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Welcome to the Double X Gap Fest for Thursday, February 14th.

The Love Edition, because what else would it be on Valentine's Day?

I'm Hannah Rosen,

the editor of Double X. I'm joined today by Noreen Malone, who's a writer for the New Republic,

and our special guest, Emily Offey, also known as Dear Prudy to Slate Readers. We are not this week in our respective lonely recording studios, but on the stage at 6th and I in front of a live

audience, our

first ever in Washington, D.C., who are going to show their existence to our listeners

on the radio by, yes, there they are.

They are real, it is true.

Today's topics are, one is the 50th anniversary of the feminine mystique,

the most famous book to come out of the women's movement. The second is new research explaining

why some kids crumble under testing pressure and others don't. And the third is a genuine live love

advice session with dear Prudy, who is here in the

flesh to answer your questions.

So let's jump in with the feminine mystique.

Published in 1963, this book did not launch the women's movement, but it got many women

on board with the revolution.

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