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more about #joannelipman more comments → Seeräuber Jenny: The Letty Cottin Pogrebin letter in the Times was superb. While she was enjoying her "post-feminist" privileges and denigrating the radical actions, ... more » VespaVirgin: Unemployed women of a certain socio-economic class (aka "Leggy"): victims of 9/11, feminist backlash. The others (aka, "size 8 and over," "not white"... more » Parah_Salin: Maureen Dowd fans read this: [jonswift.blogspot.com] "But Dowd was not just crying for herself. She was crying for all of the pundits and journalists... more » Seeräuber Jenny: The column was self-serving, but it wasn't only self-serving. I'm sure that Lippman has experienced sexism. The grand irony is that if she had colle... more » jefischer: Thank you for running this. That essay was horrible. No mention of neoconservatism--probably the biggest force to stall the women's movement--and inst... more » Lux Alptraum: My mother sent me this piece--it totally lost me when she tried to tie sexism to 9/11. Frankly, the kind of sexism she's referring to has been around ... more » heartbreakturnip: I think I agree with this rant, but I'm not sure. I don't understand it because I'm having a hard time parsing your sentences. To whit: Can we spell ... more » eastofwest: You know, I never noticed what a total pepperoni party Gawker has become. Thanks for pointing it out. #joannelipman more » raincoaster: It must be said (and will, in fact, be said, and that by ME!) that when a high-profile woman fails in devastatingly public fashion, it's almost the de... more » raincoaster: It must be said (and will, in fact, be said, and that by ME!) that when a high-profile woman fails in devastatingly public fashion, it's almost the de... more » Unsolicited Advice: Lipman's editorial career was all about reflexively shouting at staffers to express control when she had none. For her, feminism is a topic to wield ... more » fatmonalisa: I find modern feminism to be a crock of shit anyway. I work in high end art which is supposed to be the deep asshole of nepotism, racism, and sexism. ... more » MrInBetween: Now Lipman is a once-serious journalist with a long-ago serious mien, a current writer of self-indulgent, banshee-shrieking rubbish, and long legs. #j... more » GlasgowRose: The leggy doth protest too much. #joannelipman more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: The bigger fail is that the NYT printed it. #joannelipman more » -
#genderpolitics
Fallen Portfolio Editor Joanne Lipman's Self-Serving Feminism Screed: 9/11, Sissies, Etc.
Remember Portfolio? The nearly stillborn Conde publication's fallen editor Joanne Lipman's back, with an editorial for Sunday's Times entitled "The Mismeasure Of Woman," where she argues that feminism's stalled out. Great, except: it's inaccurate, intellectually offensive, and gratingly pompous.
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#portfolio
All Joanne Lipman Knows Is It Wasn't Her Fault
What's deposed Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman been up to since her magazine folded, besides lying about not reading this website? Partying, vacation planning, and blaming others! More » -
#portfolio
Joanne Lipman's Dream That Could Not Be
A year before Portfolio's launch, the magazine produced mock-ups, obtained by the New York Observer. The titles are awful, but the cover lines reveal a compelling vision editor Joanne Lipman couldn't pull off. More » -
#oped
Inside Fort Polio: A Former Staffer on What Went Wrong
Paul Smalera, a Portfolio staff writer who was laid off before it shut down today, argues that it was hubris and an obstinate editor — not the economy — that doomed Conde Nast's business mag. More » -
#magazines
Tiniest Condé Nast magazine ever: the 106-page April Portfolio.
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#disasters
How Barack Obama Got Snared In Portfolio's Crazy-Making
Joanne Lipman, the diva editor of Portfolio, is becoming known for her disastrous cover decisions. The worst, perhaps, involved the president and Annie Leibovitz. More » -
#magazines
Another Irrelevant Portfolio Cover Coming
What is wrong with Joanne Lipman? Does the Portfolio editor detest business journalism? Is she trying to finally get fired? There must be some reason she's putting Sarah Palin on next month's cover. More » -
#recessionomics
Cash-Bleeding Mag Editor Recommends Buying a House
Yes, sure, ok, Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman. You go on TV and claim this year is shaping up as an extraordinary time to buy a home. That's a fine and sensical thing for the editor of a finance magazine to be saying. More » -
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#magazines
Sun Setting on Conde Nast's Fancy Culture
Conde Nast, magazine publisher of the gods, is in trouble. Many of its most famous magazines are losing critical amounts of advertising. How bad are things? So bad that Conde is actually making some changes!
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#media
Conde Editors Get Their Precious Domain Names Back
Last month Cityfile unveiled, oh, a hundred or so domain names of famous New Yorkers' names that it had bought, just because it could. Conde Nast immediately marshaled its team of high-powered attorney warriors! More » -
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Is Portfolio on the rocks? [Cityfile]
