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This is a US Idiom and should be defined for non-US readers. I've noticed some WP articles have a link to a Wiktionary definition.
"lean in (to something)"
To incline or press into something. You have to lean into the wind when you walk or you will be blown over. As you walk into the wind, lean in a little bit. The north wall of the barn leans in a little. Is it going to fall?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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01:20, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Its also been reviewed by The Nation which is supposed to be pretty influential on the American centre left. Shouldn't that be mentioned? http://www.thenation.com/blog/180031/does-feminism-have-class-problem
I am reading the Kindle edition of the book along with the audiobook narrated by Elisa Donovan and the total pages shown in my Kindle app for Windows is 3870 which, if we round it off, gives us 387 pages, not 288 like it says in the infobox. I will add that as a reference. --Marce 19:46, 10 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fandelasketchup ( talk • contribs)
I keep hearing this phrase, and I have no idea what it means (other than that it refers to the title of the book...but presumably, it refers to the title of the book for a reason, else the book could just as easily be called "Purple Xylophone"). I thought the Wikipedia article would explain this cryptic phrase, but apparently not. I would say that's a pretty essential bit of info for this article to include (as I suspect many of the people perusing this article, would be doing so for much the same reason I was). — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinOKeeffe ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 26 March 2015
The main article cites reviews of the book from the Washington Post, NPR and the New York Times, and the general impression one gets from them is that they recommend the book but would not want the reader to take its message too literally because a) the author is blind to her privilege and status, b) for a feminist manifesto written in 2015, it fails to seriously explore issues of intersectionality, and c) it puts the majority of the blame on women and not corporates — as corporate America's leader, Sandberg doesn't argue for sweeping reforms in workplace practices as much as for women to "lean in."
However, the criticism section fails to mention the positives of the book at all, or the part where the authors of the review pieces mentioned above would give the book to their own daughters and nieces. From a cursory reading of the Wikipedia page, one leaves with the idea that Sandberg is an evil, anti-feminist with a corporate agenda, wielding outdated second-wave feminist ideas and private jet trips. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.216.120.99 ( talk) 13:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
I see that the POV tag inserted last June by 117.216.120.99 still remains (see "Criticism of the book", above). While I understand this editor's rationale, the argument presented seems a bit exaggerated: "...one leaves [this article] with the idea that Sandberg is an evil, anti-feminist with a corporate agenda, wielding outdated second-wave feminist ideas and private jet trips." Nonetheless, I'm more interested in removing the POV tag than I am in arguing with that editor.
Can I get some feedback on possible solutions to this? My plan is to pare down some of the "Reviews and criticism" section -- particularly under "Intersectionality: race, class, and sexual identity" -- with an eye toward redundancies, overly detailed and/or speculative content, and consolidating similar ideas where possible. The section does run long for an article like this one. Overall, I believe the goal here should be to:
I'll work on this when I get a chance, but I'm asking for thoughts in the meantime on how to best get rid of this pesky POV tag. These counter-arguments to the criticism I'm asking for...has anyone found any? I do believe that the Susan Faludi Baffler piece cited at the beginning of the criticism section (by me, under previous username 'fetald') goes a long way in establishing the actual tone of valid critical reception to the book, as it presents what appear to be genuinely inquisitive, unassuming, highly specific, important questions and concerns related to key omissions and conflicts of interest -- issues that, as far as I know, still have yet to be publicly addressed at all by author Sandberg or supporters of her work. Dalfet ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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This is a US Idiom and should be defined for non-US readers. I've noticed some WP articles have a link to a Wiktionary definition.
"lean in (to something)"
To incline or press into something. You have to lean into the wind when you walk or you will be blown over. As you walk into the wind, lean in a little bit. The north wall of the barn leans in a little. Is it going to fall?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
46.208.56.251 (
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01:20, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Its also been reviewed by The Nation which is supposed to be pretty influential on the American centre left. Shouldn't that be mentioned? http://www.thenation.com/blog/180031/does-feminism-have-class-problem
I am reading the Kindle edition of the book along with the audiobook narrated by Elisa Donovan and the total pages shown in my Kindle app for Windows is 3870 which, if we round it off, gives us 387 pages, not 288 like it says in the infobox. I will add that as a reference. --Marce 19:46, 10 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fandelasketchup ( talk • contribs)
I keep hearing this phrase, and I have no idea what it means (other than that it refers to the title of the book...but presumably, it refers to the title of the book for a reason, else the book could just as easily be called "Purple Xylophone"). I thought the Wikipedia article would explain this cryptic phrase, but apparently not. I would say that's a pretty essential bit of info for this article to include (as I suspect many of the people perusing this article, would be doing so for much the same reason I was). — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinOKeeffe ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 26 March 2015
The main article cites reviews of the book from the Washington Post, NPR and the New York Times, and the general impression one gets from them is that they recommend the book but would not want the reader to take its message too literally because a) the author is blind to her privilege and status, b) for a feminist manifesto written in 2015, it fails to seriously explore issues of intersectionality, and c) it puts the majority of the blame on women and not corporates — as corporate America's leader, Sandberg doesn't argue for sweeping reforms in workplace practices as much as for women to "lean in."
However, the criticism section fails to mention the positives of the book at all, or the part where the authors of the review pieces mentioned above would give the book to their own daughters and nieces. From a cursory reading of the Wikipedia page, one leaves with the idea that Sandberg is an evil, anti-feminist with a corporate agenda, wielding outdated second-wave feminist ideas and private jet trips. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.216.120.99 ( talk) 13:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
I see that the POV tag inserted last June by 117.216.120.99 still remains (see "Criticism of the book", above). While I understand this editor's rationale, the argument presented seems a bit exaggerated: "...one leaves [this article] with the idea that Sandberg is an evil, anti-feminist with a corporate agenda, wielding outdated second-wave feminist ideas and private jet trips." Nonetheless, I'm more interested in removing the POV tag than I am in arguing with that editor.
Can I get some feedback on possible solutions to this? My plan is to pare down some of the "Reviews and criticism" section -- particularly under "Intersectionality: race, class, and sexual identity" -- with an eye toward redundancies, overly detailed and/or speculative content, and consolidating similar ideas where possible. The section does run long for an article like this one. Overall, I believe the goal here should be to:
I'll work on this when I get a chance, but I'm asking for thoughts in the meantime on how to best get rid of this pesky POV tag. These counter-arguments to the criticism I'm asking for...has anyone found any? I do believe that the Susan Faludi Baffler piece cited at the beginning of the criticism section (by me, under previous username 'fetald') goes a long way in establishing the actual tone of valid critical reception to the book, as it presents what appear to be genuinely inquisitive, unassuming, highly specific, important questions and concerns related to key omissions and conflicts of interest -- issues that, as far as I know, still have yet to be publicly addressed at all by author Sandberg or supporters of her work. Dalfet ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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