Count the Atlantic’s Julia Ioffe among those defending Michelle Wolf’s appalling performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Even many liberal journalists were mortified. But not Ioffe.
No, in Ioffe’s mind, there’s really only one explanation for the uproar surrounding Wolf:
You know, it's almost like there's a different standard for the white guy that "speaks his mind," and for women, who are immediately labeled "vulgar" and "insulting."
(Trust me, there is.)
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018
Everyone would've been fine with the jokes if they were delivered by, say, Seth Meyers.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018
There is also a standard about attacking women. That was really uncomfortable. Like it or not, we defer to women. Men take more abuse generally. And we're more accustomed to it.
— scripting.com (@davewiner) April 29, 2018
Sorry, the 19th century called. It wants its outdated views on gender back.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018
It’s sexist to call out Wolf for her pathetic “comedy” routine. But it’s not sexist to mock Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ looks. Do we have that right?
Absolutely.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018
It was the line about how she didn't go to prom. Come on guys
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) April 29, 2018
She's a public figure with a lot of power and Michelle Wolf is a comedian. It's fair game.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 29, 2018
Why isn’t Wolf fair game for criticism, then? While Ioffe thinks that one over, maybe she’d care to comment on this reminder from the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto:
The Atlantic fired Kevin Williamson for an outrageous tweet. https://t.co/JRlXBhYBrJ
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) April 30, 2018
Kinda throws a big wrench in her argument that “white guys” get away with “speaking their mind.”
This is especially ignorant coming from her, seeing as her bio says she's a contributing writer at the Atlantic…
— Jiren (@JirenHiiro) April 30, 2018
Fitting that she works for the Atlantic, though … she, much like her employer, is chock-full of double standards:
Google "Julia Ioffe Ivanka tweet" and see if there isn't a double standard there.
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) April 30, 2018
Allegations of incest? “Fair game.” Likening abortion to murder? That’s just a bridge too far.
Ioffe is working for the Atlantic. Williamson is not. There’s a double standard, all right.
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