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Gillian Anderson on the fear of voicing desires. Plus: a way for us to hang out in person this week, a rejoinder to Olivia Nuzzi slut-shaming, and more in the weekend roundup.

Tracy Clark-Flory

Sep 29

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Happy weekend. In this week’s roundup, we’ve got everything from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to Andrew Scott in a jockstrap to Donald Trump’s “protector” fantasies.

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Bay Area folks! I’ll be in conversation THIS WEEK with Amanda Montei at Womb House Books in Oakland on Thursday 10/3 at 6:30. We’re celebrating the paperback release of her fantastic book Touched Out and there is so much new fodder for discussion since the book first came out. Join us! It’s gonna be good.

Donald Trump—a man we can thank for women currently suffering and dying under abortion bans—announced this week that he will be a “protector” of women. A protector who keeps us from feeling “abandoned, lonely, or scared,” and from “thinking about abortions.” A remarkably chilling soundbite, even for him.

Anne Helen Petersen on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: “The most patriarchal and oppressive governing principles of the LDS church no longer make sense for them or their lives; still, they’re unwilling to let go of the association or the power and status that accompany it.”

Kinda want to write a bigger thing about these guys who perform romantic text message exegeses for each other. ...