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Grindr, as the smartphone app is called, is for gay men only (as of now,...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2010/02/02/there-s-an-app-for-casual-sex.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7353" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Daily+Beast/default.aspx">Daily Beast</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/iphone+apps/default.aspx">iphone apps</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/hook-up+culture/default.aspx">hook-up culture</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Grindr/default.aspx">Grindr</category></item><item><title>Meghan McCain Copes With Fame</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/16/meghan-mccain-copes-with-fame.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6731</guid><dc:creator>Noreen Malone</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6731.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6731</wfw:commentRss><description>Meghan McCain, I was so wrong about you. Just a little more than a year ago, during her father’s failed campaign for president, I wrote a piece for Slate about how McCain had learned to cannily manipulate her very blond public image to its full advantage...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/16/meghan-mccain-copes-with-fame.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6731" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/John+McCain/default.aspx">John McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Meghan+McCain/default.aspx">Meghan McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Kathleen+Parker/default.aspx">Kathleen Parker</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/twitter/default.aspx">twitter</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Daily+Beast/default.aspx">Daily Beast</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/GOP/default.aspx">GOP</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/meghan+mccain+twitter+controversy/default.aspx">meghan mccain twitter controversy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/meghan+mccain+twitter/default.aspx">meghan mccain twitter</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/tila+tequila/default.aspx">tila tequila</category></item><item><title>"Real Housewives of Atlanta" Catwalks Right Over "Project Runway"</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/08/21/real-housewives-of-atlanta-catwalks-right-over-project-runway.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6404</guid><dc:creator>Jessica Grose</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6404.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6404</wfw:commentRss><description>Hanna, I'm with you that last night's Proj Run was a lackluster event. But the thing that's really going to make me stray from Heidi and Tim is their competition: Lifetime is airing the show at the same time as Bravo airs Real Housewives of Atlanta ......(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/08/21/real-housewives-of-atlanta-catwalks-right-over-project-runway.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6404" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Project+Runway/default.aspx">Project Runway</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Real+Housewives+of+Atlanta/default.aspx">Real Housewives of Atlanta</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Daily+Beast/default.aspx">Daily Beast</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/lindsay+lohan/default.aspx">lindsay lohan</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/choire+sicha/default.aspx">choire sicha</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/kim+zolciak/default.aspx">kim zolciak</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/tim+gunn/default.aspx">tim gunn</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/heidi+klum/default.aspx">heidi klum</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/nene+leakes/default.aspx">nene leakes</category></item><item><title>Meghan McCain: "Oh My Gosh … I Can Barely Add!"</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/03/24/meghan-mccain-oh-my-gosh-i-can-barely-add.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5069</guid><dc:creator>Jessica Grose</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5069.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5069</wfw:commentRss><description>Looks like Meghan McCain is here to stay as a Republican pundit: She has a column out today in the Daily Beast , interviewing Bobby Jindal's wife, Supriya , and she was on Larry King last night talking about her party. It also looks like she's not doing...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/03/24/meghan-mccain-oh-my-gosh-i-can-barely-add.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5069" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Meghan+McCain/default.aspx">Meghan McCain</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/bobby+jindal/default.aspx">bobby jindal</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Republican+party/default.aspx">Republican party</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Larry+King/default.aspx">Larry King</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Supriya+Jindal/default.aspx">Supriya Jindal</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Daily+Beast/default.aspx">Daily Beast</category></item></channel></rss>