New Website For Women

Jane Austen

The Washington Post has a new partnership with the website  “Double X.” This is not a feminist web site, but it is for women. I think men would find it entertaining as well. It’s just the right blend of gossipy and informative. A sampling of stories:

Lady Killers and Why We Are Fascinated by Them: How the media create the ideal violent female. By Jessica Grose

Confessions of a Jane Austen-Spinoff Addict: A review of A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen. By Sara Dabney Tisdale

The DoubleX Guide to the Worst Cads of 2009: From Tiger Woods to Jon Gosselin, the most disgraceful men of the year. By DoubleX Staff

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