NY Post Horoscope Helped Jill Abramson Deal with Sexist Criticism

After several anonymous New York Times staffers complained that Jill Abramson had the audacity to act like a boss, despite being a female, where did the paper’s executive editor turn for solace? Astrology.

In an email to Slate, Abramson said The New York Post’s horoscope was all she needed:

I began the morning, as I always do, reading my horoscope (I’m Pisces) in The New York Post. Here is what it says, ‘You will need to put on a brave face today, especially if you get news that seems to be the opposite of what you were hoping to hear.’

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