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Has "Lean In" Made Feminism Cool?

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When I first decided that I wanted to write about Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead and begun the process of researching, I realized something very difficult: just about everything that one can say about Lean In has already been said. Every color of agreement and disagreement has been articulated in blog posts, newspapers, and journals. So amongst all of discussion, and even analysis of the discussion, how should I enter this complicated conversation?

I think the only way is to dive in, head first, guns blazing and metaphors mixing because there is no way to mildly address the subject. The first thing I want to do is acknowledge that Sandberg is an absolute genius. And not just in her own right as former Chief of Staff or COO of Facebook, but for the way she has championed ‘leaning in.’ Why? Because Lean In is not just her opinion, it is the epicenter of a conversation. Every single time a critic, or a journalist, or a blogger tries to dismantle one of her arguments, they fail. They may be successful in voicing a dissenting and cogent opinion, but they cannot remove her ideas from the conversation. Even the most intelligent misogynist cannot tear her down. By responding to Lean In, I am owning my own opinion, and that is exactly what Sandberg is challenging me to do, whether I agree with her or not.

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