The XX Factor : Juno

Your Baby Has Fingernails

Abigail Pilgrim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:17:00 GMT

Yesterday, the Texas state Senate debated a bill that would require doctors to perform an ultrasound before performing an abortion, but that would give the woman the choice whether or not to see the findings. The underlying motive behind the bill is to...(read more)

Puff This ...

Melinda Henneberger — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Were you just being provocative, Emily ? Describing a best-case abortion as nothing more than "a few not ideal hours'' makes it sound like an afternoon at the DMV without a good book. And aren't you being just as categorical as you say Caitlin Flanagan...(read more)

Juno, Praised

Meghan O'Rourke — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:34:00 GMT

Emily: You nailed the problem with Flanagan's piece—the overarching, equalizing is that so officiously announces to women how "they" experience the world. Everyone's a Platonist when it comes to teenage girls and sex. One thing that was great about Juno...(read more)

Juno, Scolded

Emily Bazelon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:21:00 GMT

Dahlia , agreed entirely. And now on to a subject that lies somewhere between the CIA and nail polish: Caitlin Flanagan's complaints about the movie Juno in the NYT over the weekend. (Did anyone else notice that the Times ' Sunday op-ed pages were practially...(read more)