Letters to the Editor
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Thanks
Thanks for your pseudo-scientific burble, Xavier. Now please go back to your time machine and set it to Boston University, 1975.
The Women's Studies group at Boston College is waiting for you to return, but you still can't get into any of Mary Daly's seminars because you are a filthy, subhuman man.
So much for feminism!
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Hillary made this news
By deciding to display cleavage for the first time apparently, ever, in the middle of a presidential campaign. Part of the problem of course is her age. Let the flames begin, but a women of her age should not be displaying cleavage, there is nothing sexual about it. I was grossed out.
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Snicker All You Want--It's a Valid Topic
I like Robin Givhan's fashion coverage precisely because she does the sort of thing she did in the piece on Hillary's cleavage: she puts fashion in a social and political context--something I've seen very few fashion writers do. If, as you say, some readers said, "Hey, there's a story about Hillary's ta-tas!" then the problem is not with Givhan's story, but with the morons who missed its point. Or is she supposed to be writing for them?
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I saw the Photo in Question
and it was more decolette than cleavage. It was a suit and blouse no different than the kind of outfit millions of women wear to work everyday. It was similar to many outfits she had worn in the past. And as for "gross," wll I guess to each his own when it comes to Mommy issues, I thought she looked very attractive in it.
I guess it does strike a chord because women have been objectified in a way that men were not until very recently subjected to and even that is still somewhat contained to popular culture though we did get some of this discussion with shots of Obama in the water wearing board shorts and Edwards which has the double punch of "feminizing" him, as Xander so nerve strikingly observed, but of accusing him of some sort of bizzo world hypocracy that he cannot champion the working class without living like a hermit himself. As women we are keenly aware of how we are sexualized and how when you are older you are desexualized and devalued and often referred to in terms of biological acheivemt, "grandmotherly," and so the sniggering tone of the article was just a little too much for my taste.
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The Big Question
Let's face it, it's only a matter of time before some "journalist" steps up to the microphone at a Clinton event and ask the big question: "Boxers or briefs?"
Oh. Waitaminnit...
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"grossed out"
"...a women of her age should not be displaying cleavage, there is nothing sexual about it. I was grossed out."
OK...
And if a significant number of people were "grossed out" by the image of a presidential candidate in a dress, or standing next to a significantly younger mate, or voting to continue to fund the Iraq War...should the candidate respond by ceasing to do these things?
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Dear Emily
Only if they want to get elected.
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So hotrod -
You vote for the candidate who most slavishly panders to the whims of the lowest common denominator?
I take it Giuliani's your man!
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Huh?
...especially since in this country's 200-year presidential history, this is the first time we're seeing anything resembling a "subtle V" or a sweetheart neckline -- let alone spaghetti straps or, say, a skirt -- on the stump.
Hillary Clinton is NOT the first woman to ever run for President of the United States.
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Oh Emily
I didn't say I would vote for them. I answered your question. The one with the most votes wins, right ? This may shock you, but I was born and raised a Democrat. Unfortunately my party has been taken over by panderers. Just to bare it all, I wanted Russ Feingold to run, but right now I would hold my nose a bit and vote for Obama.