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more about #portfolio aimeeg: I was terrified of 'being a girl'. Overpriced handbags would chase me down the street, laundry held no joy for me and my dreams were haunted by varyin... more » janissa003: As a non-agressive person I'm so glad for the point-out that being more masculine is not liberating to everyone. I don't want to push and shove to ge... more » Cimorene: This is an excellent piece of feminist journalism. Good job! I especially liked your point about changing women for the workplace and changing the sc... more » boxspelunker: She may be built for hardship and pain, in all her womanity, but alas, I am only built for eating things and then pooping. Guess I'll never rise to t... more » Mushu_the_educated_whale: I made my boss give me a promotion and a raise years ago. But no one is going to consider that when writing a trend piece or telling women what their... more » KikiCanuck: Ummm... didn't her magazine feature a big 'ol story about big ol' lady-hating "genius" Dov Charney? So.... make that 4 ways not to solve sexism. I lo... more » Susan B.: I'm kind of getting annoyed by the acidity of some of the comments here. The Op-Ed piece is not well-written. That doesn't mean it's sexist. A woman w... more » LittleDogLaughed: Re: sense of humor... The best advice I've read since I became "politically conscious" was an article called something like "notes to an activist," a... more » Susan B.: Also: I didn't take the "leggy" remark to mean that someone had literally written, "Joanne Lipman's career has been very leggy." I took it to mean tha... more » Susan B.: Everything you say is right on, Anna...but yeah, it makes me sad that this mainstream media declaration that sexism is real is only going to get torn ... more » JerseyGrrrl: The female sense of humor is like the clit — other people may not know how to find it, but we know where the fuck ours is. Anna, this is amazing. ... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: What an odd world it would be if things were framed from women's points of view rather than men's, and no one but some mascunazi bonerkillers even not... more » lovelyleela: I'm not afraid of being a woman, but I try not to be a girl. #joannelipman more » Kali Mama: Either it's the patriarchy telling you, or feminists that feel your particular brand of failing to goosestep to the How Women Are To Act drumbeat are ... more » morninggloria: I am personally fighting sexism by wearing a gorilla costume everywhere so that no one can tell what gender I am. #joannelipman more » SarahMC: Stop telling women how to "solve sexism." #joannelipman more » HarpMadness: Well ... I think there is a point in there somewhere. If she's trying to say that until we change how women are perceived and start valuing things th... more » ihateyourescalade: The biggest irony of the piece: It was written by a woman who rose to be a top editor at the Wall Street Journal and went on to run a business magazin... more » highjump: "Umpteen discussions of humorless feminazis have led me to believe that the female sense of humor is like the clit — other people may not know how t... more » femme-bot: Maybe women should stop blaming sexism on women? My behavior and what I do doesn't have much to do with sexism. Men are the ones who need to be critic... more » -
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Three Ways To Not Solve Sexism, By Former Portfolio Editor
In Saturday's NY Times, former Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman attempted to critique the stalling of feminism in America. The result was so ham-handed and contradictory, it read like a tutorial on How Not to Talk About Sexism.
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