Gordon and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season.
Gordon was fired from Mad Men three weeks after receiving the Emmy[3] saying "We think [Kater’s] done a great job, particularly for someone whose career has progressed so quickly.
Now, however, Matt has reluctantly decided that their relationship has reached its full potential.." On November 9, 2017, she launched Modern Alliance, a charitable project to fight harassment and later joined the board of iHollaback, an anti-harassment organization.
She accused Weiner of telling her at the office one night that she owed it to him “to see her naked.” Gordon never formally complained; she said this was for fear of hurting her career.
[7] In 2020, Noxon and Gordon published a guest column in the Hollywood Reporter suggesting ways the "TV Industry can better protect employees from the next toxic showrunner.