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This podcast discusses a recent incident at Yale University involving a misogynous pledge ritual by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

Soon after the recording session, Yale's administration issued a much stronger condemnation of the fraternity,

calling the pledge language appalling and demeaning

and promising to, quote, confront hateful speech, end quote.

Hello and welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, October 21st. I'm Hannah Rosen,

the co-editor of Double X. I'm here in the Washington, D.C. studio with Margaret Talbot from the

New Yorker. Hi, Margaret. Hi, Hannah. And we have with us in New Haven, the lovely Emily Bazelon, my other co-editor. Hi, Emily.

Hello. Today we are going to talk about, it's just there's so many things to talk about,

but we are going to talk about Crystal Ball, who's the 28-year-old Virginia candidate for Congress,

who has become this unlikely feminist heroine for the Facebook generation.

And we're going to talk about Ginny Thomas, who left this amazing voicemail for Anita Hill, which we all found about yesterday.

And then we are going to talk about the frat boy incident at Yale, which is happening right outside Emily's window right now.

Exactly.

Practically.

Practically, as they say.

They're shouting.

I can hear them in my sleep.

They're talking about you, Emily.

Stop, stop sun tanning on the front lawn and they won't say those things.

So anyway, let's talk about my new favorite congressional candidate who has to be made up because her name is crystal ball.

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