Veteran news anchor Katie Couric outed former colleague Bryant Gumbel as &#8220;incredibly sexist,&#8221; claiming that he suggested she should deliver her baby &#8220;in a field&#8221; and come straight back to the show rather than taking some time off for maternity leave.
Couric made the comments during her recent appearance on comedian Bill Maher&#8217;s &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, where she also said that Gumbel&#8217;s attitude was similar to that of many of her male colleagues and the overall culture at NBC at the time.
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Katie Couric on Club Random with Bill Maher revealed a couple of interesting facts about her time working on the &#39;Today Show&#39; with Bryant Gumbel and Matt Lauer: Couric: &quot;He [Gumbel] got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave, and he was giving endless shit for… <a href="https://t.co/9KjrtZSbGY">pic.twitter.com/9KjrtZSbGY</a>
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&#8220;He was prickly, but, what a talent. He’s such a seamless broadcaster, eloquent. I mean, when that countdown would happen — five, four, three, two, one — he would just hit it perfect,&#8221; Couric said of Gumbel.
And while she did have a number of nice things to say about him — she called him a &#8220;natty dresser&#8221; and noted that he was intelligent and &#8220;really talented&#8221; — her overall assessment was that he was &#8220;complicated.&#8221;
She went on to say that things kind of came to a head when she planned to take maternity leave when her first child was born.
&#8220;And he was giving me endless s*** for taking like a month or two off. I was having my first baby,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He was like, ‘Why don’t you just drop it in the field and come back to work right away or something?'&#8221;
Maher, who is friends with Gumbel, pressed Couric on that point and said that it sounded like he probably meant that last remark as a joke — and while Couric conceded that he&#8217;d been &#8220;kidding,&#8221; she said that wasn&#8217;t the only thing he had said on the matter.
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&#8220;He was goofing on me but giving me a lot of s***. But it was emblematic of sort of an incredibly sexist attitude,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;It was a very different environment,&#8221; she said of NBC at the time.
Maher noted that there was an &#8220;old boys club&#8221; feel to the interoffice politics at major networks at the time, adding, &#8220;And women had to put up with more. They just did. I mean, you know, not to get all fuzzy and Lifetime Channel about it, but people like you and Barbara Walters or just like women comedians of a certain age, you have to really tip your hat to them because it was harder.&#8221;

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Katie Couric: ‘Incredibly Sexist’ Bryant Gumbel Told Her To Give Birth ‘In A Field’ And Come Back To Work

Katie Couric: 'Incredibly Sexist' Bryant Gumbel Told Her To Give Birth 'In A Field' And Come Back To Work

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It&#8217;s almost spring cleaning time, but according to one college <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/professor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">professor</a>, cleaning your pantry is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racist</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexist</a>.
A viral TikTok trend has emerged where users share their well-organized refrigerators and pantry closets. But Loyola University Chicago marketing professor <a href="https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/jennadrenten.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jenna Drenten</a> wrote in <a href="https://theconversation.com/pantry-porn-on-tiktok-and-instagram-makes-obsessively-organized-kitchens-a-new-status-symbol-197517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a> criticizing the trend, which she dubbed &#8220;pantry porn,&#8221; for glamorizing and stylizing home organization. Drenten then said that the trend was similar to the desire for niceness, which was rooted in racism and sexism.
&#8220;In today’s consumer culture, &#8216;a place for everything and everything in its place&#8217; isn’t just a mantra; it’s big business. Nowhere is this more evident than the kitchen pantry,&#8221; Drenten wrote. &#8220;As someone who studies digital consumer culture, I’ve noticed an uptick in glamorized, stylized and fully stocked pantries on TikTok and Instagram, giving rise to a content genre I dub &#8216;pantry porn.’”
Drenten wrote about how pantries emerged as a status symbol in the 1800s, then became more common in middle-class homes in the 20th century, before becoming ubiquitous in modern times. She then said that modern celebrity culture has made the pantry a status symbol once again, while social media influencers have also stepped in to bring the status symbol back down to the masses.
Furthermore, &#8220;pantry porn&#8221; stems from the early social media phenomenon of &#8220;food porn,&#8221; highly glamorized pictures of cooking and eating food.
Having established the pantry as a status symbol, Drenten goes further. &#8220;Storing spices in coordinated glass jars and color coordinating dozens of sprinkles containers may seem trivial,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But tidiness is tangled up with status, and messiness is loaded with assumptions about personal responsibility and respectability. Cleanliness has historically been used as a cultural gatekeeping mechanism to reinforce status distinctions based on a vague understanding of ‘niceness’: nice people, with nice yards, in nice houses, make for nice neighborhoods.&#8221;
&#8220;What lies beneath the surface of this anti-messiness, pro-niceness stance is a history of classist, racist and sexist social structures,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;In my research, influencers who produce pantry porn are predominantly white women who demonstrate what it looks like to maintain a ‘nice’ home by creating a new status symbol: the perfectly organized, fully stocked pantry.&#8221;
Drenten also claimed that the trend reinforces sexist tropes about the domestic housewife as a feminine ideal. &#8220;Magazines like Good Housekeeping were once the brokers of idealized domestic work,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Now online pantry porn sets the aspirational standard for becoming an ideal mom, ideal wife and ideal woman. This grew out of a shift toward an intensive mothering ideology that equates being a good mom with time-intensive, labor-intensive, financially expensive care work.”
&#8220;Sure, all of those baskets and bins serve a functional purpose in the home: seeing what you need, when you need it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But the social pressure to curate a perfect pantry might make some women work overtime. Pantry porn, as a status symbol, relies on the promise of making daily domestic work easier. But if women are largely responsible for the work required to maintain the perfectly organized pantry, it’s critical to ask: easier for whom?&#8221;

