Two things: First, Alice Gregory’s fascinating account of Nellie Bly’s bold, perennially wry career in journalism—an account that wraps up with a call for female writers to not only write about “women’s issues.”
Second, Ann Friedman responds with a thoughtful defense of making a career writing about “women’s issues.”
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Serious question: how many journalists who are female actually feel expected to write about ladybits, clothing or families? Is this still really an issue?
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