Why did I, on hearing the (false) news, automatically assume the women were unqualified? I didn’t know much about them, and neither did most of the others who condemned the situation. Why did none of us give the idea of Berlusconi’s babes the benefit of the doubt? Especially me, considering the years it took me to shrug the “I-may-be-a-fashion-editor-but-I-can-still-quote-Heidegger” chip off my shoulder?

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