Babbit

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“The producer I met with was like, ‘Hey, I decided to meet with you because Jennifer Garner keeps complaining that we’re not hiring any women,’” Babbit recalled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2018

That can manifest in a lot of problematic ways, including trying to pretend they know what they’re doing, or just being spineless creatures, as opposed to a Jamie Babbit, who has nothing but spine.

From Time • Oct. 1, 2015

Joe: It does seem worth noting that the episode, which I thought continued the show’s recent strong streak overall, was directed by Jamie Babbit.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2015

Novels like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Sinclair Lewis’s Babbit portrayed wealth and the self-made man in America, albeit in a critical fashion.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

I thought of goin' for Mrs. Babbit, but I thought she'd be afraid.

From The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins