenting?

KJ, I too was thrilled to read that Time had declared an end to overparenting, because if Time just noticed, then the trend must be already well underway. But the story proved the opposite, with many earnest and unintentionally hilarious examples of ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Suzuki

How To Be an Anti-Feminist Feminist

Aside from all the swell Alaska trivia (salmonberries, moose eyeballs, baleen etchings), Sarah Palin’s new memoir has enlightened me about one important thing. For at least a decade, I have puzzled over this new type that showed up on the political ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Maureen Dowd,  Dolly Parton,  Katie Couric

Can Cranks Turn Into Cheerleaders?

In our last noncomplaining project entry, Hanna vowed to be “more visibly cheerful and appreciative” toward her friends on the advice of positive psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky. As I am already outwardly bouncy (Hanna predicts I will continue to sound ...

From JESSICA GROSE AND HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barbara Ehrenreich

DoubleX News

After some deliberation, we have decided to fold back into Slate. The site will now become its own section, with our XX Factor blog, articles, and special projects already in the works. Our aim is to create a more intimate version of ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Slate,  16 Nov 2009

Palin: From the Nursery to the White House

Emily, I think Palin means this as one of her folksy nuggets of wisdom, and you are supposed to chuckle as you imagine her mediating toddler disputes over frozen moose pops. And of course it's not that. But you have to admit that ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Slate,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: White House

Sarah Palin, From the Nursery to the White House

Emily, I think Palin means this as one of her folksy nuggets of wisdom, and you are supposed to chuckle as you imagine her mediating toddler disputes over frozen moose pops. And of course it's not that. But you have to admit that this is a thoroughly ...

From HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Linda Smith

The Noncomplaining Project: What's Wrong With Our Happiness Gurus

After we attempted to define mindful complaining in the second entry of our no-whining project, Hanna and I vowed to get to the root causes of our kvetching. So we consulted the psychologists who study happiness to see if they could help us figure out ...

From JESSICA GROSE AND HANNA ROSIN, Double X,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: University of Pennsylvania,  University of California

Happy Days

I must confess, I have waited my whole life for someone to write a book like “Bright-Sided.” When I was a young child, my family moved to the United States from Israel, where churlishness is a point of pride. As I walked around wearing what I ...

From HANNA ROSIN, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barbara Ehrenreich,  Lance Armstrong,  Dale Carnegie

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