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		aaronbrethorst on July 25, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I Did When I Couldn't Find a Job [in the US] "Her" who? The author of the OA is named Andrew. I get the feeling you're projecting some kind of women/liberal arts/inferiority thing onto this based upon the middle name of the author. "He works as an associate editor at Sikkim NOW, a small newspaper in India. You can follow his blog at www.andrewdanahudson.com."

gaius on July 25, 2010 | [–]

Dana's a girl's name. Have you not seen Ghostbusters? Easy mistake to make.

amock on July 25, 2010 | [–]

He could also be using "her" as the gender-neutral pronoun to try to be politically correct.

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