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  • Smartphones, Dumb Stories


    Why is the New York Times still flummoxed by the idea that women might embrace technology? The paper's Technology section today ran a "trend" story marveling at how women are expected to buy the new iPhone in record numbers (sample quote: "'Companies Read More...
  • Slate After Hours


    Sorry to be so late to the party on Slate V's Bonk ing , but oh my, what's next on Slate After Hours ? (Or our spinoff site, Slate Blue ?) OK, maybe aspirations of primness run in my family; my dad took that Kinsey class at Indiana University where they Read More...
  • Whatever You Say, Senator


    Judith, I agree that the right messenger (at the right moment) could deliver most of your speech on gender. But maybe it would be easier for a woman to achieve liftoff. Anybody else remember Nicole Hollander 's Sylvia cartoon on the wage gap? From her Read More...
  • Monitoring MySpace??


    That's funny Ann , the one thing that never occurred to me was that Megan Meier's parents had struck an impossible bargain with her over MySpace. Perhaps because my kids still believe that Dora the Explorer actually lives inside my laptop I haven't yet Read More...
  • More on the MySpace Tragedy


    Dahlia, I'd say one of the most poignant lines in the New Yorker article -and there were plenty of them-comes from Mrs. Meier, Megan's mother, maturely drawing stark age distinctions. She feels for the teenagers who posted messages posing as "Josh Evans," Read More...
  • MySpace Tragedy


    Just read Lauren Collins piece on the Megan Meier MySpace/Suicide story. We haven’t really covered this story at Slate , largely because it’s virtually impossible to wrap your head around it all. Collins doesn’t try to make sense of it all either, just Read More...
  • More on Teen Sex


    If early sex isn't necessarily bad sex , could we agree that it's usually a bad idea? I'm agnostic about calling parents, because it seems so case by case to me, in terms of the kids and the parental relationships involved . And I'm all for the release Read More...
  • Moss Graffiti


    This weekend, a friend showed me artist Edina Tokodi’s incredible moss graffiti , which features moss in the form of animals like rabbits and deer and abstract compositions mounted on walls in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tokodi’s work is a whimsical surprise, Read More...
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