Erin Overbey and the New Yorker

The suits got to you!

 

Let 'er rip, tater chip.

 

And apparently has the maturity of someone who’s been in that system for 3

 

240-character resignation letter.

 

The threads picking apart women's experiences and questioning their motivations seem to come around earlier every year.

 

"Specifically, seven sources close to the New Yorker told Gawker that Overbey’s version of events excluded critical context — namely, that each of her threads occurred after internal issues related to her conduct with colleagues, and that Overbey’s relationship with the union, on which her grievance now relies, has been fraught for the past year over some of the same subjects she claimed to have spoken up about. All seven sources also noted that Overbey’s threads had consistently taken magazine staff by surprise, because she has almost everyone in the newsroom — including high-ranking writers, young women, staffers of color, and the majority of the union membership — blocked on Twitter."

How Erin Overbey Threw the New Yorker Into Turmoil

 

1. Things are not what they seem? Oh. Color me shocked.

2. Gawker is still around, or has returned? Or didn't die and is regenerating? I didn't know.

 

Damn. This part hits hard ...

In this case, the source said, frustration with Overbey’s workplace behavior has left little energy to mobilize any public support. “Look, I don't think you can find a single example of anyone who currently works at The New Yorker speaking up for Erin,” a colleague added. “And I think that probably says it all.”

 

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Don’t people write actual open letters anymore or even a Medium/Substack post? Seems like that has more permanence than sending out a paragraph at a time like you are cabling back war news from the trenches via Western Union.