Maureen Callahan

I mean, they were plugging her in everywhere.

The op-ed pages.

I think for a time she was like an advice columnist.

I'm not taking advice from that mess.

Are you kidding me?

Also, fun fact, as I'm sure you know, cousin of Claudine Gaye.

The Harvard president.

I actually didn't know that.

They're cousins who was forced out over rapid rampant anti-Semitism in the wake of October 7th on her campus, refusing to stand up for her Jewish students.

I want to read a bit from this free press piece.

Did you happen to see this when this came out in 2023?

Ah, well, this is why it wound up in the free press, because New York Magazine's not publishing this shit.

Okay, so he cites the May 2020 death of George Floyd as the inciting event in book publishing, and I quote...

in an immediate attempt to appear committed to combating racism.

Because publishing, by the way, is extremely white.

It had been extremely white to that point.

The major publishing houses rushed to hire and promote editors of color.

Several editors described the hiring and promotion frenzy of 2020 and 21 as, quote, excessive or obviously political.

And they identified several key diversity hires who alienated, quote,

longtime editors, agents, and writers.