The Orphan Fantasy
By Claire Gordon
In most children's books, at least one parent dies and an evil stepmother enters the picture. Why is this such a popular trope?
- February 5 2010
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Devaluing Daughters
By Amanda Marcotte
Before they're even born, girls get the message that they're more trouble than they're worth.
- November 16 2009
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Women Don't "Forget" To Have Kids
By Amanda Marcotte
No, it really isn't harder to find a husband and make a baby than to build a career in a competitive industry.
- November 13 2009
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Imprisoned For Life
By Amy Bach
Did a 13 year-old boy sentenced to life in prison have a fair trial?
- November 4 2009
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How Two Cancer Survivors Ended Up in Africa
By Iva Skoch
After we fought the disease, we wanted to start life over.
- November 4 2009
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- 1 comments
Schools Should Stop Telling Kids to be "Nice"
By Diana Senechal
The key but overlooked argument from Charles Murray’s Real Education.
- September 28 2009
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The Feminist Argument for Making Your Child Walk
By Amanda Marcotte
Despite legit concerns about catcallers, the pressure to drive kids everywhere instead of let them walk is just more anti-feminist backlash disguised as good parenting.
- September 14 2009
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- 14 comments
The Case Against the Case Against Having Kids
By Kerry Howley
I’m struck by how furious people become at the existence of this one very particular familial arrangement: heterosexual monogamous pair-bonding without children.
- August 20 2009
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- 18 comments
Jon and Kate Are Evil, But Supersized Families Aren't
By Ruth Graham
Remember how everyone loved the book Cheaper By the Dozen?
- August 3 2009
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- 24 comments
Welcome to Your Comeback
By Emma Gilbey Keller
An introduction to Double X's new blog, Your Comeback.
- July 9 2009
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