Comments on: What a leader looks like http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/23/what-a-leader-looks-like/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/23/what-a-leader-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-149826 Jill Miller Zimon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:44:27 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=10741#comment-149826 Joan - thanks for reading and commenting. Obviously I don't know what she was thinking when she said that or why - she has her image of a leader, I guess. ;) But seriously? I can tell you that soon after it was announced, I know I read at least one thread on a Columbia student publication-related post - I can't remember if it was a blog or not - that with great snark savaged Barnard by saying how ugly they thought Spar is. Now - that's not to justify Caruso's remarks. But who knows. Likewise - I agree - esp. every time one of the pundits talks about Sarah Palin's attractiveness before anything else - you are right. It's not part of the skill set that gets someone to the Barnard presidency, you would think. Joan – thanks for reading and commenting.

Obviously I don’t know what she was thinking when she said that or why – she has her image of a leader, I guess. ;)

But seriously? I can tell you that soon after it was announced, I know I read at least one thread on a Columbia student publication-related post – I can’t remember if it was a blog or not – that with great snark savaged Barnard by saying how ugly they thought Spar is.

Now – that’s not to justify Caruso’s remarks. But who knows.

Likewise – I agree – esp. every time one of the pundits talks about Sarah Palin’s attractiveness before anything else – you are right. It’s not part of the skill set that gets someone to the Barnard presidency, you would think.

]]> By: Joan Pantsios http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/10/23/what-a-leader-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-149820 Joan Pantsios Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:28:47 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=10741#comment-149820 "I mean, forget about all the credentials and all the books she’s written," a hedge-fund manager, Jolyne Caruso, said. "she’s a mother of three children; one of them is adopted. She’s got the work/life balance down pat. She’s in good physical shape, she runs, she’s pretty, she’s brilliant." As a Barnard alumna, I find this incredibly offensive. I am sick to death of women being judged on whether they are mothers and whether they are "pretty" and "in good physical shape". I thought we'd gotten away from all that. It is, in fact, Spar's "credentials and all the books she has written" that are important. If the search committee indeed "forgot" about those things, and selected her for her looks and her children (even in part), then I fear for the future of my college. “I mean, forget about all the credentials and all the books she’s written,” a hedge-fund manager, Jolyne Caruso, said. “she’s a mother of three children; one of them is adopted. She’s got the work/life balance down pat. She’s in good physical shape, she runs, she’s pretty, she’s brilliant.”

As a Barnard alumna, I find this incredibly offensive. I am sick to death of women being judged on whether they are mothers and whether they are “pretty” and “in good physical shape”. I thought we’d gotten away from all that. It is, in fact, Spar’s “credentials and all the books she has written” that are important.

If the search committee indeed “forgot” about those things, and selected her for her looks and her children (even in part), then I fear for the future of my college.

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