German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become the first woman to be named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" in nearly 30 years. The magazine cited her unique values –– including humanity, generosity, and tolerance –– to explain why her leadership merited the award.
Or, to put it another way, Merkel is a woman doing woman things, so she merits recognition. To further dig themselves into a black hole of misogyny, Time’s Radhika Jones explained that the "Person of the Year" title is given to those who "affect the news and our lives," and that person tends to be a man.
Apparently, Time lives in a different world than I do because I can name 15 important and influential women without breaking a sweat (or a nail). Of course, Time's second and third runners up were the founder of ISIS and Donald Trump –– and Adolf Hitler was named "Man of the Year" in 1938 (back when Time didn't even pretend to consider women) -- so it's pretty clear that the honor is dubious at best.
Still, if Time can't find plenty of women who "affect the news and our lives," they should probably reconsider how they approach news reporting. There are plenty of women influencing our world if you're willing to see them.
