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I'm Stephen Metcalf, and this is the Slate CultureGab Fest Unibal Vision Elite Edition.

It's Wednesday, December 5th, 2012. On today's program, Slate's June Thomas says, don't be a wife, and we will ask her why.

And then we talk about the disappearance of handwriting with our own Julia Turner. And finally, Neomania, or the idea that the futurists are always wrong.

Joining me today is Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia.

Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Danis Diff, our Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Dana Strait's film critic. She's your personal film critic. The world's film critic. Slate's own Dana Stevens. Hey, Dana. Hey, Steve. Julia, before we plunge into the show, it sounds like we have a bit of business. We do, Steve. We have something to ask of our listeners.

We'd like you guys to do something very easy that will help the Culture Fest.

We're conducting a survey of our listeners to figure out who exactly is listening to this show, assuming that anybody actually is.

And it's a very short survey, and we'll post links to it on our show page slate.com slash culture fest and also on the

Facebook page, Facebook.com slash culture fest. We'd really appreciate it if you take a moment to fill it out

and you can throw in answers about other Slate podcasts at the same time if you're so inclined. I took it

just a few days ago. It takes like three minutes. So go for it. All right. Well, we're joined by Slate's

own June Thomas, contributor, columnist, Bon vivor, Bon vivant. Bon vivors. I don't know. Bon vivors.

Bon vivors. Yes. June, you write, my resistance to marriage isn't about avoiding commitment or

responsibility. I've been in a blissfully happy monogamous relationship for going on 16 years.

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