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Welcome to the Double X-Gab Fest for Thursday, March 20th, the Stranger Danger Edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen, editor at Double X.

I am joined today by Jessica Winter, a senior editor for Slate.

Hi, Jessica.

Hi, thanks so much for having me.

Sure, we're delighted to have you.

June is on vacation.

She said she wanted me to tell everyone that she is in the UK eating spotted dick. That's what her message said. So I'm just, you know, I'm just the messenger. And then Noreen Malone of New York Magazine. Hi, Noreen. Hey, Hannah. Before we begin, a couple of announcements. One is that we have our email set up, XXGapfest at slate.com. We've already gotten some wonderful responses from some of you, but keep them coming. This is a great place to tell us things you want us to talk about or just send comments on the show. Our best one this week came from one Stephen Noble who listened to our live show last week. The email was titled Hurt Short Man.

And what he said was, what bothered me was when a man was quoted as saying he liked women who are thin, that got an immediate ugh from the crowd.

But that women are allowed to say they only like men who are tall.

And nobody thinks that's a problem.

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