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Yes, Idiot, It Is Harder To Be A Woman Than A Man


How can you say it's easier to be a man than to be a woman? What data do you have to support such a position? That's the type of mail you get when you write something for a news outlet other than Jezebel, and I thought fondly of it today when I read the latest from Wall Street, where Lehman Brothers chief financial officer Erin Callan, a Harvard-educated attorney known for "speaking more clearly and revealing more financial data than most Wall Street CFOs" all while wearing five-inch stilettos, had been demoted after seven months in the job, some internet pundit just skewered CNBC anchor Maria "Money Honey" Bartiromo for her "hysterical" statements on tax policy and her collagen injections, and Marie Claire just interviewed CNBC anchor Becky Quick about her wardrobe. "Nothing less than impeccable is what flies on Wall Street," she told the magazine. "If your lipstick's a mess or your skirt is too trendy, it instantly devalues you." Yup, devalues. More »

4:30 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Moe
9,419 views, 175 comments

Latest by n/a: @nowimpissed: @clevernamehere: Hey, sorry I'm replying late, but I just wanted to clarify. I completely agree that in the workplace, it is tough to be female--but wardrobe issues are hardly the extent of the challenges people face. I'm a South more »

news roundup

Will Michelle Obama Be The Next Member Oprah's Book Club?

  • For some inexplicable reason publishers seem to think Michelle Obama could write a bestseller. Perhaps it was that college thesis? The admirable physique? Just hard up for cash in a challenging credit environment? [Observer]
  • McCain: the "first real postmodernist candidate for the presidency." ? [NYT]
  • Why would you assume our passports were made in U.S. America? [Washington Times]
  • Sigh of relief for society! Jamie Lynn Spears is engaged. [US]
  • Boycotting the Olympics: actually a pretty powerful condemnation of repression, when you think about it. Oh, well. [Slate]
  • Some guy made up a story about how Diddy knew about Tupac's assassination plot and the LA Times totally bought it but the source turned out to be a "wildly impulsive, overweight white kid from Florida whose own father once described him in a letter to a federal judge as 'a disturbed young man who needed attention like a drug.'" [TheSmokingGun]
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6:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Moe
2,163 views, 39 comments

Latest by zorazero: Woah, cool! McCain denies the Western rationalist foundations of epistemology and absolute meaning, using language to deconstruct and interrogate oppressive political structures? [reads NYT article] Oh. Right. Lame. more »

crappy hour

Happy Non-St. Pat's Day, Folks! The World Is Currently Ending

How was your weekend? Hey! Guess who cares; no one. Fucking End Times came while you were drinking green beer or whatever, to the point that I shouldn't have to bait you with the fact that the McGreeveys HAD HARD CORE INTENSE BUTT SEX ORGIES WITH MARGARITAS/ POTATO SKIN PLATTERS AT T.G.I.FRIDAYS. But there I go baiting you! Okay, seriously though: did you know today is not St. Patrick's Day? No, the Vatican foresaw that everyone would be drinking heavily anyway today and rescheduled it so it wouldn't conflict with the collapse of the American financial system/China's control over its populace/numerous buildings. In other news, John McCain is taking some soothing R&R in Iraq. Will Spielberg and the Beastie Boys and the rest of the "Dalai clique" spoil the Olympics for China? Will the Fed bail me out in the event of a liquidity crisis in approx four weeks? Why can't I get in on Bear Stearns at two bucks a share? All that and odds on Laura Bush dropping her cookie sheet to call up Hu Jintao on behalf of her precious hot monks with me and Glamocracy's Megan Carpentier. JUMP. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Moe
4,613 views, 93 comments

Latest by Atsumi: @SinisterRouge on Notice!: Yeah, the gas is terrible. I was shocked to find out my state (MO) was the second CHEAPEST in the nation. I thought OUR prices were bad... more »