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Fewer than 10% of Dutch women work full-time, and face one of the highest wage gaps in Europe—"and they like it this way," says Slate writer Jessica Olien. American women, put down those Blackberries and take note. More »
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Ricki Lake, everyone's favorite (formerly) zaftig talk show host from the early/mid 90s, produced and is starring in a graphic new documentary about natural childbirth and midwifery called The Business of Being Born. It's opening in limited release this week, but back in May when Being Born debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, Salon interviewed Ricki about her experience giving birth on film, in which she called her cooch awesome, and the interviewer called the film "a magical mystery tour of bodily fluids, sliced uteri, gloppy infants and gaping vaginas." Ok then! Gory bits notwithstanding, most of the reviewers enjoyed the extremely informational and well-paced film, though some feared that director Abby Epstein was overly biased against medical intervention vis-a-vis childbirth. After the jump, the critics have some postpartum thoughts on Being Born. More »
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