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Feb 4, 2019 · The prominent author and activist Barbara Ehrenreich is receiving backlash on Twitter after a tirade against Tidying Up guru Marie Kondo.
Barbara Ehrenreich, a 77-year-old author, is under fire after tweeting: “I will be convinced that America is not in decline only when our de-cluttering guru Marie Kondo learns to speak English.” Kondo, 34, became affectionately known as the decluttering guru after the publication of her organisational guide, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
Feb 4, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — An online takedown of Marie Kondo by author-journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. Ehrenreich says it was a joke gone wrong. Ehrenreich tweeted Monday that she saw Kondo’s popularity as a sign of America’s decline and wished that the Japanese “de-cluttering guru” would ...
Ehrenreich then doubled down on Kondo’s language being a key issue. Ehrenreich later apologized: “Sorry to anyone offended by my tweet about Marie Kondo! Sometimes my attempts at subtle humor...
Feb 4, 2019 · But in a since-deleted xenophobic tweet, Ehrenreich made a comment about fellow author Marie Kondo that quickly went viral. Kondo is the author of "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up"...
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Feb 5, 2019 · American political activist and author Barbara Ehrenreich has been slammed online for a string of tweets about decluttering guru Marie Kondo and her ability to speak English.
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Feb 4, 2019 · Author and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich is being branded a racist and xenophobic over a tweet which appeared to criticize Japanese consultant Marie Kondo for not speaking English.