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CNN announced that embattled anchor Don Lemon would be back on the air on Wednesday morning — following &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-will-be-back-on-cnn-after-class-on-not-making-sexist-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formal training</a>&#8221; to address sexist comments he made about 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley — and journalist Megyn Kelly responded to the news by offering up a potential syllabus.
Lemon, 56, faced <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/were-just-getting-started-janice-dean-blows-up-don-lemon-over-sexist-dig-at-nikki-haley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavy criticism</a> after saying last Thursday that Haley — who is five years his junior — was no longer &#8220;in her prime.&#8221; Kelly, who had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-says-don-lemon-has-a-pattern-of-making-sexist-comments-to-his-female-colleagues-brings-receipts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously remarked</a> that Lemon had a history of making such comments, listed a few key points that she thought should be on the lesson plan.
&#8220;Day 1 of Don Lemon’s &#8216;formal training&#8217; on how not to be a misogynist. Let’s help!&#8221; Kelly tweeted. &#8220;1. Women are not damaged goods when they hit 40; 2. Rape victims don’t need your lecture on how to respond to their rape; 3. Women forgetting a fact do not have &#8216;mommy brain.&#8217; They’re, um… human.&#8221;
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Day 1 of Don Lemon’s “formal training” on how not to be a misogynist. Let’s help! 1. Women are not damaged goods when they hit 40. 2. Rape victims don’t need your lecture on how to respond to their rape. 3. Women forgetting a fact do not have “mommy brain.” They’re, um… human.
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Kelly continued, referencing another alleged incident in which Lemon chastised &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; co-host Kaitlan Collins — after which she reportedly ran off the set.
&#8220;4. Screaming at your female co-anchor bc she interrupted you to the point where she runs away is considered rude &amp; unprofessional; 5. Postponing an ad break to mansplain to said co-anchor in front of the audience how to properly conduct an interview is an act of douchebaggery,&#8221; Kelly added.
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6. Defending sexism w/ “some of my best friends are” (in the group I attacked) wld not excuse racism &amp; it doesn’t excuse sexism. 7. “I’m going to continue to be me” is not an acceptable plan when “me” loathes women. 8. When under fire for misogyny, try to at least look/act sorry
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&#8220;6. Defending sexism w/ &#8216;some of my best friends are&#8217; (in the group I attacked) wld not excuse racism &amp; it doesn’t excuse sexism,&#8221; Kelly added. &#8220;7. &#8216;I’m going to continue to be me&#8217; is not an acceptable plan when &#8216;me&#8217; loathes women; 8. When under fire for misogyny, try to at least look/act sorry.&#8221;
CNN CEO Chris Licht announced that Lemon would return — after agreeing to diversity training — for Wednesday morning&#8217;s broadcast.
Citing a &#8220;frank and meaningful&#8221; conversation with the embattled anchor, Licht added, &#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.&#8221;
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CNN president Chris Licht on his decision to bring back Don Lemon this week after his &quot;women in their prime&quot; comment on Thursday: &quot;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with a fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes.&quot;
&mdash; Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremymbarr/status/1627880616984281090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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‘Try To At Least Look/Act Sorry’: Megyn Kelly Offers Sensitivity Training Syllabus For Don Lemon

