IVANKA'S NEWEST BOOK IS RECEIVING SOME CRITICISM FROM
PEOPLE FOR BEING A LITTLE OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
WORKING WOMAN, WHICH SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY.
SHE STARTS IN THE INTRODUCTION OF 'WOMEN WHO WORK,'
TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE TOOK A TRIP TO PATAGONIA.
SHE DESCRIBES A HIKING EXCURSION, WHERE SHE SAID
SHE SERIOUSLY HAD TO DELVE DEEP INTO HERSELF BEFORE
DECIDING IF SHE WANTED TO JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
"I HAD JUST DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BROOKLYN-BASED REAL ESTATE
FIRM, MY FIRST EMPLOYER AND PROFESSIONAL HOME OF THE
PREVIOUS 12
MONTHS, TO TAKE THE LEAP AND JOIN OUR FAMILY BUSINESS."
NOW, WHEN YOU ARE TAKING A LEAP TO JOIN A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR,
MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR, WHOEVER YOU ASK, BUSINESS, I KNOW HOW
MUCH OF A LEAP IT IS.
SHE GOES BACK IN TIME, SHE TAKES US BACK TO WHEN SHE WAS
GRADUATING COLLEGE, AND SHE GOT A CALL FROM ANNA WINTOUR,
WHO IS ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN IN FASHION.
SHE SAYS, "SHE'D HEARD I WAS GRADUATING SOON.
SHE KNEW I HAD LIKED FASHION.
SHE WANTED TO OFFER ME A JOB AT VOGUE.
I GRACIOUSLY DECLINED."
HER SENTIMENT HERE WAS THAT SHE WAS FOLLOWING HER PASSION OF
REAL ESTATE, AND TURNING DOWN OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ALSO,
NOT SO IN TOUCH THERE, SINCE SHE IS GETTING, THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL WOMAN IN FASHION LIKE, HEARD SHE WAS
GRADUATING, HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.
THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS BEING A WORKING MOTHER,
SAYING, "SOME OF MY BEST PHOTOS OF THE KIDS WERE TAKEN BY
MY NANNY DURING THE DAY."
MAN.
SUCH A BUMMER.
IT'S JUST SUCH A BUMMER.
HAVING SO MANY NANNIES.
ON WHAT TO READ A FEW MORE.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GETTING THE MOST ATTENTION RIGHT
NOW, WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW SHE SWITCHED INTO SURVIVAL
MODE TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH HER FATHER.
SHE GOES, "I WORKED AND I WAS WITH MY FAMILY.
I DIDN'T DO MUCH ELSE.
HONESTLY, I WASN'T TREATING MYSELF TO A MASSAGE OR
MAKING MUCH TIME FOR SELF-CARE.
I WISH I COULD HAVE AWOKEN EARLY TO MEDITATE."
IT'S JUST SO OUT OF TOUCH.
THAT'S THE THING, SO MANY WOMEN IN AMERICA WHO ARE DOING TWO
JOBS, OR HOWEVER MANY PART-TIME JOBS, AND JUST STRUGGLING TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILY, THEY ARE TAKING THEIR
MASSAGES, YOU KNOW, SO SHE'S GIVING INSPIRATION.
MAJORITY OF MINIMUM WAGE IS OCCUPIED BY WOMEN IN
MINIMUM WAGE JOBS, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN OF COVER, AND THIS
BOOK IS PROBABLY NOT FOR THEM.
WELL, IN HER DEFENSE, IF SHE WENT WITH ANNA WENT TO HER,
SHE COULD IDENTIFY FOR WOMEN WHAT COLOR TO WEAR THAT SEASON.
THAT'S TRUE.
WHAT'S FUNNY IS LIKE, I WROTE A JOKE AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE ñ
DO IT.
THAT'S A GREAT START, FOR THE JOKE.
I KNOW, IT'S LIKE I'M DOING AN OPEN MIC RENOWNED.
WHAT IS IT?
DO IT!
YOU'VE RUINED ME!
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN SHE'S LIKE, OH GOD, GUYS, I SPILLED
WINE ON MY CASHMERE BATHROBE WHEN WE WERE ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL AND I COULDN'T GET IT DRY CLEANED, LIKE IT'S SUPER
OUT OF TOUCH.
IS THAT JOKE WRITTEN DOWN THERE?
IT IS.
IT'S NOT FUNNY, BUT I WROTE IT DOWN.
IT'S SO LUDICROUS, SHE IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AVERAGE WOMAN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH AND THROUGH WITH HER BEHAVIOR,
WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT IF YOU FOLLOW YOUR PASSION YOU WILL
FIND SUCCESS, THAT IS REALLY NOT THE CASE FOR MOST AMERICANS
WHO ARE NOT ñ YOU ARE JUST STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
I WANT YOU ñ I WANT TO READ YOU ONE OF THE FINAL QUOTES FROM
HER BOOK, WHERE SHE IS TRYING TO BE INSPIRATIONAL, I THINK.
SHE SAYS, "WE'RE TRAINING FOR MARATHONS AND LEARNING TO CODE.
WE'RE PLANNING ADVENTURES WITH OUR KIDS AND WEEKEND
GETAWAYS WITH OUR FRIENDS.
WE ARE DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MODERN WOMAN WHO WORKS."
