“A very successful woman, Palin has the wherewithal to move forward consciously. What she did was move forward thoughtlessly and overconfidently, without considering that her abilities or qualifications would ever be questioned.”

American journalist

Rebecca Traister is an American journalist who writes about U.S. politics, especially questions affecting women. She is a writer-at-large for New York magazine and has often appeared as a commentator on cable news. She is the author of two bestsellers, All the Single Ladies and Good and Mad. Her work focuses on politics and the public life of women, and she is known for writing and speaking on those themes across print and television.