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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You can be obese and metabolically healthyfeature Give credit to your mitochondria
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Why UNESCO's suspension of U.S. and Israeli voting rights is a dumb movefeature The decision will only exacerbate Israeli-Palestinian tensions
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The Chinese Communist Party should end the one-child policy — for its own sakefeature If ethical concerns won't force change, self-survival will
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Mark Darcy is dead: Why Bridget Jones fans may never forgive Helen Fieldingfeature The death of the beloved romantic lead has produced a lot of broken — and angry — hearts
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Chad Curtis and the curse of the 1998 New York Yankeesfeature One of the best teams in baseball history has been plagued by arrests, drug addiction, and suicide
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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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How Facebook knows if you're going to break up before you dofeature It's really pretty elementary
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I love Jennifer Weiner, but she needs to back offfeature Her battle on behalf of Chick Lit is admirable. But that doesn't mean her criticism is always on the mark.
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The evolutionary roots of Mean Girlsfeature Cattiness, bitchiness, and gossiping may serve an evolutionary purpose among women. But does it have to be the norm?
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Why Anonymous gravitates to cases like Maryville and Steubenvillefeature The hacktivist group has created a vigilante niche for small-town rape cases
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5 books that wouldn't exist without Fear of Flyingfeature The erotic, feminist novel is celebrating its 40th anniversary
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The newest Chinese luxury item: American surrogate mothersfeature Behold the designer baby — who comes with U.S. citizenship to boot
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Is it time to ban child beauty pageants?feature France probably will. Some say the U.S. should be next.
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How did Love Actually become so controversial? A theoryfeature The most talked-about movie of the holiday season came out 10 years ago
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6 times Hollywood got slavery really wrongfeature 12 Years is a Slave is great, but it's more the exception than the rule
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Meet Sweetie: The computer-generated child-predator decoyfeature The controversial "girl" is ensnaring people across the globe. But is she doing real good?
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Oreos may be as addictive as cocaine and heroinfeature A new study suggests why it is so hard to curb over-eating
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Jameis Winston may be a free man, but college football is still on trialfeature It is impossible to look at this case in isolation
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Dinosaur erotica exists. Here's what you need to know.feature Christie Sim and Alara Branwen have made a whole bunch of money thanks to dinosaur, ogre, and weretiger erotica
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Step away from the ruler: Penis size studies are pretty worthlessfeature Other than to fuel male insecurities, that is
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Why Americans still can't admit to watching pornfeature The only thing a new study on porn reveals is how much we lie about it
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How the porn industry is putting its performers — and finances — at riskfeature With a fourth performer testing positive for HIV, refusing to use condoms is only hurting the industry
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Study: Women regret past sexual encounters, while men regret not having more of themfeature But please, don't chalk it up to evolution
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Did Bobby Riggs fix 'The Battle of the Sexes' against Billie Jean King?feature And if he did, does it matter?
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