SHE BOUGHT THIS BOOK BECAUSE, LOOK, SHE'S A NEW YORK
SOCIAL ELITE, OKAY?
SHE'S IN THAT HIGH SOCIETY OF NEW YORKERS THAT GET TOGETHER,
AND THEY HAVE POWER BRUNCHES, AND THEY HAVE HAPPY HOUR DRINKS
AT WHATEVER FANCY ESTABLISHMENT THAT THEY ARE AT, AND ANNA
WINTOUR IS PART OF THAT CLUB, AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF
THESE OTHER ESTABLISHMENT JOURNALISTS ARE.
SO, THEY LOOK UP TO CELEBRITIES LIKE IVANKA, AND THAT'S PART OF
THE REASON WHY THE MEDIA IS ALWAYS PROMOTING THIS WEIRD
MESSAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IVANKA IS THE CLOSETED LIBERAL IN
DONALD TRUMP'S EAR.
DID YOU ñ
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE JOHN OLIVER SEGMENT?
IT WAS AMAZING.
I WROTE A VERY SIMILAR ONE, THAT I CAN'T RELEASE NOW.
IT'S TRUE, AND YOU ARE ONTO SOMETHING, LIKE WHY THE HELL DO
WE LIKE IVANKA?
THAT IS THIS WEIRD HOPEFUL IDEA THAT WE NEED A REASON TO
BELIEVE, DEEP DOWN THAT THERE IS NO HOPE IN THAT ROOM, BUT
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAS EVER BEEN ON ANYONE'S
SIDE BUT HER OWN.
I THINK THAT THIS IS SORT OF THAT MOMENT FOR A LOT OF WOMEN,
WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS WOMAN WHO WAS A BUSINESSWOMAN, WHO WE
ARE HOPING WILL ADVANCE SOME SORT OF FEMINIST AGENDA WHILE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, AND TO BE SO REMOVED, AND TO NOT BE PART OF
INTERSEXUAL FEMINISM, AND TO HAVE NO IDEA HOW PRIVILEGED YOU
ARE ñ
SHE'S A WHITE FEMINIST.
WHAT DOES IT ñ WHAT DOES INTERSEXUAL FEMINISM MEAN?
IT MEANS THAT YOU MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE WOMEN OF ALL DIFFERENT
ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN YOUR FEMINISM DISCUSSION, SO EVEN IN
THE HIGHLY QUOTED QUOTE ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU MAKE TO THE DOLLAR,
THE AVERAGE WOMAN MAKES $.80 TO THE DOLLAR, EVEN THAT IS SORT OF
BEING A WHITE FEMINIST STATEMENT, BECAUSE WOMEN OF
COLOR MAKE EVEN LESS, SO THE AVERAGE BLACK WOMAN MAKES $.56
TO THE AVERAGE MALE DOLLAR.
THAT SUCKS.
SHE NEEDS TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE IN HER ñ
THERE'S A WAY SHE CAN WRITE A BOOK.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT JUST BECAUSE SHE IS IVANKA TRUMP, AND DONALD
IS HER DAD, DOESN'T MEAN THAT ñ MEANS THAT SHE CAN'T WRITE A
BOOK, THIS DOES SEEM TO BE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
TO BE LIKE, I'M SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM MY KIDS,
THAT'S ONE THING, WORKING.
BUT THE THING ABOUT THE NANNY, THE MASSAGES, COME ON.
IF SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW WEIRD HER DAD WAS WHEN SHE WAS
GROWING UP, AND WHY HE CONSISTENTLY CENTRALIZES
HER ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AS IF IT'S NORMAL.
I'M ACTUALLY WRITING THIS.
THIS IS AN INSENSITIVE THING ABOUT TO SAY.
WHETHER SHE DID, AND I QUOTE IVANKA HERE, MULLATO PENIS,
I'D LIKE TO TRY THAT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE REAL IVANKA TRUMP HERE, NOT THE FAKE
ONE WHO GIVES THESE POLITICAL ANSWERS TO ALL QUESTIONS
WITHOUT ANSWERING WHETHER SHE IS A LIBERAL OR A CONSERVATIVE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS LIKE, SHE IS A FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL, AND
FASCINATING INDIVIDUALS WRITE BOOKS ALL THE TIME, BUT SHE IS A
FASCINATING INDIVIDUAL WHO, THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT, WE ARE WORKING
WOMEN, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND SHE DID IT IN A
REALLY ñ
I THINK YOUR LAST POINT IS IMPORTANT.
WE CAN'T BE LIKE, YOU CAN'T READ ñ
YOU CAN'T WRITE A BOOK BECAUSE YOU HAD ALL THIS PRIVILEGE.
I THINK SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE SHE COULD'VE WRITTEN A
BOOK WHERE SHE RECOGNIZED HER PRIVILEGE, AND THEN SPOKE ABOUT
HOW SHE USED THAT PRIVILEGE, AND USED THE FINANCES SHE HAD
AVAILABLE TO ADVANCE HER CAREER TWO DIFFERENT LEVEL IN THE WAY
THAT SHE DID, SO WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMILITY, AND A LITTLE
BIT MORE RECOGNITION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MOST WOMEN IN
AMERICA HAVE TO ENDURE TO REALLY JUST PUT FOOD ON THEIR
FAMILY'S TABLE.
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