List of Letters to The Washington Post
Democracy Does Indeed Die in Darkness
This is a list of all letters sent to Post columnists or contributors, organized by area of gender bias.
“Why Can’t We Hate Men?” Op-ed
A Letter to The Washington Post About Its “Democracy Dies in Darkness” Editorial (Posted Aug 2022, this letter was sent to all members of the Post’s editorial board.)
“Why Can’t We Hate Negros?” (Nov 2022)
Amber Heard Op-ed
An Imagined Rebuttal to Amber Heard’s 2018 Washington Post Column (April 2022)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Erik Wemple Regarding the Amber Heard Op-Ed Fiasco (June 2022)
Letters to the Post’s Gender Columnist Monica Hesse and an Essay About the Gender Columnist Position
Why Doesn’t the Washington Post Have a Race Columnist? (Oct 2020)
Poses the question “If the Post has a gender columnist, why doesn’t it have a similar “race columnist”?A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Monica Hesse about “A Woman on the Moon” Article (Feb 2023)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Monica Hesse About Recent Article on Domestic Violence (April 2023)
A Letter to Monica Hesse About Her “The wives are not all right” Article (March 2024): Challenges Ms. Hesse’s article about women’s accounts of their own divorces
New Section! Letters Sent to Contributors to “The Big Shift” Series
A Letter to Washington Post Staff About “The Big Shift” Series (March 2024): a letter to about a dozen Post contributors to the Post’s new series that celebrates the financial progress of women
A Letter to the Post About its Recent Article on “Closing the Gender Pay Gap” and Idiot Hypocrisy: The Post Continues to Propagate the Myth of a "Gender Pay Gap" (Feb 2024): Two related posts in response to an illustrated Post article that continues to spread the lie about a gender pay gap
A Letter to Michelle Singletary About Her Article on “Myths About Women and Money” (Feb 2024): A letter to the Post’s personal finance columnist about her recent article about 5 myths about women and money, where she completely overlooked the most obvious myth: the gender pay gap.
A Letter to Post Columnist Roxanne Roberts About Her “Older Women with Money” Article (April 2024): A letter that illuminates the gender bias of older widowed or divorced women.
“It’s the Feminism, Stupid!”
A Letter to Alyssa Rosenberg About Her Column on Marriage (October 2023): Rosenberg wants to improve marriage but is clueless that feminism is the major reason for the 50 year decline of marriage.
A Letter to Post Columnist Megan McArdle About Her Column on Marriage (October 2023): McArdle’s article discusses how children are better off with married parents, but doesn’t see that feminism is the major cause of unmarried parents and fatherless children.
Domestic Violence
Abusegate: 10-Year Suppression of the Truth on Domestic Violence by the Washington Post (June 2023) Although this isn’t strictly a letter to The Washington Post, it is included here because it will be referenced in my standard opening in future letters to Post columnists.
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Christine Emba About “Condom Stealthing” (Nov 2021)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Miriam Berger About Recent Columns on Domestic Violence (Feb 2022)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Mark Jenkins about Article on Female DV Victims Art Show (Feb 2023 posting about a particularly egregious example of Post’s anti-male gender bias despite the offending article being published nearly a year before, in April 2022.)
A Letter to Post Contributor Emily Nix About Recent Article on “Why women stay with their abusers” (May 2023)
Sexual Assault & #MeToo
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Kate Cohen About Articles on Male College Students (Dec 2021)
A Letter to Two Washington Post Columnists About a Recent Article on #MeToo (Oct 2022)
A Letter to Shirlene Obuobi About Article on the Harassment of Female Doctors (June 2023)
The Brain Surgeon Who Hit a Nerve: Insensitivity Cuts Both Ways in Stanford’s Operating Room (June 2023): A 1991 article printed by the Post about the sexism of Dr. Frances Conley, Stanford Hospital doctor who in 1991 resigned in protest to a “sexist” environment at the hospital, included as an example of the Post occasionally being fair in its coverage of gender issues.
A Letter to Amy Dickenson About Husband Not Asking for Sex Since #MeToo (Jan 2024): Letter to advice columnist informing her about #MeToo’s dark underbelly. (I understand that Ms. Dickenson isn’t employed directly by the Post.)
