Oh, New York Times. The journalist in me loves you, but the feminist in me hates you.
I mean, come on: "The debate on mothers?" Are we debating whether they exist, or what? I think your copy editors can do better than that.
And what about this quote? "Ms. Palin has set off a fierce argument among women about whether there are enough hours in the day for her to take on the vice presidency, and whether she is right to try."
If mothers aren't allowed to have lives and careers, sign me up to get my tubes tied.
Don't try to tell me it's not sexist if it's written by women, New York Times. I can see through that; I know your tricks. I can read you like you're printed broadsheet style and distributed to over a million people.
Seriously, NYT: If you don't cut the sexist crap I may have to leave you for the Washington Post (but don't worry, darling, I would never stoop to USA Today).
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I got about two sentences into that article and put the paper down. I was afraid I'd throw it so hard it would leave a hole in the wall.
I was reading the actual paper, btw, not the online version.
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