Megyn Kelly Offers Sensitivity Training Syllabus For Don Lemon

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&#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; co-host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/youre-not-a-new-generation-whoopi-goldberg-swipes-the-nikki-haley-attack-right-out-of-don-lemons-mouth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Lemon</a> will be back in his regular chair on Wednesday, network CEO Chris Licht told employees in an email sent on Monday — but he will undergo &#8220;formal training&#8221; after comments he made late last week sparked a firestorm of outrage on both sides of the aisle.
&#8220;I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation,&#8221; Licht said in a statement that was published in an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/media/don-lemon-cnn-this-morning/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> by CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy. &#8220;He has agreed to participate in formal training, as well as continuing to listen and learn. We take this situation very seriously.&#8221;
<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;It is important to me that CNN balances accountability with … fostering a culture in which people can own, learn and grow from their mistakes. To that end, Don will return to &#8216;CNN This Morning&#8217; on Wednesday,&#8221; he concluded.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Lemon, 56, sparked outrage — first from his co-hosts, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, and then from a host of others on either side of the political aisle — when he claimed that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) was no longer &#8220;in her prime&#8221; at 51 years old.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley, who announced her bid last week for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, suggested that many American politicians were not &#8220;in their prime&#8221; and proposed a cognitive test for those who were over 75 years old when they ran for office — and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lemon said</a> that the idea of bringing age into the conversation made him uncomfortable.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable,&#8221; Lemon said. &#8220;I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,&#8221; Lemon said during the <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/things-get-awkward-after-don-lemon-dings-nikki-haley-by-insisting-women-are-in-their-prime-in-their-20s-30s-and-40s/">broadcast</a>. &#8220;Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [their] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s…&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Harlow and Collins were visibly taken aback by the comments, and both objected even as he doubled down.
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">&#8220;Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just saying what the facts are. Google it. Everybody at home, when is a woman in her prime? It says 20s, 30s, and 40s,&#8221; Lemon continued. &#8220;I’m just saying Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that politicians are not in their prime, and they need to be in their prime when they serve. She would not be in her prime according to Google or whatever it is.&#8221;
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_A2821C1F-DE32-FF1B-2E6B-7244A136E3F3@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-analytics-observe="off">Haley was unfazed by the attack, responding, &#8220;I have always made the liberals&#8217; heads explode. They can&#8217;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&#8221;
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Nikki Haley responding to Don Lemon&#39;s comments about her on CNN:
&quot;I have always made the liberals&#39; heads explode. They can&#39;t stand the fact that a minority, conservative, female would not be on the Democratic side.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/p8FY7eqOgT">pic.twitter.com/p8FY7eqOgT</a>
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Don Lemon Will Be Back On CNN — After Class On Not Making Sexist Comments

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> House lawmakers <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/13/missouri-state-legislators-adopt-more-strict-dress-code-women/11046371002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3812448-missouri-house-adopts-new-dress-code-for-women-requiring-covering-of-arms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">change</a> the women’s dress code on Wednesday, sparking outrage from Democrats and several legacy media <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/13/1149057491/missouri-house-dress-code-women-cardigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that looked to imply there was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexism</a> at play, even though the new code ended up looking surprisingly similar to the previous dress code.
Republican state Representative Ann Kelley pushed for the changes, saying that the dress code needed to be clarified.
&#8220;Isn&#8217;t it is essential to always maintain a formal and professional atmosphere on the House floor?&#8221; Kelley asked. &#8220;And to ensure this happens, I have felt compelled to offer this amendment, which cleans up some of the language in rule 98 by mirroring the previous language and the gentleman&#8217;s dress code.”
“Men are required to wear a jacket, a shirt and a tie, correct? And if they walked in here without a tie, they would get gaveled down in a heartbeat. If they walked in without a jacket, they would get gaveled down in a heartbeat. So, we are so interested in being equal,” Kelley also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/missouri-dress-code-lawmakers-house/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
“All we’re trying to do today is to take the same rules that we have and make them more clear,” Republican state Representative Brenda Shields <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/missouri-women-dress-code-arms-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
The previous dress code from 2021 <a href="https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills211/rules/rules.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> that “[p]roper attire for women shall be dresses or skirts or slacks worn with a blazer or sweater and appropriate dress shoes or boots. This rule shall apply to all members and staff on the floor of the House and lower gallery.”
For men, it says that “proper attire for gentlemen shall be business attire, including coat, tie, dress trousers, and dress shoes or boots.”
The dress code amendment was approved in a voice vote. A rules package with the new dress code then <a href="https://house.mo.gov/BillTracking/PDFViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/billtracking/bills231/jrnpdf/jrn005.pdf#page=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> on Wednesday in a <a href="https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HR11&amp;year=2023&amp;code=R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> of 105-51.
One dress code amendment <a href="https://house.mo.gov/BillTracking/PDFViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/billtracking/bills231/jrnpdf/jrn005.pdf#page=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> that “[p]roper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks, and dress shoes or boots. For the purposes of this rule, ‘jacket’ shall include blazers and knit blazers.”
The word “cardigan&#8221; was also added after the word &#8220;blazers&#8221; in an amendment by Shields as people reportedly pushed back on the rule change.
Democrats, in particular, voiced their concerns on the House floor.
“We are fighting — again — for a woman’s right to choose for something. This time, it’s how she covers herself — and the interpretation of someone who has no background in fashion,” Democratic state Representative Raychel Proudie <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/12/missouri-women-dress-code-arms-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> during a speech. “I spent $1,200 on a suit, and I can’t wear it in the People’s House because someone who doesn’t have the range tells me that it’s inappropriate.”
Proudie also said that some coworkers might be pregnant and would have to spend money on new attire to be in line with the rule.
&#8220;We are a place of laws and words do matter,&#8221; Proudie said. &#8220;This is a place where we ought to be dressed in business formal, which does call for women to have our arms covered. I think we&#8217;re being quite pedantic here by making rules so petty and what it will ultimately lead to is the disenfranchisement of folks.&#8221;
“You surely don’t have the money off the salary that we make to go buy a bunch of new clothes or tailored clothes, and I hope you’re able to continue to wear your cardigan and vote on behalf of the people who sent you here,” Proudie said.
Democratic State Representative Ashley Aune also pushed back, saying, “Do you know what it feels like to have a bunch of men in this room looking at your top trying to decide whether it’s appropriate or not?”
Kelley, in favor of the change, questioned why they were discussing the matter on the House floor at all.
“You would think, you would think, that all you would have to do is, say, dress professionally, and women could handle it,” Kelley responded. “You would think elected officials could handle that.”

