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Hanna Rosin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:36:00 GMT

After some deliberation, we have decided to fold DoubleX back into Slate . The site will now become its own section, with our XX Factor blog, articles, and special projects already in the works. Our aim is to create a more intimate version of the community...(read more)

Sensitive Vampires Are Worse for Girls Than the Bloodsucking Kind

Nina Shen Rastogi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:40:00 GMT

Or so argues Grady Hendrix in Slate today . Hendrix hates emo-boy vampires , with their all-swoon, no-suck brand of human relations. Latoya Peterson argued here in Double X that Twilight and True Blood are bad for women because they're all about pigeonholing...(read more)

A Good Argument Against Raising Perfect Kids

Nina Shen Rastogi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Perfect kids are more likely to murder you in your sleep. At least, that's according to horror flicks that fall into the "evil kid genre," inaugurated by 1956's The Bad Seed. Other warning signs: ... (Read more at DoubleX.com .)...(read more)

White Men and Asian "Babes"

Nina Shen Rastogi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Over at Slate , Johann Hari has a fascinating essay on The East, the West, and Sex , the "strange new book"—Hari's words—by journalist Richard Bernstein, which details the centuries-old history of Western men seeking out a little strange in the East ......(read more)

Double X and Slate: A Mutual Love Fest

Emily Bazelon — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Like Hanna, I accept Ann Friedman's welcome challenge . Yes, please! We want to influence the national conversation , and send our writers and editors out to go forth and prosper in plenty of other pastures. We're not interested in roping ourselves off...(read more)

A Managing Editor For the New Double X Magazine

Emily Bazelon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:12:00 GMT

We're pleased to announce that Jessica Grose is coming on board as the managing editor of Double X , Slate 's new women's web magazine launching in the spring. Jessica comes to us from Jezebel, and before her stint there, Spin . Jessica, welcome—we're...(read more)