You are aware that when a would-be employer says "you lack the experience required" it is a nice way of them saying "someone else was better qualified," right?

Umm, they didn't say everybody. They said that it's sometimes like that, and they're right. Sometimes a diploma does say "Daddy's rich."

Having advanced degrees doesn't make you more qualified than someone else who can substitute those degrees for actual experience. Even though companies have training programs or even though this is just an intern thing doesn't mean they actually want to waste time and money training someone.

Just because you have the theoretical knowledge that a BA and MA will give you, does not mean that you are qualified to work in your field. You do state that you have "years of work experience," but was that work in your field, or were you flipping burgers for those years? I can sympathize with you only so far, because you were turned down for an internship, which is supposed to help a person gain experience. But it is possible that there was an applicant who was more qualified and had more field-related experience than you. But based on the way you worded your post, I think that it's more likely that you came across as having a superior attitude to your interviewer, since she is "without a graduate degree," which only served against you. Unless you have more than a year's worth of experience in your field, she is qualified to be your superior, and you have no reason to bitch. *Insert respectful tone here* Please, take your BA and MA, and the theoretical knowledge that came with them, and shove them up your ass.

Yeah that sucks.... Was she better looking than you? And was the interviewer a seedy old man? If you answered yes, then there's your answer :S

degrees aren't everything.

You having a degree doesn't mean you are more qualify than a person with experience in a field. So big whoop you got two piece of paper that you paid for your education and want a job, guess what who has a job and who don't?

Malinkrot doesn't know what "or" means.

Liking who you work under day in and day out is just as important as liking the work itself. it seems like you would resent this seemingly inexperienced, unprofessional person as your superior if you had gotten the job, so maybe you're better off for being rejected.

 What if OP is simply hotter than the female who interviewed her and this was less about qualifications, and more about an insecure, jealous female who couldn't see herself having to be around a more beautiful and intelligent lady on a regular basis? /shrug I guess we'd have to have been there to know for sure. Better luck on your next try OP and maybe try putting your hair in a bun, putting on some reading glasses, going without makeup, and wearing some concealing, unsexy clothing or something. :p lol (if your next interviewer is female) FYL ;)