Suzanne V. Tanner, MBA
1 min readNov 7, 2019

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. “Imagine if Jack Dorsey were a woman doing this,” she said. (Dorsey has admitted himself that while he was fasting, he “felt like [he] was hallucinating,” GQ reported.) How would the extreme fasting be perceived? Spoiler alert: probably not well. At all. Ever. “The media would be alive with people calling ‘her’ guilty of perpetuating unhealthy ideas of body image, making anorexia ‘cool’ – you name it. It’s an incredibly gendered thing too.”

Hi Matt. Your entire article is excellent. Thank you for writing it.

I especially like the part in italics above. So very true. Not only would she be shamed, the “she’s crazy” label would again be trotted out. ( a favourite tactic regularly used to silence women)

Dorsey could be proud to admit his hallucinations. “She” better keep that to herself.

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Suzanne V. Tanner, MBA
Suzanne V. Tanner, MBA

Written by Suzanne V. Tanner, MBA

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