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Democrats, Media Imply Sexism In Missouri Women Lawmaker Dress Code Change, But It Hardly Changed Anything

Democrats, Media Imply Sexism In New Missouri Women Lawmaker Dress Code, But It Hardly Changed Anything

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Does <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender equality</a> include men and women being allowed to publicly expose their breasts?
Well, according to Dorothy Stover — a lifelong resident of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a self-proclaimed sex educator — the answer to that question is yes.
Stover scored a legal victory this week after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> an amendment recently passed by Nantucket voters that legalized toplessness for men and women on all island beaches.
She first advocated for the change last spring, proposing an amendment that read, &#8220;In order to promote equality for all persons, any person shall be allowed to be topless on any beach within the Town of Nantucket.&#8221;
According to Stover, the idea first came to her many years ago when she saw a cartoon showing a man and woman with the exact same body, with the male telling the female to cover up.
Her desire to ditch her bikini top legally was hastened again after she realized she couldn&#8217;t do so at a Nantucket beach, despite men being able to walk around bare-chested.
&#8220;I do like to go topless on the beach,&#8221; Stover <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVDTiGDZ5k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> on a podcast recorded before voters approved the measure, explaining that there was a Nantucket beach where women could bare their upper half without hassle from authorities — even though it was illegal.
Yet she noticed a double standard one day on another part of the island after seeing several males who must have suffered from gynecomastia.
&#8220;I was at a different beach where you couldn&#8217;t be topless and I had this moment when I wanted to be topless,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I realized I couldn&#8217;t and as I looked around the beach, I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Wait you know there are people that there are men that have bigger breasts than I do right now but they&#8217;re able to be topless? Why can&#8217;t I be topless?'&#8221;
Stover apparently doesn&#8217;t see any difference between men&#8217;s chests and women&#8217;s breasts.
“We have the exact same makeup — men have mammary glands and nipples — and so I started reaching more into it and men can go topless but we can’t,” Stover previously <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/nantucket-residents-vote-to-allow-topless-beaches/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Not all island residents support her ideas.
&#8220;If I have to go topless to prove I am equal to a male that is something wrong with that concept,&#8221; one woman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lLJ-E4pnho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a debate about the proposal last spring.
A man at the time also pointed out that Nantucket has strict laws about everything in hopes of keeping a certain aesthetic.
&#8220;We talk about preservation, we talk about making sure the shingles are gray, yet we&#8217;re going to pass something that could call undo attention to the island for wrong the reasons,&#8221; he said.
Another woman was offended by that comment, saying, &#8220;To the gentleman that just spoke, I don&#8217;t like to be compared to a shingle. My breasts are not shingles.&#8221;
For now, the town is requesting &#8220;everyone to be patient and respectful as the island adapts to this first-of-its-kind bylaw in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.&#8221;
If you have to ask people to be &#8220;respectful,&#8221; isn&#8217;t it a sign that maybe this law isn&#8217;t the best way to achieve equality?
You don&#8217;t have to be a &#8220;sex educator&#8221; like Stover to understand that this will lead to heavy bouts of voyeurism.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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In The Name Of 'Equality,' Nantucket Beaches Go Topless

