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What Ellen Pompeo’s $20 Million Deal Means For the Gender Pay Gap In Hollywood

The assistant next to me, Katie, worked for the hardest working executive in the office. By extension, that made her the hardest working assistant. She was smart, excellent with clients, and beautiful (she was an ex-Ford model).

She was also the worst paid.

“Are you fucking joking?” she whispered.

by Chris Ming
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