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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Chad Curtis and the curse of the 1998 New York Yankees
feature One of the best teams in baseball history has been plagued by arrests, drug addiction, and suicide
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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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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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Siri, suicide, and the ethics of intervention
feature Does Siri's new suicide-prevention feature have a downside?
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Lena Dunham's body reveals the naked truth about our distorted values
feature You're probably missing the point of Dunham's purposeful nudity
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Watch 'The Quarterback': Glee's memorial to Finn Hudson and Cory Monteith
feature Glee is tackling the real-life death of star Cory Monteith through his character, Finn Hudson
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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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Everyone loves Zurich's sex boxes. Except the people using them.
feature Swiss prostitutes say the boxes are hurting business
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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 it now sucks even more to be an unpaid intern
feature The disappointing outcome of Lihuan Wang's sexual harassment suit shows how vulnerable interns are
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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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Why is Jason Collins coming out a bigger deal than Brittney Griner?
feature Some critics blame sexism
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The Idina Menzel–Taye Diggs split, and 5 other breakups that hurt us more than it hurt them
feature They may have moved forward, but we certainly haven't
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Orange is the New Black was snubbed at the Golden Globes. The show has only itself to blame.
feature With a tweak, the popular show could have put itself in a better position to bring home some hardware
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The mysterious decline in female life expectancy
feature The unprecedented reversal is concentrated in certain parts of the country
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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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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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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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'Blurred Lines' and 5 other popular songs sued for copyright infringement
feature Robin Thicke is in good company
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5 books that wouldn't exist without Fear of Flying
feature The erotic, feminist novel is celebrating its 40th anniversary
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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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Are we making ourselves miserable trying to live longer?
feature Our life expectancy has increased, but our quality of life hasn't
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Amsterdam's plan to pay alcoholics in beer is actually not a bad idea
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All hail the Bad Sex Awards, the world's best literary prize
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