‘We circled back to Ms. Sandberg’s work at Facebook. Wasn’t it always risky, I asked, to have someone leading such a large company also leading a movement fight

‘We circled back to Ms. Sandberg’s work at Facebook. Wasn’t it always risky, I asked, to have someone leading such a large company also leading a movement fighting for workplace equality? “I’m curious,” Ms. Thomas said [Sandberg’s longtime friend]. “You’re a smart, engaged woman on all of this — why is that hard for you?” It’s hard, I replied, to reckon with the idea that we have taken life and career advice from someone who could be building something that’s not good for the world. For a beat, Ms. Thomas sat silent and looked right at me.’