On Aug. 27, Elisabeth J. Dickson got married. On Sept. 1, without warning, she was laid off from Mic. Not exactly the immediate future this pregnant bride and sex-relationships editor was planning for.
Dickson holds a Master’s in journalism from NYU; her mother-in-law, Ruth La Ferla, writes for The New York Times. Chances are she will land on her feet. Still, sympathy is being expressed on social media about the untimely dismissal, which follows the firing of Seventeen editor Michelle Tan while on maternity leave.
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