Yep, the Republican base is not the only one with a problem taking women pols seriously. The above is a Daily Mail two-page spread about some of the new female members of the Tory cabinet in Britain:
The newspaper referred to the employment minister Esther McVey as “thigh-flashing Esther” on its front page, before examining the hair, legs, bag, shoes, dress and makeup of nine ministers on a double-page spread … Following the furore, McVey, who was promoted to attend cabinet, brushed off complaints about the press coverage. The Wirral West MP said she was delighted that powerful women are being depicted on the front pages, after the newspaper described her as “Queen of the Downing Street catwalk”.
As well as featuring a prominent picture, the Mail article described her appearance in detail, saying her dress “cinched in her waist and emphasised her bust”. An article accompanying the pictures described her as “sashaying” into Downing Street and throwing her “blond mane backwards as in a shampoo advert”.
Lovely, innit?
Today, the debate over the latest round of Israel-Hamas warfare continued, even as four boys playing football on the beach became the latest fatalities. The death toll is now well over 200 – 1 in favor of the Israelis, as Americans shifted in their views of the Jewish states. Four other posts worth revisiting: an astonishingly slick classified ad for a used car; the cascading failures of the federal government; the hathos of Renaissance kitsch; and the sub-par political skills of Hillary Clinton.
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