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'#FauxFeminists': Amanda Marcotte's feminist cred questioned after harassment advice for Sen. Gillibrand

A recent New York Post article about a People magazine interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand contained items such as this:

After she dropped 50 pounds and got elected to the Senate, one of her favorite older senators walked up behind her, squeezed her waist, and intoned: “Don’t lose too much weight now. I like my girls chubby.”

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Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, was quoted as having endured other sexist remarks from unnamed male congressional colleagues and others.

You might think super-feminist Amanda Marcotte would want to “out” the alleged sexist members of Congress, but think again:

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/505379323625603072

Gee, why wouldn’t a staunch feminist want Sen. Gillibrand to name her harassers?

Ya think political party might have something to do with it?

https://twitter.com/pretty_fits/status/505386853231378432

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https://twitter.com/LetsBanEvrythng/status/505390418977366017


https://twitter.com/LetsBanEvrythng/status/505391137033834496


https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/505384300293132288

Don’t name the harassers? But what if…

https://twitter.com/Chris_Clukey/status/505384366235983872

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However, according to Marcotte, the political party of Gillibrand’s unnamed harassers has nothing to do with her position:

https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/505393176388329472

It’s worth noting that in the New York Post’s article People’s Gillibrand interview, one of the men who made an inappropriate remark to Gillibrand is described as a “southern congressman,” another as “one of her favorite older senators,” and another person as a “labor leader.

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Related:

Reporter expresses doubt about Gillibrand story, becomes punching bag

Joe Scarborough: Don’t voters have a right to know Sen. Gillibrand’s harassers?

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