Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readFeb 18, 2023

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Most people who are superstars are somewhat self-absorbed and not high on the scale of likeability traits. That's typically how they got to be superstars in the first place - by clawing their way to the top and not worrying too much about other people's feelings. But as the author noted, we don't hear a lot about that in reference to male stars - because women are held to different standards - something that is quite well documented I might add.

https://hbr.org/2013/04/for-women-leaders-likability-a

"This conclusion is all too familiar to the many women on the receiving end of these penalties. The ones who are applauded for delivering results at work but then reprimanded for being “too aggressive,” “out for herself,” “difficult,” and “abrasive.” Just look at Jill Abramson, the first woman executive editor of the New York Times, who was described by staffers as “impossible to work with,” and “not approachable,” in a Politico article just days after the paper won four Pulitzer prizes (the third highest number ever received by the newspaper)."

I don't doubt that she is a less than stellar human being, but that is not why people are mocking her face right now.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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