Gender Pay Gap Myth
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Karla L. Miller on the “Gender Pay Gap” (Sept 2021)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Julianne McShane About Columns on the “Gender Pay Gap” (Jan 2022)
A Letter to Two Washington Post Columnists About Recent Article on the Gender Pay Gap (March 2023)
A Letter to Post Contributor Josie Cox About Recent Article on the Gender Pay Gap (May 2023)
A Letter to the Post About its Recent Article on “Closing the Gender Pay Gap” and Idiot Hypocrisy: The Post Continues to Propagate the Myth of a "Gender Pay Gap" (Feb 2024): Two related posts in response to an illustrated Post article that continues to spread the lie about a gender pay gap
A Letter to Michelle Singletary About Her Article on “Myths About Women and Money” (Feb 2024): A letter to the Post’s personal finance columnist about her recent article about 5 myths about women and money, where she completely overlooked the most obvious myth: the gender pay gap.
Gender Empathy Gap
The gender empathy gap is “… the striking and disturbing indifference of our culture to the suffering of men and boys in stark contrast to our evident concern for the suffering of girls and women.”1
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Janay Kingsberry About The Gender Empathy Gap (Nov 2021)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Theresa Vargas About Article on High School Student’s Winning Science Project (March 2023)
A Letter to Three Post Columnists About Article “The crisis in American girlhood” (April 2023)
Exposing Feminism with Images: The Post's Disrespect of Men on Memorial Day (May 2023)
A Letter to Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes About Her Memorial Day Cartoon (June 2023)
A Letter to Post Columnist Karen Attiah About Her “Tragedy and promise of #BringBackOurGirls” Article (April 2024): informs the author how her article that remembers girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 while completely ignoring the murder of dozens of boys that same year is an example of the gender empathy gap.
Other Gender Bias at the Post
A Letter to Two Washington Post Columnists about Recent Articles on M&Ms Woke Marketing Campaign (Jan 2023)
Valentines Day at The Washington Post - Just Another Day of Anti-Male Gender Bias (Feb 2023)
Today's Post Editorial Cartoon: Subtle Disrespect for Men (June 2023)
A Letter to Congratulate Matea Gold on Her Promotion to Washington Post Managing Editor (June 2023)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Alyssa Rosenberg About Her Father's Day Article (June 2023)
A Letter to Washington Post Movie Critic Ann Hornaday About Her Review of the "Barbie" Movie (August 2023)
A Letter to Post Contributor Jessica Ferri About Her Review of Heidi Julavits’ Book “Directions to Myself” (August 2023): A letter about a book review that completely misses the book’s misandry
A Letter to Washington Post Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax About "Daughter's Tight Clothes" (August 2023): A letter in response to Ms. Hax’s reply to a father asking for advice on how to handle his daughter’s revealing and tight dresses
A Letter to Post Contributor Britt Peterson About Her Article "Against Decluttering" (Sept 2023): Post describes how the author stepped over the line from providing helpful information to spreading feminist propaganda about “unequal sharing of housework”
A Letter to Post Columnist Christine Emba About Her "Men Are Lost" Article (October 2023): A letter in response to Ms. Emba’s blockbuster analysis “Men Are Lost”
A Letter to Post Contributor Rose Hackman About Her Recent Op-Ed About "Emotional Labor" (November 2023): Challenges Ms. Hackman’s contention that “emotional labor” should be compensated in the labor market
Other Misandry: Hatred of Men
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Candace Buckner About “Men Behaving Badly” Article (Feb 2022)
A Letter to Washington Post Columnist Karen Attiah about “Female Bodybuilders and ‘Vile Men’” (Jan 2023)
Letter to Post Columnist Karen Attiah About Her 'Why do men kill women’s plants?' Article (Sept 2023)
Other Bias Against Men
Annual Reviews of Letters Sent to Post “Gender Offenders”
The Year in Review: (Jan 2024): A summary of the “Letters to The Washington Post” project for 2023
From a video clip of anti-feminist Janice Fiamengo talking about the empathy gap, starting at about 6:25