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Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alanis Morissette</a> issued a statement saying she dropped out of a scheduled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance on Saturday because of sexist behavior and general disrespect from the production team.
The Canadian-born <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singer</a> took to Instagram to explain her reasons for leaving after fans were left speculating. Morissette was slated to perform a duet of “You’re So Vain” with Olivia Rodrigo as part of a tribute to inductee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carly Simon</a>, Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/music/news/alanis-morissette-dropped-out-rock-roll-hall-fame-performance-sexism-olivia-rodrigo-carly-simon-1235425940/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Morissette was there for rehearsals but bowed out before Saturday night’s filming, the publication noted. Multiple sources claimed the singer “struggled with the song” during rehearsal, and tensions were running high. But later, the “Outta Know” composer laid out her side of the story.
“There are some misinformed rumblings about my not performing at the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony this past weekend. Firstly, I have to say how much I adore Carly Simon and Olivia Rodrigo and Dolly Parton and Janet Jackson and Pat Benatar and Sheryl Crow and Pink and Brandi Carlile and Sara Bareilles — and all the amazing people and artists who were there,” she wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alanis/">Instagram</a>.
Next, Morissette detailed how sexism was to blame for her departure.
“I have spent decades in an industry that is rife with an overarching anti-woman sentiment and have tolerated a lot of condescension and disrespectfulness, reduction, dismissiveness, contract-breaching, unsupportiveness, exploitation and psychological violence (and more) throughout my career,” she continued. 
“I tolerated it because nothing would stop me from connecting with those who I cared about and resonated with. I live to serve and connect with people and so over the years I sucked it up on more occasions than I can count in order to do so. It’s hard not to be affected in any industry around the world, but Hollywood has been notorious for its disrespect of the feminine in all of us.”
Finally, the Grammy Award-winning artist summed up her thoughts on the matter. 
“Thankfully, I am at a point in my life where there is no need for me to spend time in an environment that reduces women,” she shared on Instagram stories.  
“I have had countless incredible experiences with production teams with all genders throughout my life. So many, and so fun. There is nothing better than a team of diverse people coming together with one mission. I’ll continue to show up in those environments with bells on.”
She ended the statement by saying it was &#8220;voting time.&#8221;

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Alanis Morissette Said She Dropped Out Of Latest Performance Because of ‘Anti-Woman’ Sentiment, Reminds Fans To Vote

Alanis Morissette Said She Dropped Out Of Latest Performance Because of 'Anti-Woman' Sentiment, Reminds Fans To Vote

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Broadcaster Vic Faust was fired from his job as a television news anchor after he unleashed a vicious, expletive-laden tirade on a female coworker, according to <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/online/listen-to-the-edited-audio-of-the-exchange-between-vic-faust-and-his-co-host/audio_25e3a4e8-c791-5583-ad22-ca4796d28c89.html#tracking-source=in-article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaked audio</a> that was published by the St. Louis Post Dispatch on Monday.
&#8220;Vic Faust no longer works for Fox 2, KPLR (Channel 11) or Nexstar Media,&#8221; station general manager Kurt Krueger said in a <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fox-2-anchor-vic-faust-fired-from-tv-station-after-tirade/article_df037f73-b104-52a6-9c6b-2a029666bcaf.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Wednesday morning.
Faust, who was an anchor at local FOX affiliate KTVI, was hosting a radio show last week on hard rock station <a href="https://viperrocks.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KFNS</a> &#8220;The Viper&#8221; when co-host Crystal Cooper apparently irritated him with a comment about his lack of computer skills.
While still on the air, Faust accused Cooper of lying and called her &#8220;stupid&#8221; — but after the show cut to break, he continued to berate her.
Faust repeated &#8220;shut the f*** up,&#8221; and &#8220;shut your f***ing mouth,&#8221; calling Cooper &#8220;fat&#8221; and &#8220;nasty,&#8221; among other things.
He went on to say that he had previously complained about working with her, criticizing her skills and claiming that she was ill-prepared for segments because she was a mother.
&#8220;You’re a f***ing mom, you don’t even know the topics we’re talking about. You’re just stupid,&#8221; he said, accusing her of being stuck up because she had gone to a prestigious private school. &#8220;You think you’re special because you went to Villa [Duchesne].&#8221;
Faust then directed Cooper not to return to the show, threatening to call her names every day if she did. Cooper pushed back then, informing Faust that he was not her boss.
As the show prepared to go back on the air, the two began to cool off — but not before Faust took one last shot at Cooper&#8217;s parenting skills. &#8220;Your kids have a f***ing terrible mom. I feel sorry for them,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Wow. Wow,&#8221; Cooper responded, telling Faust that he needed to &#8220;chill the f*** out.&#8221;
Coworkers interrupted the two then, warning them that they had only 20 seconds before they were back on the air.
According to Cooper&#8217;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crystalc5/about_work_and_education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook page</a>, September 13 — the day of her off-air argument with Faust — was the last day that she worked for the radio station.

