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    ostartero: If Jezebel is any indication of the current feminist stance, there is a reason many consider "feminism" a bad word. Please go back to Virginia Woolf a... more »
    lalafrmatl: Unlike alot of people I don't hate Sarah Palin. But she has kinda brought this hypersexualization of herself on herself. I mean, can you think of any ... more »
    clevernamehere: That photo is inappropriate for the cover of Newsweek. I think too often the Palin hate allows people to overlook the gender issues. Whether or not ... more »
    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I am really quite torn on this issue. It's the details of the Running Weekly photo that bother me, the flag, the nails, the hair, the blackberries. It... more »
    whynotshesaid: The day I see Tim Pawlenty's legs on the cover of Newsweek is the day I stop thinking this was sexist. Fuck you, Newsweek, for making me side with Sa... more »
    soykatrina: With a headline like that, I'm just happy they didn't photoshop Palin's head onto this: #sarahpalin more »
    Susan B.: Does Newsweek typically use other publications' photos for their cover? Isn't most magazine cover art original? more »
    Ruby_de_la_Booby: I just pulled the magazine out of my mailbox, and I'm not really offended. Sarah Palin willingly posed for this photo, and to me, the joke isn't the ... more »
    BeRy51: Meacham's argument that the cover is gender neutral because they choose the "most interesting image" for the cover is so much bullshit, and also kind... more »
    banana_grabber: If they had used a paparazzi picture of her jogging in shorts and showing some leg, then, yes, that would be awful. The fact that they were using a p... more »
    Susan B.: Also, the Tonya Harding analogy doesn't really hold: Tonya didn't do the kneecapping herself, the kneecapping wasn't against someone who'd been helpin... more »
    sybann: She shows nearly that much knee and leg when she poses in a damn dress. I'm calling bishcrap. #sarahpalin more »
    dreamweave: Can we get a Jon and Kate post up in this joint? I need a break from the Palin. #sarahpalin more »
    emfish55: I think it's interesting that of all the many many ways you can take Sarah Palin down, so many men choose to do so using explicitly gendered terms. S... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: Dude, they didn't photoshop her. This is a legitimate picture she posed for less than a year ago...and they likely put it on the cover since it's a p... more »
    yvanehtnioj: Meacham tells Politico's Michael Calderone, "We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what w... more »
  • #gonerogue

    Newsweek Editor: Palin Cover Applied A "Gender-Neutral Standard"

    Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is defending his magazine's decision to put a running shorts-clad photo of Sarah Palin on the cover. Relatedly, Andrea Mitchell is mildly embarrassed that she only has older white men to ask about this stuff. More »
  • #crappyhour

    What Doesn't Change Stays The Same

  • #commoncurrency

    Why Women Today Should Like It When Their Friends Bone Their Exes