On Jill Abramson being fired from the New York Times
At Ada’s List we are shocked at the ouster of Jill Abramson as Executive Editor of the New York Times. Here are a few links that discuss what is so wrong about her being fired for being ‘pushy’, for speaking up about being paid less than her male predecessor:
The New Yorker: Why Jill Abramson was fired
The Atlantic: Jill Abramson and the ‘narrow band’ of acceptable female behaviour
Vox: What happened to Jill Abramson shows everything that sucks about being a woman leader
Ann Friedman: If Jill Abramson were a man
The New Republic: I sort of hope we find out that Jill Abramson was robbing from the cash register
Gawker: The New York Times is run by a human PR disaster
Salon: Don’t call Jill Abramson ‘pushy’
New York Magazine: Sulzberger swings the axe again: why the Times publisher and Jill Abramson were doomed from the start
Slate: Woman at the top of the masthead
Jezebel: Jill Abramson and those goddamn pushy female bosses
Mathbabe: Was Jill Abramson’s firing a woman thing?
New York Observer: Jill Abramson’s newsroom management style wasn’t a surprise
No doubt there will be more to come.