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‘Your Kids Have A F***ing Terrible Mom’: Broadcaster Fired For Unleashing Sexist Tirade On Co-Host In Leaked Audio

St. Louis Broadcaster Fired For Unleashing Sexist Tirade On Co-Host In Leaked Audio

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies">Jurassic World</a>” star Bryce Dallas Howard recently reflected on how she was paid “so much less” than her A-list co-star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-pratt">Chris Pratt</a> for the project.
While original reports said Howard was paid $8 million for “Jurassic World: Dominion” compared to Pratt’s $10 million, the 41-year-old actress insists the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexism">pay gap</a> was actually larger.
&#8220;The reports were so interesting because I was paid so much less than the reports even said, so much less,&#8221; Howard told <a href="https://www.insider.com/bryce-dallas-howard-paid-less-than-chris-pratt-jurassic-world-2022-8">Insider</a> during a recent interview. &#8220;When I started negotiating for &#8216;Jurassic,&#8217; it was 2014 and it was a different world, and I was at a great disadvantage. And, unfortunately, you have to sign up for three movies and so your deals are set.&#8221;
Howard recalled talking about her pay gap concerns with Pratt at the time and claims the actor negotiated on her behalf for other money-making opportunities associated with the film, including video game rights and theme park rides, the publication reported.
&#8220;What I will say is that Chris and I have discussed it, and whenever there was an opportunity to move the needle on stuff that hadn&#8217;t been already negotiated, like a game or a ride, he literally told me, &#8216;You guys don&#8217;t even have to do anything. I&#8217;m gonna do all the negotiating. We&#8217;re gonna be paid the same and you don&#8217;t have to think about this, Bryce,'&#8221; the actress said.
&#8220;And I love him so much for doing that. I really do, because I&#8217;ve been paid more for those kinds of things than I ever was for the movie.&#8221;
Equal pay between men and women in Hollywood has been a topic of discussion for years. During a 2021 interview, Scarlett Johansson said, “As a woman, you have to be [your own ally] all the time. Because we are undermined, and underserved, and under-appreciated, and underpaid – you have to be your own ally.”
Despite being the highest-paid actress in the industry, Johansson had some strong words about the perceived pay gap. “Equal pay is a huge part of that fight,” she said, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scarlett-johansson-highest-earning-woman-in-hollywood-says-female-stars-are-underpaid">reported</a>. “Even when I was a teenager in the industry or a young woman, I should say, my mom would have those conversations. Like, ‘Why is she not getting (paid the same)?’”
“There was always these little key terms, like, ‘bankability,’ and ‘box office draw.’ Those are all terms that are basically masquerading as sexism,” Johansson said. “It never had anything to do with those things. And if there ever was, it was also part of this systemic issue that a woman could not be as bankable or have a box office draw.”

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Bryce Dallas Howard Discusses Being Paid 'So Much Less' Than Chris Pratt For 'Jurassic World'

