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Liz Plank

lines on the record: 107
first: 2019-12-20
most recent: 2019-12-20
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“And it opened my eyes because at the time I was like, oh, maybe I'll do a PhD. Maybe I'll go work in government. And then I was like, oh, wow, this social media thing is a thing. Oh, and by the way, the decision was overturned. So the campaign was successful. And so I moved to New York. I started working as an intern. I was the 10th employee at Mike. And I was a feminist blogger. That was my official title. Mike was a media company that was founded by Jay Horowitz and Chris Alczak. They were at the time sort of this idea of a conservative and a Democrat coming together. And it was a media company Foreign Bimillenials.”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, it's pretty, I mean, for everything that Huffington Post is known for now, it was the first place that I was able to write. And yeah, I didn't get paid, but I was just a student at the time or as a research assistant. You just were angrily”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, so I did. I was a women's studies major in international development major for the money, I joke. Then I moved to Yeah, the London School of Economics to do a master's there. And that's where actually the first time I wrote an article, it was a 2012 Olympics. They were going to have female boxing for the very first time at the Olympics, and they wanted to force the women to wear skirts in the ring. And they justified this because they wanted those female athletes to look, quote, elegant. And so I tweeted out to my 39, you know, Twitter followers, I can't believe how outrageous this is. And I've always been an athlete, and I was boxing at the time, and so I was very angry about that, started a petition, wrote an article, and it got published in the Hovington Post. And then that was sort of beginning. Yes.”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Trying to forget it. Yes. So I have a, I was doing my master's in London in gender theory, and then I had a gender theory. In gender, yes, so I have always been sort of a gender nerd and very interested in that field. And I started.”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Means I am going to be double the trouble, which is great. So, anyway, so go into your background. You started off, how did you get to Mike and explain Mike for people who don't remember? I'm trying to forget it.”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So I was so thrilled that you were talking about a book. I hope I ignore you properly because I always say to my sister, who is that I don't have an assistant. All these people is interesting. I was doing something to someone. They're like, let's have...”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, you do. I walk right by special. And like I'm one of the chosen ones. So yeah, I'm a huge fan. You were number one on my game list. So I was so filled that you were talking about.”
2019-12-20 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Liz Plank · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT