The Washington Post is discontinuing its 'gender columnist' role following a controversial piece written by Monica Hesse, its first-ever appointee to the position. Hesse's column was reportedly rejected by editors, leading to her reassignment within the paper.
The Washington Post is planning to eliminate its 'gender columnist' position after the writer penned a piece that was ultimately scrapped by the paper's editors, Fox News Digital has learned. Monica Hesse, who made headlines in 2018 by becoming The Post's first-ever 'gender columnist,' will not hold that title much longer after writing a column about gender was 'killed' by her editors, two sources tell Fox News Digital.
It is unclear what Hesse had written in the column and what the editors objected to. Hesse, currently a columnist for the paper's Style section, is expected to be reassigned either to its Opinions section or remain in Style as a reporter, the sources added. 'It's sad and so unnecessary,' one source told Fox News Digital. Neither Hesse nor The Washington Post responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Hesse first joined The Post in 2007 as an intern for the Style team before becoming a Features general-assignment reporter until breaking ground as the paper's 'gender columnist.' In 2023, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her columns 'convey the anger and dread that many Americans felt about losing their right to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.' Her gender-based commentary has also raised eyebrows among conservative critics over the years. In 2022, Hesse accused Florida's parental rights legislation removing progressive gender ideology from the classroom of being 'homophobic and transphobic bills cloaked in neutral language.' In another piece, she defended drag queens reading books to children, insisting 'Drag queens are not the ones sexualizing drag story hour.' In 2023, Hesse accused critics of First Lady Jill Biden and Gisele Fetterman of 'sexism' for allowing their spouses to seek office despite their mental impairments
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