[Content Note: Misogyny.]
I got an email from friend, who is basically the most amazing email penpal ever and sends me just the greatest observations all the time, and I asked her if I could share her latest here. So, with her permission, enjoy.
I don't know if you've come across the weather blog for the Washington Post. It's fascinating. Every post has like a million comments. Apparently everyone who lives here is obsessed with weather. People get into actual fights over the predictions.
Anyway, one of the writers for it is this guy called Jason Samenow. "Jason is currently the Washington Post's weather editor. A native Washingtonian, Jason has been a weather enthusiast since age 10."
I don't have a problem with him, because unlike hundreds of people in this area, I don't think I'm better at forecasting the weather than, um, the weather forecasters.
I'm just fascinated by this bio. I am trying to imagine a context in which you would ever see something similar for a woman. "A native Hoosier, Melissa has been a writer since she was 7."
Riiiiiight.
No one (no one) would consider that kind of information interesting or relevant if told to them by a woman in a professional context and would think it showed lack of professional judgment, because "weather enthusiast" is not a qualification.
If you were wondering who the deputy is: "Angela Fritz is an atmospheric scientist and The Post's deputy weather editor."
I know, right?
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