TW for abortion, gender violence, gynocideJessica Valenti‏: So @TheAtlantic’s editor @JeffreyG

TW for abortion, gender violence, gynocideJessica Valenti‏: So @TheAtlantic’s editor @JeffreyGoldberg knew that Kevin Williamson argued that women should be hanged for having abortions & hired him anyway Slate: Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?We have sunk so low that the head of a national magazine is explaining to staff that arguing to execute 25% of the female population in America is just a “controversial aspect” of someone’s writing.The condescension here is unconscionable. Those furious at @TheAtlantic for hiring someone who argued for genocidal-level executions of women didn’t do so because we were *unfamiliar* with the rest of his writing. The entirety of his writing is how we knew he was serious.Goldberg writes in his memo that it’s his “mission to make sure that we outdo our industry in achieving gender equality.” I wonder how he’ll do that after making so clear to his female staff that their personhood is secondary to “ideological diversity.”How many female staffers at @TheAtlantic have had abortions? Is Goldberg comfortable with forcing them to work with a man who thinks they should be hanged?I realize I’m burning lots of bridges here, but this memo is essentially a declaration that women’s lives and freedom do not matter to Goldberg or @TheAtlantic. At least, not more than clicks do.Prediction: At some point this thread will cost me a job in media, while men like Kevin Williamson sit pretty.Read the thread hereHave an opinion on this hire of gynocide advocate Kevin Williamson? Let me save you a search!https://www.theatlantic.com/contact/ -- source link

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