A Twitter avalanche descended on the New York Times Saturday for sexism in an obituary. The Times backed down. Score one for Twitter and feminism, which, if I'm not completely crazy, just might be rediscovering the voice it left back in the 1970s.
Not that the Times' Douglas Martin didn't stick his foot in his mouth. He opened the obituary for gifted rocket scientist Yvonne Brill with the words:
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