Emily Shire
Emily Shire is chief researcher for The Week magazine. She has written about pop culture, religion, and women and gender issues at publications including Slate, The Forward, and Jewcy.
Latest articles by Emily Shire
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Is online porn and food delivery a match made in marketing heaven?
feature Eat24's recent campaign shows porn is a great way to rev up appetites for takeout
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Are kids over Barbie?
feature The iconic doll with the hourglass figure is struggling against newer, cooler rivals
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Will the Barilla CEO's anti-gay remarks hurt the pasta company?
feature There might be a public backlash, but it's not clear that homophobic comments hurt corporations at the bank
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How Lululemon went sour
feature The yoga company's latest Mean Girls comments reveal a rotten core
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Is 'being yourself' enough to get into college?
feature One scorned high schooler blasts the admissions process for false advertising
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Everything you need to know about the cronut
feature An exhaustive guide to the new hybrid dessert
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WATCH: Bar Mitzvah video invitations are a delightful new YouTube new trend
feature Move over, Harlem Shake. Footage of 13-year-old Jewish boys preparing to become men has the internet transfixed
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Why is everyone shocked Victoria's Secret markets to teenagers?
feature The company's Pink brand has been targeting the younger set for more than a decade. But it has suddenly found itself in hot water
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Gender stereotyping, sex guilting, and the problem with sweeping sexual conclusions
feature An article in The Wall Street Journal essentially argued that women should give it up more. The backlash was swift and forceful.
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The newest dieting craze: Not eating
feature Should we really be getting bathing-suit ready by all but giving up food two days a week?
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Goodbye, 34B? Jockey wants to revolutionize bra sizes
feature But will women buy into the company's vision of bras sized 5-34 and 9-42?
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How to survive St. Patrick's Day
feature An indispensable guide to drinking your way through the year's booziest holiday
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Meet America's pickiest daters
feature Memo to Brooklyn dudes: It's time to up your game
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What online dating can teach us about fighting racism
feature It's not easy overcoming racial prejudices and fears, but an emoticon message may briefly help
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Should dogs have the same rights as humans?
feature The case for making man's best friend his equal
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Why women should seriously consider looking beyond the birth control pill
feature The link with glaucoma is just the latest evidence that other contraceptive methods may be better
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What Craigslist taught us about love in 2013
feature From enemas to SantaCon, love was all around us
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Lily Allen vs. Miley Cyrus: Which brand of pop-feminism are you?
feature There are more nuances to the debate than to twerk or not to twerk
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Does watching porn make you sexist?
feature Or does it depend on the type of porn you watch?
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The surprising case for abortion contracts
feature J.J. Redick's alleged agreement may not be as crazy as it seems
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What happened to wedding night sex?
feature Changing social norms may be killing newlyweds' libidos
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The 5 funniest — and real — Craigslist roommate ads
feature When it comes to Craigslist, the truth is always funnier than fiction
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Why American Apparel's Period Power T-shirt is a useful controversy
feature A shirt featuring a masturbating, menstruating vagina gets people talking about real issues
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Why '300 sandwiches' is a horrible price for an engagement ring
feature For Stephanie Smith, the way to a man's heart is still his stomach
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