The Bitch America Needs
There are so many ways to be a bitch when youre Hillary Clinton. You can refuse to give up a thriving law career when your husband is elected governor of Arkansas. Later, when he becomes president of the United States, you can infuriate housewives across the nation with a dismissive reference to baking cookies.
You can be too loud, too ambitious, too emotional, not emotional enough. You can say things and do things that are still considered the exclusive realm of white men. You can rally millions of people to vote for you. You can do anything and everything, and it doesnt matter: The word bitch, more than almost any other, will cling to the back of your smart pantsuits forever.
But what if thats not a bad thing?
The fact that bitch has become both an epithet and an honorific for Mrs. Clinton has turned out to be one of the least weird things about this election year. In a race that is indelibly colored by gender and sexism, its also potentially transformative. Few of the women who choose to venture into the male-dominated sphere of American politics are hothouse flowers, of course, but Mrs. Clintons long journey to the center of presidential contention mirrors a larger impatience with a time-honored tradition of going along to get along. This is not just in politics either: From film stars to athletes to teenage activists, outspoken women from all arenas are increasingly visible, much to the concern of sexists everywhere.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/opinion/campaign-stops/the-bitch-america-needs.html
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)She, like Obama does not get adequate credit for her accomplishments.
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)It's a new way to celebrate her as the unapologetic bad ass we need.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)"For those who want her to be president, which is not synonymous with liking her, shes the human embodiment of a shrug emoji, dodging flamethrowers from both sides and continuing to take care of business. Her supporters know that worrying about other peoples discomfort with powerful women has never served female politicians or any woman very well."