Much ado has been made about Right Wing News releasing their second annual "Hottest Conservative Women in New Media" list. For example, Newsweek's David Graham comes down hard on conservatives who fail to condemn the sexist rankings while complaining about the left's treatment of Sarah Palin. This article, however, managed to draw my interest. Mediaite's Tommy Christopher makes some valid points about problems with the RWN list.

The list doesn't focus on the intelligence/content of these women's work. Aesthetics seems to be the only consideration. While I have no problem with men appreciating a beautiful woman, I think they do a disservice to these extremely smart, successful women by not point out at least some of their accomplishments.

No matter how enlightened we consider ourselves these days, women still have a large hurdle to overcome in getting men to take them seriously. Things like this don't help. By failing to acknowledge the immense talent and hard work these women have put into their careers, RWN has reduced them to simply a pretty face. That is a true disservice to all of these women.

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