The XX Factor : sandra tsing loh

Caitlin Flanagan's Defense of Marriage Bums Me Out

Jessica Grose — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:54:00 GMT

It's been a rough couple of weeks for marriage. First, Sandra Tsing Loh came out swinging against the institution in the Atlantic (and we discussed it ad nauseam ), and simultaneously Mark Sanford and John Ensign and the Gosselins paraded their broken...(read more)

Jon and Kate Gosselin: Separating from Each Other but not Their McMansion

Jessica Grose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their separation on last night's much-hyped episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 . This surprised no one, as tales of Jon sweatily cavorting with coeds and Kate's utter nastiness have been littering the tabloids for months. What...(read more)

Americans Ambivalent About Motherhood and Marriage

Jessica Grose — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Hanna, you call out the false dichotomy between the miserable married and passionate single, and in this weekend's New York Times Magazine , Ginia Bellafante discusses Jodi Picoult's novels , and the false dichotomy between good parent and bad. Substitute...(read more)

In Defense of the Boring Marriage

Hanna Rosin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:47:00 GMT

In the past few days, on my own website, my life has been reduced to vanilla pudding. I am dull, devoid of passion, pedestrian, the human equivalent of a “yawning chubby house cat,” says Meghan, summarizing Cristina Nehring’s new book Vindication of Love...(read more)

The Problem with "Failed" Relationships

Meghan O'Rourke — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:24:00 GMT

Kerry: Returning to Tsing Loh, for a sec, I want to second your point: It is odd to describe a 20-year-old relationship that produced two kids and a lot of domestic support as a "failure" just because it doesn’t last until death do us part and all that....(read more)

A House Not Completely Divided

Liza Mundy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:07:00 GMT

When I was reading Sandra Tsing Loh's article in the Atlantic that we've all been discussing , I found myself getting distracted by a lot of things, among them the ostentatious dishes of the male cook in the household she visits for dinner. I know she...(read more)

Has Marriage Become the Sacred Cow of Feminism?

Meghan O'Rourke — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:58:00 GMT

Dahlia, Hanna, Jess, Abby: This debate over marriage arrives as I am in a perfect storm of marriage-related texts. In addition to Tsing Loh’s provocative piece about why everyone should get divorced, I’m in the middle of Thy Neighbor’s Wife , Gay Talese’s...(read more)