Time Magazine Apologizes For Including Feminism In Poll of Words To Ban

[ismnotwasm]

So remember earlier this week when Time Magazine ran a poll of the most annoying words that should be banned next year, and the word “feminist” was on it? Yeah. They’re real sorry about that.

Here’s what the editor’s note, which was added to the original poll sometime yesterday, reads:

TIME apologizes for the execution of this poll; the word ‘feminist’ should not have been included in a list of words to ban. While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.

–Nancy Gibbs
That “nuance,” you’ll remember, involved Time complaining that feminism has “become this thing that every celebrity had to state their position on whether this word applies to them, like some politician declaring a party,” conveniently ignoring that their reporters cover exactly that kind of “is this person a feminist?” beat all the time.

A lot of news outlets are now reporting that Time has since removed the word from their poll. Really, it actually looks like they’ve retracted the poll entirely and replaced it with a still image of the original words—which, by the way, still has feminist listed on it.

http://www.themarysue.com/time-magazine-apologizes-feminism/

So glad I quit reading Time years ago. Tools.

[mercuryblues]

1. What a lying

sack of shit for an apology.

They meant to invite debate? How? Usually when people want to invite debate there is a comment section. I wish they had one so when 4chan got their greasy fingers tapping over there, they would have gotten a big feaking dose of reality that women encounter online.
Invite debate over a frivolous poll that also includes words like bae, yaaaasss and turnt? Why yes. I would love to hear debate over why a social movement for decades is included on a poll that includes those frivolous words. But I am guessing that is not what you actually meant because you see, I understand nuance.

The nuance was lost? Hot giggety damn! Women are too damned stupid to understand nuance. Women understood the nuance, just fine. TIME could not have made it any clearer to them. with these phrases:

If you hear that word one more time, you will definitely cringe. You may exhale pointedly. And you might even seek out the nearest the pair of chopsticks and thrust them through your own eardrums like straws through plastic lids. What word is this? You tell us.

What did get lost is the dripping condensation about the word bossy.

bossy: You are leaning in all over the place. If Sheryl wants a word banned, then we best get banning.

This is on top of placing feminist in the poll.

If Nancy Gibbs believes that apology is worth something, I won't be reading any of her books.

[ismnotwasm]

2. Couldn't said it better myself

[mercuryblues]

3. I could

have. I changed and removed a lot of the swear words. It was definitely profanity laden.

Thanks.