listen if this Dan Mallory story had pub'd by the time I talked to Bustle for their WOC in Publishing article, I would have just sent them the link. it's more damning & illustrative of everything we talked about re: gatekeeping & privilege than a novel's worth of testimony. this fedora-y Town & Country Billy McFarland knock-off didn't even have to be GOOD at lying to fail up from editorial asst to executive editor in 3 career moves. I know brilliant women who have been stuck at the same title while doing all of the work in the same amount of time.