http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/rachel+alexandra/default.aspxTags: rachel alexandraenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/19/rachel-alexandra-si-se-puede.aspxTue, 19 May 2009 15:08:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5615Samantha Henig0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5615.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5615A guest post from Double X writer Vanessa Gezari: The Preakness Stakes is not a particularly gender-neutral event. The second leg of the Triple Crown is, in fact, one of the last places where men dress like men of a certain era (waistcoats, wingtips,...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/19/rachel-alexandra-si-se-puede.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5615" width="1" height="1">gendersportsrachel alexandrapreakness stakeshttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/18/the-fabulousness-of-rachel-alexandra.aspxMon, 18 May 2009 20:06:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5610Meghan O'Rourke0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5610.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5610Surely it’s auspicious that the weekend after Double X launched, a filly won the second leg of the Triple Crown—the Preakness Stakes—for the first time since 1924. That’s right: a girl by the name of Rachel Alexandra—a girl’s name if there ever was one—held...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/18/the-fabulousness-of-rachel-alexandra.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5610" width="1" height="1">gendersportsrachel alexandrapreakness stakes