Everyone Is Freaking Out Over The Newsweek Cover About Women In Silicon Valley

Steve Kovach

Jan 29, 2015, 04:28 IST

Here's the cover for the latest issue of Newsweek.

Newsweek

A lot of people are freaking out over it. You can read the full story here. We haven't had a chance to go through the whole article, but the cover is what's really grabbing everyone's attention. Presumably, the article is about sexism in Silicon Valley.

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In the meantime, here are some tweets from tech and media folks upset with the cover:

@stevekovach it's kind of like doing a story about rape & having the cover image be a cartoon with a victim handcuffed to a bed
- Carmel DeAmicis (@carmeldea) January 28, 2015

Go home @Newsweek you're drunk/desperate/inappropriate/offensive RT @jimpoco: This week's cover. pic.twitter.com/KEq5hAZal5
- megan quinn (@msquinn) January 28, 2015

. @caseyjohnston a constant source of failure to see the actual problem by being part of the problem. @Newsweek you are the enemy.
- Kal Of The Rathi (@KalOfTheRathi) January 28, 2015