Am still chuckling over the “punchable” adjective, cited in both the original & the NYT link in #45, that one play-goer used to describe the Clinton portrayer. That smugness of one’s better (and heir to the throne by outright manipulation & calumny) in the presence of an audience of lessors could suddenly be apprehended.
As a female myself, I am freshly reminded that to about 50% of the ppl with whom I interact, I am & will forever only be an obese white middle-aged female, interchangeable & synonymous with any & every other fat white lady they run into. These folks literally think in symbols - categories of simple imagery, instead of taking each stranger as an individual. Doesn’t hurt my feelings because I don’t perceive myself as the one with the deficiency, but it’s helpful in life to understand how others interpret my presence.