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Music to get alerts on free and discounted e-books. Welcome to the Double X Gap Fest for Thursday, January 9th, the Winer, Weed, and Workout Edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen in the D.C. studio.

I am joined in New York by June Thomas, longtime slate writer and editor. Hi, June. Hey, Hannah. Hi'm Hannah Rosen in the DC studio. I am joined in New York by June Thomas, long-time slate writer and editor. Hi, June. Hey, Hannah. And also Noreen Malone of the New Republic. Hi, Noreen. Hello. How freezing were you guys today? I was very cold, and because I'm going to be on NY1 later, I eschewed a hat in order to preserve my magnificent hair. It shooed a hat. I like that. So I was afraid that my ears might fall off, but I still have

nice ears and also great hair. Great hair. I can confirm the hair looking good. I think she might be

crazy. How could you walk outside without a hat today? But it looks good. I don't know. I had a big, ugly hat on my way to the metro.

Okay. Well, before we begin our show, I have two things I want to announce. First is that we have a live show at 6th and I in Washington, D.C. It's our Valentine's Day special. We did it last year, and it was a fabulous show. And we're going to do it again this year with a special guest yet to be announced.

And second, instead of a listener response, I'm going to issue an apology to my husband, David Plotz, because I said on a show, or I was perceived to have said on a show that he has no friends on our show about male friendships.

And one, he got mad at me. Two, he's gotten

all these solicitations on Twitter from people saying, you know, both mean things about me and

nice things to him. Like, you want to get a beer? I'm really sorry, dude. Like, I'll be your

friend. And so I just want to say that David does have friends. He has many, many friends. His friendships just operate in a different way than my friendships. Does that, is that okay? Have I saved myself there? He has very special friends. He has very special friends. I have different kinds of special friends. All right. Sorry, David. Okay. Let's move on to our three topics. First, Jennifer

Weiner, novelist, feminist, enforcer, and subject of a big New Yorker profile this week. Do we

buy her arguments that the literary world disrespects women, and particularly women who

write chicklet, if we can call it that, or something sub-literary fiction.

Second, women and weed is the increasingly open marketplace for pot, a hostile world for women.

Third, workout gear. Should it be grubby or sexy? Should offices establish a workwear Friday

to encourage employees to exercise? We shall answer that and more.

Let's start with Jennifer Winer. Winer's novels, are we allowed to call them Chicklet, has sold over 4.5 million copies.

Mostly they involve physically imperfect heroines with boy troubles, who sometimes go through surprisingly

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