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Welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, January 24th, the Michelle's Bangs Edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen, editor of Double X.

I'm joined in the New York studio by Alison Benedict, another editor of Double X.

Hi, Allison.

Hey, Hannah. And also Noreen Malone of the New Republic. Hi, Noreen. Hey, Hannah. Before we start, I want to remind you all that we are having a live show in Washington, D.C. on February 13th at 6th and I. This is our Valentine's Day edition, and our special guest would be Slate's own Dear Prudy, who is, of course, Emily Offie, and she will be answering anonymous questions

from the audience. So our listeners who live in D.C., you know that you have anonymous love questions,

that you are dying for Dear Prudy and the rest of us to weigh in on. So please do come. You can buy tickets to the show from the link on Slate's homepage or the Sixth and I site. Also, we are having a cocktail hour beforehand where you can hang out with us and buy drinks or will buy you drinks. And there are precious few tickets left to that. So we'll also include a link for that on the double X Gab Fest page.

And I'm sorry I won't be there to meet everyone. Yeah, Allison is too darn pregnant to come to Washington. You don't want to see it. You don't want to see it. She looks beautiful. She looks absolutely

stunning. Surely she is glowing, but you in the audience don't want to have to catch that baby

from the stage. And you don't want to have to catch that baby from the stage.

And you don't want to be delivering on the Amtrak train. So we're not going to do it. We won't risk it. Okay, our three topics for today. First, we are going to talk about the evolution of Michelle Obama following the inauguration. And second, the new science about how our high school experiences shape our personalities.

And third, we're going to talk about porn for women.

What does that even mean?

Okay, so our first topic is Michelle Obama.

We all waited, even if we didn't admit it, to see Michelle's inauguration gown.

And she didn't disappoint with her flouncy red dress and her radical new hairstyle. If fashion is a central part of political theater, then Michelle is by now.

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