XX Factor is a blog about politics and other contemporary issues, written by the women of Slate. We cover the political spectrum—OK, more of us lean left than right, but not all of us. We figured with Hillary Clinton running for president, it was time to try a political roundtable of our own, with room for postings about other aspects of the news as well.
Contributors
Anne Applebaum is a Washington Post and Slate columnist. Her most recent book is Gulag: A History.
Emily Bazelon is a Slate senior editor. She edits the magazine’s health and law columns, and writes about law and family.
Torie Bosch is a copy editor for Slate and edits the “Other Magazines” and “Faith-Based” column.
Susannah Breslin is a freelance journalist. Currently, she is writing a novel about the adult movie industry.
Rosa Brooks is an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a law professor at Georgetown University. Her Web site is www.rosabrooks.com.
Bonnie Goldstein is a former special investigator to the U.S. Senate and investigative producer for ABC News. She writes Slate's "Hot Document" column.
E.J. Graff is senior researcher at Brandeis University's Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, where she directs the Gender & Justice Project, and a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center, and has published two books, What Is Marriage For? and Getting Even: Why Women Still Don't Get Paid Like Men—and What To Do About It.
Jessica Grose is the managing editor for Double X, the new women's Web magazine that Slate is launching this spring.
Samantha Henig is the associate editor for Double X, the new women's Web magazine that Slate is launching this spring.
Melinda Henneberger is a Slate contributor and the author of If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians To Hear.
Juliet Lapidos is a Slate editorial assistant.
Rachael Larimore is Slate’s copy chief and deputy managing editor.
Dahlia Lithwick is a Slate senior editor. She covers the Supreme Court and legal issues.
Noreen Malone is Slate's executive assistant.
Melonyce McAfee is a Slate copy editor.
Meghan O'Rourke is
Slate's literary editor and the author of
Halflife, a collection of poetry.
Nina Shen Rastogi writes regularly for Slate's "Explainer" column. She previously worked as an academic book editor, specializing in the humanities and graphic novels.
Hanna Rosin is a contributing editor at the Atlantic. She is the author of God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission To Save America, about the next generation of evangelical Christians.
Ellen Tarlin is a Slate copy editor.
Marjorie Valbrun is a regular contributor for The Root and writes often about the intersection of race and politics, and also about immigration. Her opinion articles have also appeared in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and New York Newsday.
Emily Yoffe writes Slate's “Human Guinea Pig” column, and is also “Dear Prudence.”