The XX Factor : friendship

The Upsetting "Blame the Victim" Mentality in this week's "Friend or Foe"

Samantha Henig — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:29:00 GMT

To the DoubleX commenters who were outraged with Lucinda’s “Friend or Foe” column from Monday , and who don’t feel mollified by this morning’s apology : I see where you’re coming from. When I first read Lucinda’s response to the girl who says someone...(read more)

Spelling Sisters

Nina Shen Rastogi — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Last night's 10-round National Spelling Bee final was a nail-biter, and an awesome one at that. There were redonkulously hard, beautifully arcane words ( schizaffin , palatschinken , Neufchâtel ). There was heartbreak (heavily-favored Sidharth Chand,...(read more)

A Friendship That Can't Fade Fast Enough

Willa Paskin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:09:00 GMT

Meghan, being connected to lost friends via Facebook can be vertiginous — but I bet it doesn't make a person feel quite as lost in time as being connected to a former BFF via reality TV. I'm thinking specifically of The Hills , which starts its fifth...(read more)

How Women Talk to Women About Men

Samantha Henig — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:36:00 GMT

So, who saw He's Just Not That Into You last weekend? I had all the complaints I thought I would. The 8,000-person cast meant no character or storyline could develop beyond the fairly superficial. Vague jobs requiring scant hours and minimal concentration...(read more)

A Half a Loft of One's Own

Nina Shen Rastogi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:40:00 GMT

I've lived by myself for the past year or so. And while I love having my own space (so much so that a swinging Friday night for me sometimes involves sewing new throw pillows) I often miss the social nature of roommate life—sometimes you just want someone...(read more)

Which City Is That Again?

Kim McLarin — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Oh gosh. Can I hide in a closet for the next two weeks, until, like a bad skin peel, this movie flakes off and goes away? For the first five or six or 20 seasons that it was on, I avoided the show, out of principal. What principal, I'm not sure—just the...(read more)

As Lavender Is to Purple

Kim McLarin — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Rachael, I could not agree more. Hillary Clinton is far too smart a cookie (oops, is that sexist?) for me to believe her comments were but a sad, sad slip of the tongue. She knew exactly which signal flag she was waving toward the hills of West Virginia....(read more)

Galjinks

Dana Stevens — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:02:00 GMT

Dahlia's right: Female fun in the movies is a dangerous thing. There's a 1994 movie by that title, Fun , in which two teenage girls meet, form an instant, high-spirited and giggly bond, and then decide to murder an old woman together just for kicks. The...(read more)