The XX Factor : strippers

Up Is the New Down

Melinda Henneberger — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:09:00 GMT

So I take my eye off Planet Palin for a half a minute—and by the time I get back, Dahlia has sworn off the stuff altogether, and the rest of you are acting like what Barack Obama said about lipstick is no big oink; are you kidding? I am so outraged, I...(read more)

My Evolving Blondness

Melinda Henneberger — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:57:00 GMT

But, Rachael , that's exactly how my blond hair evolved! OK, I was 37 at the time, but still ... Given the appalling lack of basic scientific knowledge in this country, I guess it's hardly surprising to see even science writers and researchers wandering...(read more)

Evolutionary Strippers

Emily Yoffe — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:42:00 GMT

Meghan , Anne , Here's another recent study to add to the pile of questionable evolutionary psychology findings about women's sexual signaling—the evo psychs are obsessed with proving that women on their fertile days actually do experience estrus like...(read more)