Comments on: Just who does she think she is?

By: Hillary Clinton still too old, sick, and worst of all, unattractive : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:13:26 +0000

[...] As I predicted earlier this week, the sneering, sexist dismissals of Hillary Clinton are back, baby. And just like in 2007 and 2008, it’s not right-wingers leading the charge–it’s people on the so-called “progressive” side of things. Meghan Daum writes in the Chicago Tribune today: Clinton’s finale could hardly have been more dramatic. After falling ill with a stomach virus in early December, she fainted, suffered a concussion and landed in a hospital with a blood clot between her brain and skull. Meanwhile, her detractors drummed up conspiracy theories about “Benghazi fever,” and her supporters had a moment of genuine fear that Clinton might not be around to follow the script that so many have been writing for her over the last several years. [...]

By: link love « Grumpy rumblings of the half-tenured

link love « Grumpy rumblings of the half-tenured — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:54:39 +0000

[...] notes more patriarchal bullshit from jealous [...]

By: Hillary. Just who does she think she is?

Hillary. Just who does she think she is? — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:02:06 +0000

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By: Just Who The Hell Does Hillary Clinton Think She Is? | Political Analytical – Insight and Analysis on Politics and Reason

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:19:33 +0000

[...] the phrase “I don’t mean to be ungallant,” you know he’s about to unleash a truckload of misogynist horse manure: Michael Kinsley writes about what he calls “Hillary Clinton’s ego trips,” and proves that [...]

By: Notorious Ph.D.

Notorious Ph.D. — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:29:44 +0000

In answer to your questions about examples of men as targets of appearance-shaming: Perhaps Helmut Kohl in the early 90s?

By: Liquid

Liquid — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:18:38 +0000

Yep, Clinton should be spending more time grooming her appearance, but she’s simply *too vain* to do it. Genius.

/facepalm/

By: Comradde PhysioProffe

Comradde PhysioProffe — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:48:44 +0000

Goddamn, what a fucken transparently odious dickebagge.

By: nicoleandmaggie

nicoleandmaggie — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:40:56 +0000

quixote FTW

By: quixote

quixote — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:26:30 +0000

I guess what’s so hick, uncool, gauche, déclassé about both Clintons is that they both seem to genuinely care about people who aren’t rich. I mean, initiatives to help women survive? How pathetically earnest.

By: cgeye

cgeye — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:33:38 +0000

Rhodes Scholar W.J. Clinton, not an intellectual? I know, I know….