the gist of this story is that Robbie is a powerful and successful liberal attorney who is also an abusive boss. Lithwick is using her pretty considerable platform and influence to defend her because they are friends.
I hate the “sure she was abusive but men are worse” defense so much. An abusive work environment is bad, full stop, even if other environments are even more abusive.
First, male biglaw partners are simply not abusive like that writ large. I've never seen anything like that at any firm I've worked at. Second, is Lithwick's point that because males are abusive, Kaplan can be? That Kaplan's abuse is really OK?
