Have we learned nothing from 2016 about how to cover women in politics?
Source: Vogue
By Michelle Ruiz,
No sooner had Elizabeth Warren (all but) announced her 2020 presidential candidacy than the same old sexist narratives began: “How does Warren avoid a Clinton redux—written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground?” wondered a now much-shared and much-eye-roll-inducing Politico reportpublished on New Year’s Eve. On Thursday, on the occasion of Nancy Pelosi becoming only the second person in American history to be named Speaker of the House again after losing the title, Politico weighed in with an op-ed that could have been titled “How to Be Speaker for Dummies”: “How to Talk so Trump Will Listen: A GOP Guide for Pelosi” . . . as if she might be clueless to the art of bipartisan compromise after more than 30 years in Congress. In other news, it appears at least some members of the media have learned exactly nothing from recent history.
It’s been a little more than two years—and what feels like a lifetime of demoralizing policy decisions—since Hillary Clinton’s emails became a media obsession: A Columbia Journalism Review study found that “in just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton’s emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election.” Which is to say nothing of male pundits who complained that Clinton “shouted" at rallies (have they met Bernie Sanders or Howard Dean or pretty much anyone of any gender addressing cheering crowds of thousands?) and treated her case of pneumonia as a sign of such weakness, it may as well have been a fatal character flaw.
Click here to read the full article published by Vogue on 3rd January 2019.
By Michelle Ruiz,
No sooner had Elizabeth Warren (all but) announced her 2020 presidential candidacy than the same old sexist narratives began: “How does Warren avoid a Clinton redux—written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground?” wondered a now much-shared and much-eye-roll-inducing Politico reportpublished on New Year’s Eve. On Thursday, on the occasion of Nancy Pelosi becoming only the second person in American history to be named Speaker of the House again after losing the title, Politico weighed in with an op-ed that could have been titled “How to Be Speaker for Dummies”: “How to Talk so Trump Will Listen: A GOP Guide for Pelosi” . . . as if she might be clueless to the art of bipartisan compromise after more than 30 years in Congress. In other news, it appears at least some members of the media have learned exactly nothing from recent history.
It’s been a little more than two years—and what feels like a lifetime of demoralizing policy decisions—since Hillary Clinton’s emails became a media obsession: A Columbia Journalism Review study found that “in just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton’s emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election.” Which is to say nothing of male pundits who complained that Clinton “shouted" at rallies (have they met Bernie Sanders or Howard Dean or pretty much anyone of any gender addressing cheering crowds of thousands?) and treated her case of pneumonia as a sign of such weakness, it may as well have been a fatal character flaw.
Click here to read the full article published by Vogue on 3rd January 2019.
