Washington Post editors ‘killed’ an article from ‘gender columnist’ and plan to eliminate the role entirely

The Washington Post plans to eliminate the position of “gender columnist” after the writer wrote an article that was eventually canceled by the newspaper’s editors. Fox News Digital I’ve learned.

Monica Hess, who made headlines in 2018 when she became The Post’s first “gender columnist,” won’t hold that title for much longer after her editors “killed” her writing a gender column, two sources told Fox News Digital . It is not clear what Hesse wrote in the column and what the editors objected to.

The sources added that Hessey, who is currently a columnist in the newspaper’s Styles section, is expected to either be reassigned to the Opinions section or remain in the Styles section as a reporter.

“It’s sad and unnecessary,” one source told Fox News Digital.

Neither Hesse nor The Washington Post responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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Hesse first joined The Post in 2007 as an intern on the Style team before becoming a general assignment reporter until she began her work as a “post columnist.” In 2023, it was Pulitzer Prize finalist Because her columns “convey the anger and dismay that many Americans felt about losing their right to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.”

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Her gender-based commentary has also raised eyebrows among conservative critics over the years. In 2022, Hesse Florida parental rights legislation charged Removing progressive gender ideology from the classroom for being “homophobic and transphobic bills cloaked in neutral language.”

In another piecedefended drag queens who read books to children, insisting that “it’s not drag queens who sexualize drag story hour.”

In 2023, Hice accused critics of First Lady Jill Biden and Gisele Fetterman of “sexism” for allowing their spouses to seek office despite their mental disabilities.

“Attacking a sick or elderly person simply because they are sick or old goes beyond the bounds of our culture (for now, at least), even for those critics whose flexible morals usually find a way to snake around any barriers of decency.” Hess He wrote at that time. “But by blaming the wives, these commenters are able to spread harmful messages against the president and senator while potentially denying charges of disability discrimination. The commenters aren’t throwing mud at these poor men. They’re just berating.” Women who should know better, it’s sexism, with a little sexism, as a bonus.”

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During the 2024 election cycle, Hesse defended Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for putting tampons in school boys’ bathrooms when he was governor of Minnesota.

“What boy would casually say, ‘Oh, you got your period?’ “I’ve stored a towel from the bathroom in my bag in case one of my friends needs it” – This boy will be the owner of the royal barn. This boy will be inundated with prom invitations “,” I wrote on X.

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The Washington Post’s move to eliminate the position of “gender columnist” could be seen as an ideological pivot to the center as the liberal newspaper adjusts to the return of President-elect Donald Trump.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Post who rescinded his newspaper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris just days before the election, hinted at reforms in an op-ed defending the endorsement decision.

“Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see that pays little attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose,” Bezos said. Written in October. “Reality is the unbeatable champion. It would be easy to blame others for our long and sustained decline in credibility (and thus diminished influence), but a victim mentality will not help. Complaining is not a strategy. We must work harder to control what we can control to increase “Our credibility.”