Claire Donald
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And at this time, articles in Vogue were mainly about fashion and makeup and all of that.
Like how to keep your husband happy, probably.
Exactly.
And here comes Joan Didion being like, you got to learn how to respect yourself.
And at 20 years old, I was not even thinking about self-respect at 20.
No.
Kind of the opposite.
I was very much practicing the opposite test.
Yeah, you got that right.
So when she's at Vogue, she spends seven years working her way up from copywriter to editor.
Oh, my God.
Anna Wintour was interviewed in her doc.
What?
Crossover.
This is like, once again, I thought that we were just going to be in like the 40s the whole time.
I did not know any time frame.
Well, she didn't work with Anna Wintour, but I think that Anna really admires Joan, and Joan working at Vogue is huge.
Wow.
Was she getting paid decently, or was she taken seriously there?
I think she was taken seriously there.