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> (D-MA) blamed her failed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2020-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 presidential bid</a> on the fact that she was born without a male appendage, according to a new book.
NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali is out with a new book, &#8220;Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.&#8221; Based on <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/12/ali-vitali-running-as-a-woman-in-2020-00051244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an excerpt</a> from the book in Politico, Warren and some in her campaign believe that one of the reasons is because Iowa&#8217;s Democratic voting base is filled with a bunch of sexists.
Vitali, who followed Warren along during the 2020 Iowa primary campaign, recounted that after the caucus was over, she discussed the campaign with Warren and why she did not do as well as she had hoped.
&#8220;We’d talked about the dynamics of Iowa, her competitors and the pressure she put on herself not &#8216;to screw this up,'&#8221; Vitali wrote.
&#8220;Everyone comes up to me and says, ‘I would vote for you, if you had a penis,'&#8221; she claimed Warren said.
Vitali also revealed that a Warren campaign organizer was dismayed by the response she received from a &#8220;60-year-old white woman with a peace sign in her front yard.&#8221; Upon seeing that the organizer was there on behalf of Warren, the elderly lady said, “Oh, sweetie, this country will never have a woman president.”
“I lost it,” the unnamed individual told Vitali. “But that was the vibe. Women and men alike, both as explicitly as that but also implicitly, would just say, ‘Look, I think it’s great what you’re doing … but America — it’s just not gonna happen.'&#8221;
The NBC reporter also reported that during the 2020 campaign, it had been reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — the man who Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) once <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/10/31/aoc-says-she-didnt-know-she-had-inherent-value-as-a-human-until-she-heard-bernie-sanders-name-n2555681">claimed</a> helped her recognize her &#8220;inherent value&#8221; as a human — didn&#8217;t think a woman could win the election.
For his part, Sanders rejected the notion, saying it was “ludicrous to believe that at the same meeting where Elizabeth Warren told me she was going to run for president, I would tell her that a woman couldn’t win.”
But Warren maintained, &#8220;Among the topics that came up [at dinner] was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.&#8221;
Vitali also revealed that former secretary of state and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also believed that Sanders was a sexist. After one debate, Warren accused Sanders of calling her a liar on national TV after he denied saying a woman couldn&#8217;t win.
&#8220;I believed her, because I know Sanders, and I know the kind of things that he says about women and to women,” Clinton told Vitali. “So, I thought that she was telling an accurate version of the conversation they’d had.&#8221;
In March 2020, just one month after the Iowa primary, Warren dropped out of the presidential race.

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Everyone’ Tells Me They Would Vote For Me If I ‘Had A Penis’

Elizabeth Warren: 'Everyone' Tells Me They Would Vote For Me If I 'Had A Penis'

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Democratic Party

Native Americans

Rep. Vicente Gonzales (D-TX) responded to a report Wednesday accusing him of paying a blogger who used racist and vulgar language to refer to his fellow Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX), who he is running against in November.
The blog McHale Report repeatedly referred to Flores, a Latina Republican, as &#8220;Mis Frijoles&#8221; and also speculated as to whether she wanted former President Donald Trump to grab her genitals. Gonzales, who paid $1,200 to the blog on June 24 for &#8220;advertising services,&#8221; tweeted a statement condemning the blog and denying that he paid for political attacks against Flores.
&#8220;We advertise on many platforms and have no control over their editorial content,&#8221; Gonzales said in a tweet. “We do not pay for political attacks, and we will not be advertising on this platform again.&#8221;
Gonzales said he condemns the offensive remarks on McHale&#8217;s website, while not letting the opportunity to criticize former President Trump slip away in the statement.
He said his campaign denounces the blogger&#8217;s attacks just like they denounce Trump&#8217;s so-called &#8220;racist rants&#8221; referring to Mexicans as rapists and murderers — a false narrative propagated by legacy media.
&#8220;If only Rep. Flores has the courage to do the same,&#8221; Gonzales added.
Gonzalez&#8217;s campaign also denounced the language used by McHale.
&#8220;Of course, the congressman is against referring to Rep. Flores as &#8216;Miss Frijoles&#8217; or a &#8216;cotton-picking liar,’” said Collin Steele, Gonzalez&#8217;s campaign manager.
Despite the denial from both Gonzalez and his campaign, records show that after paying for the advertising services, the blog attacked Flores, calling her &#8220;Miss Frijoles&#8221; over 20 times.
Jerry McHale, who runs the blog, has accused Flores of being a &#8220;Trump fanatic,&#8221; and defended his attacks as just part of the political game.
His blog also included other attacks against Flores, including vulgar descriptions of her vagina and labeling her &#8220;Miss Enchiladas&#8221; and similar terms. McHale also posted a conversation with a friend who discusses not wanting to spend the night with Flores because of concerns about &#8220;rotten p****.&#8221;
&#8220;I am a liberal Democrat. And it&#8217;s war against the Republican,&#8221; McHale told NBC. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be merciless with her.&#8221;
McHale, who received $1,000 from Gonzales last year in a separate payment, has not run any advertisement yet for the congressman on his blog.
Last month, Flores won a historic special election race in Texas to become the representative for Texas&#8217; 34th District. She became the first Republican to represent the area since 1870, and the first Mexican-born congresswoman.
Flores responded with a statement saying that her &#8220;historic win will bring back God to the halls of Congress!&#8221;
&#8220;This win is for the people who were ignored for so long!&#8221; she said. &#8220;This is a message that the establishment will no longer be tolerated!&#8221;
&#8220;We have officially started the red wave!!,&#8221; she said, adding &#8220;#TX34 God, Family, Country.&#8221;
Daily Wire reporter Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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Democrat Rep. Responds After Paying Blog Behind Nasty Attacks On Latina Republican

