Joy Reid: 'Girl, Interrupted' -- that's what they should call this business

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MEN INTERRUPT THESE NEWSWOMEN ALL THE TIME. HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a19398805/cable-news-women-men-interrupt/?src=socialflowTW

Something’s snapped. After the 2016 presidential election, women nationwide wanted to make a scene. We flooded streets in protest. We filled out ballots. Whispers gave way to battle cries. We didn’t do it for “attention.” We did it for progress. In "Fired Up," ELLE.com explores women’s rage—and what comes next.

If you're a woman who's uttered a few words in public, chances are good that you've been interrupted. If you've been audible in an office, it's almost inevitable. Men interrupt you in closed-door meetings and in the middle of presentations and over lunch. Call it out, risk that hated rejoinder—God, don't be so emotional about it.

None of us are immune. Not senators like Kamala Harris or Supreme Court justices. Not Michelle Obama. Not Arianna Huffington or Oprah. And not women on live television, who endure sexism, condescension, and countless, endless interruptions, all while millions of people watch.


Here's the good news: these women are pros. Out from under the bright, hot lights of live television and our patriarchal culture, we asked five of them to take us inside the moments that tested their cool—from rude commentators and a racist presidential remark to one genuinely unglued Bill O'Reilly.

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