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Why Are Women Tone Policing at Work?

Why Are Women Tone Policing at Work?

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Erika Ayers Badan
Jun 26, 2025
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Why Are Women Tone Policing at Work?
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These are my interns. Kate works for Work Like A Girl and Christina works for Food52. Kate’s a rising senior* in college and Christina has one more year on her MBA. I guess I should say she’s a rising MBA.

*Is it me or do you feel so dorky saying “rising?” I feel like it’s a gag way of saying she’s a senior. The coddling inclusion of Education vocabulary is an art form but that’s a different substack.

I like them. They’re smart. Christina has one of those rare abilities to be nice and earnest and work her ass off. I like that kind of woman. Kate is the meme queen and has been growing Work Like A Girl on Instagram and TikTok. Give it a follow and support Kate. I’m partial to Kate’s penchant for Friday afternoon memes:

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