The 10 Best Pieces Of "Pink Journalism" I've Read This Year

The 10 Best Pieces Of 'Pink Journalism' I Read This Year

When the ASME (American Society of Magazine Editors) awards for magazine journalism were listed online, the blogopshere took a quick whiff and reported back with the precise recipe for becoming award-winning journalist: Oh, testosterone. No women were nominated in profiles, features, reporting, essays or columns- the most prestigious categories.

What this sparked was a discussion about the gender byline gap and how the award-winning magazines like The New Yorker and Harpers don't publish as many stories by women because they don't pitch them. People pointed out that often, women stick to the "pink ghetto" of women’s magazines (and websites) and write about "pink" topics that are, apparently, undeserving of acclaim

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