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Hello and welcome to the Double X-Gab Fest for Thursday, August 22nd, the female gay

Mike Bloomberg edition.

I'm Alison Benedict, editor of Double-X, filling in for Hannah Rosen, who is on vacation this

week, but actually we'll be calling in for a segment later,

so stay tuned.

I'm joined in the New York studio by Noreen Malone, staff writer at the New Republic.

Hey, Noreen.

Hey, Allison.

And Slate's June Thomas, editor of Slate's soon to debut LGBT blog Outward.

Hey, Allison.

Hey, June.

Okay, so today we're going to talk about the Netflix series

Orange is the New Black and specifically about criticism of the show for exploiting black women

and leaning on ethnic stereotypes. We'll also talk about New York mayoral candidate Christine Quinn,

who, if elected, would be the first female and openly gay mayor of New York City. And finally, we'll call Hannah on the road with her children and husband in the car, I think,

to talk about her latest Atlantic piece, Murder by Craigslist, about a serial killer

who targeted a new vulnerable class of victim, unemployed white working class men.

But before we get into any of that, two announcements.

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