The Washington Post plans to end its “gender columnist” position after a columnist wrote a piece that was deleted by the paper's editors, Fox News Digital he learned.
Monica Hesse, who made headlines in 2018 by becoming The Post's “first gender columnist” won't hold that title for long after she wrote a column about gender that was “killed” by his editors, two sources tell Fox News Digital. It is unclear what Hesse wrote in the column and what the editors objected to.
Hesse, currently a writer for the paper's Style section, is expected to be reassigned to the Opinion section or remain at Style as a reporter, the sources added.
“It's sad and unnecessary,” one source told Fox News Digital.
Neither Hesse nor The Washington Post responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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The Washington Post is set to reassign Monica Hesse as a “gender editor” after an article she wrote was killed by editors. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images; Dan Zak/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Hesse first joined The Post in 2007 as an intern in the Style department before becoming a general-assignment reporter until she was relegated to being a “gender editor.” In 2023, it was Pulitzer Prize Winner for his columns “conveying) the anger and fear that many Americans felt about losing their right to an abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade .”
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Her gender-based comments have also raised eyebrows among conservative critics over the years. In 2022, Hesse sued Florida's parental rights law to remove progressive ideas of equality from the class of “homophobic and transphobic bills cloaked in neutral language.”
In another partdefended drag queens who read books to children, insisting that “Drag Queens are not the ones having sex during drag story hour.”
Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse has a history of raising eyebrows among conservative critics. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
In 2023, Hesse accused critics of First Lady Jill Biden and Gisele Fetterman of “sexism” for allowing their spouses to seek employment despite their mental health problems.
“To attack someone who is sick or old just because they are sick or old is beyond our culture (for now, at least), even for professionals whose volatile behavior often finds a way to catch on.” any obstacles to self-esteem,” Hesse write at that time. “But by placing the blame on women, these commentators begin to spread dangerous messages against the president and the senator while they are soundly guilty against the allegations of competence. women who should know better is evil, which with a little gender bias, like fun.
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During the 2024 election cycle, Hesse defended Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz for putting tampons in boys' school restrooms as governor of Minnesota.
“Any boy who was just like 'Oh you had your period? I hid some toilet paper in my bag in case one of my friends needed it' – that boy would be king. That boy would drown in invitations. wrote to X.
Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos previously signed his paper to the center while defending his decision to revoke the endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. (SAUL LOEB/AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Post's move to eliminate the position of “gender editor” could be seen as a major move as the liberal paper adjusts to the return of President Donald Trump.
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Post who rejected the endorsement of his paper by Vice President Kamala Harris just days before the election, is talking about making changes in order to defend the endorsement decision.
“Many people believe that the media is biased. Anyone who does not see this is paying little attention to the truth, and those who fight the truth lose,” Bezos wrote in October. “Truth is an invincible champion. It would be easy to blame others for our long-term downfall and continued credibility (and, therefore, the decline of influence), but the mind of the victim will not help. Complaining is not a strategy. We must work harder to control what we can control.”