On Jimmy Fallon's show, Bachmann was greeted by a few strains of the song "Lyin' Ass Bitch." Maura Johnston is not amused:
Casual sexism in politics and entertainment and, you know, the rest of the world is of course nothing new, and it's something that as a consumer of the Internet crushes me on a near-hourly basis—even though I've aesthetically internalized it enough to enjoy songs like, say, "Lyin'-Ass Bitch." But it kills me when it's used by smart people who I respect against someone like Bachmann, who has no shortage of completely legitimate reasons to inspire ire. Calling her a bitch is too easy—it glosses over the actual concrete problems with her as a candidate—and more importantly, the woman-specific use of "bitch" toward people who allegedly "deserve" it only serves to further crack open the door to it being used against any woman who's trying to make her way in a male-dominated field.
Megan Carpentier concurs. Me too. Fallon has apologized for the sophomoric lack of manners – she was a guest, after all. Dan Amira has ideas for insulting songs for each member of the 2012 field.
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