Posted by: Chelsey | March 10, 2008

SXSW: a potential site for self-imposed sexism?

Sarah Lacy “flirtatiously interviewed” Mark Zuckerberg during his panel session at SXSW Interactive last night, leading the crowd to cause an uproar at her self-focused and somewhat irrelevant questioning (often mentioning her book, etc.).
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Media outlets have covered the story in numerous ways. The first thing I read was the article in Wired, which was the only that addressed her sex and gender as possible factors to the outbreak of criticism.

After careful examination however, especially of past commentary including Valleywag’s quote that she was the “hottest reporter in the Valley,” I figured her perspective might be a bit flighty.

Apparently, she thinks she has to get used to it. And apparently, she doesn’t feel like API social graphs appeal to the public. And one more apparently, she claims being a woman reporter covering tech is hard… try doing what she does. I do.

One of the video commenters said she made a bad name for female journalists… I might agree. And you?

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