Democrat Rep. Responds After Paying Blog Behind Nasty Attacks On Mayra Flores

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke">Washington Post</a> reporter who created a newsroom firestorm by trashing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post">the paper</a> and a colleague who retweeted a mildly sexist joke has been fired, according to a report.
Felicia Sonmez, who publicly attacked fellow reporter Dave Weigel on Twitter last week and then reportedly continued her onslaught in the newsroom&#8217;s internal Slack messaging system, was canned Thursday, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/felicia-sonmez-exits-washington-post-amid-week-of-infighting">The Daily Beast reported</a>. Her termination letter cited &#8220;insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post’s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity,” according to The New York Times.
The Harvard-educated reporter, who covered breaking political news on the paper&#8217;s national desk, did not respond to requests for comment.
The firing was the latest twist in a newsroom saga that began with a joke.
“Every girl is bi,&#8221; went the joke from YouTuber Cam Harless that Weigel retweeted Friday. &#8220;You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.”
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We all owe a debt of gratitude to Felicia Sonmez for exposing the insane woke pandering of the WaPo management. And we can all only hope that the NYT picks you up as soon as possible, so you can do the same over there.
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1535009089960435723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sonmez responded with a tweet that faulted both Weigel and the Post.
“Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!” she wrote.
The response touched off a week of newsroom drama that had many siding with Weigel but nonetheless got him suspended without pay for a full month. Several colleagues reportedly scolded Sonmez for not keeping the issue in-house, and fellow reporter Jose Del Real publicly accused Sonmez of “repeated and targeted public harassment of a colleague.”
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/06/media/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended/index.html">CNN</a> obtained Slack messages that showed Sonmez tagging Weigel and writing, “I’m sorry but what is this?” She reiterated her initial complaint, saying Weigel&#8217;s retweet sent “a confusing message about what the Post’s values are.”
A contrite Weigel removed the retweet.
&#8220;I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm,” he wrote.
Executive Editor Sally Buzbee issued a memo on Sunday trying to calm the waters, but things boiled over when video journalist Breanna Muir <a class="LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external" href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1533851340539142144">reportedly</a> replied-all to the memo with support for Sonmez and the claim that the newsroom has a “toxic work environment.”
Earlier this week, the newspaper suspended Weigel, according to CNN.
“Editors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demeaning language or actions like that will not be tolerated,” spokesperson Kris Coratti told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-suspends-dave-weigel-after-retweeting-joke-mocking-women">Fox News</a>.
The drama came as The Washington Post faces criticism for various editorial missteps.
For one, the outlet was recently forced to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/washington-post-adds-two-corrections-to-taylor-lorenz-piece/">issue corrections</a> to an article by Taylor Lorenz that originally claimed she had reached out to two YouTubers, Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy, mentioned in her piece. Both individuals said that Lorenz never contacted them ahead of the story’s publication, and the claim was then removed without a correction. When <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-issues-correction-stealth-edit-scrubbed-false-claim-taylor-lorenz-report">Fox News</a> asked if Lorenz herself quietly made the edit, a Washington Post spokesperson said, “That’s not something we’d discuss on the record.”
In the same article, Lorenz wrongly attributed a statement to Johnny Depp lawyer Adam Waldman. A note on the article said that the story was indeed “updated to clarify comments made during Waldman’s testimony.”
Two months ago, Lorenz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-gets-full-on-assassination-threat-pic-of-gun-twitter-initially-shrugs">came under fire</a> for revealing the identity of the woman behind Libs of TikTok, which reposts leftist content on its various social media pages. Lorenz ran a hit piece on the woman — which included her name and originally linked to personal work information, though the link was subsequently removed from the article. Several people made death threats to the woman — a Jewish stay-at-home mother — in the wake of the doxxing.
Libs of TikTok <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holed-up-in-a-safe-location-libs-of-tiktok-creator-provides-update-on-her-safety-after-being-doxxed-by-washington-post">posted photos</a> of the Washington Post reporter visiting her family members’ homes. Lorenz accuses Libs of TikTok of purportedly having “deep and far-reaching” impact, as well as “shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage among the right.”
Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing joined podcaster and commentator Tim Pool in purchasing a billboard in Times Square criticizing Lorenz and her employer for exposing Libs of TikTok. “Hey WaPo, Democracy Dies In Darkness,” the billboard said. “That’s Why We’re Shining A Light On You. Taylor Lorenz Doxxed @LibsOfTikTok.”
After Lorenz complained about the billboard, Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-shows-times-square-billboard-trolling-wapo-calls-out-taylor-lorenz-hypocrisy">said</a>: “So she exposes the Libs of TikTok owner to violence. But when you say her name, you’re a terrorist.”

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