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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What does the rise in unprotected gay sex mean for the fight against AIDS?
feature President Obama's call for an AIDS-free generation might face a serious obstacle
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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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All hail the Bad Sex Awards, the world's best literary prize
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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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Why Common Core may not fix our kids' problems with math
feature The problems in the U.S. education system run deep
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Fear of dying alone drives women AND men into bad relationships
feature Both sexes lower the relationship bar out of spinsterhood fears
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How Citizens United could hurt ObamaCare
feature The Affordable Care Act is going back to the Supreme Court
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Study: Women regret past sexual encounters, while men regret not having more of them
feature But please, don't chalk it up to evolution
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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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Step away from the ruler: Penis size studies are pretty worthless
feature Other than to fuel male insecurities, that is
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Jameis Winston may be a free man, but college football is still on trial
feature It is impossible to look at this case in isolation
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How the porn industry is putting its performers — and finances — at risk
feature With a fourth performer testing positive for HIV, refusing to use condoms is only hurting the industry
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India's gay sex ban shows why the LGBT movement must go global
feature Discrimination against gays is still widespread — and getting worse
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How did Love Actually become so controversial? A theory
feature The most talked-about movie of the holiday season came out 10 years ago
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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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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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Oreos may be as addictive as cocaine and heroin
feature A new study suggests why it is so hard to curb over-eating
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Why the Avonte Oquendo missing child case is getting so much attention
feature Children with autism are more likely to go missing and are harder to find
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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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