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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The ObamaCare ads for millennial women are actually worse than the Brosurance ones
feature The new ads make women seem dopey, and foster some unsafe sex myths
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Stanford's oldest kissing tradition is a public health problem
feature Once-quaint Full Moon on the Quad is a bastion for mononucleosis and other illnesses
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5 sex strikes in the 21st century
feature Across the globe, women try to force change by refusing to put out
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Why abortion is probably going back to the Supreme Court
feature A ruling on Texas' restrictive abortion laws all but guarantees the high court will intervene
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Why you should pay attention to the Lily Allen–Miley Cyrus feminist feud
feature There are more nuances to the debate than to twerk or not to twerk
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What Orgasm Wars reveals about Japan's sexual culture
feature Don't just chalk it up to the country's "weirdness"
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Tiger Mom's latest book hits a little too close to the U.S's xenophobic past
feature The groups in question have changed but the unfounded designation of superiority is still there
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You can be obese and metabolically healthy
feature Give credit to your mitochondria
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4 shows other than The Simpsons that beautifully handled the death of a cast member
feature From Sesame Street to The West Wing, these shows have successfully worked a sudden death into the series
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Meet Sweetie: The computer-generated child-predator decoy
feature The controversial "girl" is ensnaring people across the globe. But is she doing real good?
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Thanksgivukkah will definitely not ruin Thanksgiving for Jews
feature Chill out, people
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'No Animals Were Harmed': Hollywood's tacit approval of animal abuse
feature A disturbing new expose has revealed widespread animal abuse and neglect in movies and television. But will it change anything?
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How Facebook knows if you're going to break up before you do
feature It's really pretty elementary
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Why David Cameron's crusade against porn is the nanny state at its worst
feature Let them watch porn, prime minister
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Amsterdam's plan to pay alcoholics in beer is actually not a bad idea
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The posthumous Scottsboro pardons: Too little, too late
feature It's a nice gesture by the Alabama parole board. But it's just a gesture.
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Ladies, don't sweat getting pregnant after 35
feature A new article sheds light on a popular infertility misconception
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Siri, suicide, and the ethics of intervention
feature Does Siri's new suicide-prevention feature have a downside?
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Everyone loves Zurich's sex boxes. Except the people using them.
feature Swiss prostitutes say the boxes are hurting business
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A short guide to the Men's Rights Movement
feature MRM has grown in members and vitriol with the power of the internet, but it wasn't always that way
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6 times Hollywood got slavery really wrong
feature 12 Years is a Slave is great, but it's more the exception than the rule
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Why some women don't want severe PMS categorized as a mental disorder
feature PMDD is more serious than typical PMS, but there are drawbacks to the new classification
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Why Amherst College's advice to watch out for 'unwanted sexual advances' is offensive
feature It's not the advice itself, but Amherst's historically weak response to assault
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The good and not-so-good reasons to have sex
feature It's important to get in your head and think about your sexual motivation
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