Rebecca Traister Quotes


Like everyone else, I can barely take the waves of embarrassment that come with watching someone do something so badly. Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem, Sofia Coppola acting in 'The Godfather: Part III,' Sarah Palin talking about Russia - they all create the same level of eyeball-squinching discomfort.


Citations

Traister, Rebecca. Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women. Free Press, 2010.

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Rebecca Traister
Rebecca Traister
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  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Rebecca Traister (born 1975) is an American author and columnist. Traister is a writer-at-large New York magazine and its website The Cut, and a contributing editor at Elle magazine. Traister wrote for The New Republic from February 2014 through June 2015. Traister regularly appears on cable TV news, commenting on feminism and politics.