Daily Show Co-Creator Lizz Winstead Erupts At Feminist Blogger

soupsoup:

“I get really frustrated when people claim that the Daily Show is sexist when I’ve worked with Jon Stewart on four separate projects and he is the least sexist person ever. They’re not trying to not hire women, they’re trying to hire the best possible people for the show. You can call it a boy’s club, it’s not. It’s a nerd club. And I challenge anybody who has submitted to the Daily Show, who if she didn’t get hired as a writer, who actually thought, ‘ok I didn’t get hired on this shot. What I’m going to do is I’m going to start a blog that has a focus and tone like the Daily Show, so they can see the kind of work I do, so they can see there are women out there trying to do that.’ I haven’t seen that blog. When I first launched that show, I got 150 writer submissions. Three were from women. Three, that’s it.”

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    I think it’s interesting Jezebel is getting so much backlash for pointing out that there are never. any. women. on the...
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    This is the problem. It’s not that we don’t have get the jobs, it’s that we aren’t silly enough to believe that we can....
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  8. elision reblogged this from notnadia and added:
    Ugh, I wish this whole debate had been less about “OMG JON STEWART IS SEXIST!!1” (of fucking course he isn’t, god.) and...
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    I, for one, am glad that this debate died down and that Jezebel can finally get back to doing what it does best: posting...
  11. notnadia reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    Lizz Winstead makes my argument better than I ever could.
  12. iknowaboutstuff reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    I totally understand this argument and her frustration. What I don’t understand (or, alternatively, understand all too...
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