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The Absurd Outrage Over Biden’s All-Female Press Team

The same people mad about the gender breakdown didn’t seem to mind when we had all-male leadership

Jessica Valenti
GEN
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3 min readDec 2, 2020

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Symone Sanders, the senior adviser to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, speaks to the media after the eighth Democratic primary debate. Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

There’s a picture from 2003 that I can’t seem to forget: It shows President George W. Bush, flanked by a gaggle of other old and smiling white men, signing into law sweeping…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
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Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.