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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : Tags: Amanda Fortini</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Tags_3A00_+Amanda+Fortini/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Tags: Amanda Fortini</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Venus Envy</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/09/venus-envy.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5814</guid><dc:creator>Dahlia Lithwick</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5814.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5814</wfw:commentRss><description>Jessica , the most striking thing to me about Amanda’s great post on the widely-envied Obama marriage was that I read it immediately before reading Naomi Wolf’s quirky piece in Harper's Bazaar that Willa mentions about women who ostensibly covet Angelina...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/09/venus-envy.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5814" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Barack+Obama/default.aspx">Barack Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Michelle+Obama/default.aspx">Michelle Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Tags_3A00_+Amanda+Fortini/default.aspx">Tags: Amanda Fortini</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Obama+Marriage/default.aspx">Obama Marriage</category></item><item><title>Why I Don't Envy the Obama Marriage</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/09/why-i-don-t-envy-the-obama-marriage.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5811</guid><dc:creator>Jessica Grose</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5811.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5811</wfw:commentRss><description>In a brief essay in Salon , cultural critic Amanda Fortini remarks on the trend of Obama marriage idealization . "Not since JFK was in the White House has there been a political marriage Americans have envied to this extent, a first family they might...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/06/09/why-i-don-t-envy-the-obama-marriage.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5811" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Barack+Obama/default.aspx">Barack Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Tags_3A00_+Amanda+Fortini/default.aspx">Tags: Amanda Fortini</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Obama+Marriage/default.aspx">Obama Marriage</category></item></channel></rss>