Posted on 07/20/2007 1:27:14 PM PDT by Gopher Broke
Breaking News: Cleavage on Display
"There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton... There wasn't an unseemly amount of cleavage showing, but there it was. Undeniable," the Washington Post reported.
NEWSFLASH: Hillary Clinton has breasts.
And apparently that "news" merits coverage in the Washington Post.
In a Style section cover story on Friday, fashion "reporter" Robin Givhan notes that Hillary Clinton has taken a brazen step for a woman politician by wearing a low neckline. "Showing cleavage," says Givhan, "is a request to be engaged in a particular way. It doesn't necessarily mean that a woman is asking to be objectified, but it does suggest a certain confidence and physical ease."
Shock! Horror! A prominent woman showing confidence and physical ease!
Givhan goes on with her psychobabble: "It means that a woman is content being perceived as a sexual person in addition to being seen as someone who is intelligent, authoritative, witty and whatever else might define her personality. It also means that she feels that all those other characteristics are so apparent and undeniable, that they will not be overshadowed."
This article about the frontrunning candidate for U.S. president caused quite a stir in the NOW office this morning, eliciting reactions ranging from "You've got to be kidding!" to "What century is this?" The piece is definitely outrageous, but it's also hilarious. Absurdly hilarious. And it's an indictment of our society's lingering archaic notions of femininity, assumptions about breasts and sexuality, and fears about powerful women.
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Did you get an email from NOW when all the media sneered at Mrs. Fred Thompson for being a “trophy wife”?
I didn’t think so.
Is this because of Mrs. Edwards comments??????
“It also means that she feels that all those other characteristics are so apparent and undeniable, that they will not be overshadowed.”
Overshadowed by what?
LOL!
This IS a joke, right?
Hillary showing cleavage a statement for women hood.
Mrs. Vitter showing cleavage, she is dressed like a Ho!
I also noticed her bulge was showing through her pant suit.
At least they weren't standing around like deer in the, uh, "headlights".
Hillary out protesting...
you and I are on the same wavelength.
I thought of Mrs Thompson right after I thought “where were they when women in burkas were being stoned? And when Pelosi immitated a burka clad victim?”
If this is all they have to say, well, too bad for them.
I wondered what happened to Edward Scissorhands...
She ain't no Hooter girl that's for sure.
“It was outrageous and we demand an apology!”
Hortense Hollyhocks, Chairwomyn, 2007,
International Itty Bitty Titty Committee*,
IIBTC, USA Chapter
*(Empowered womyn—teeny hooters, but huge bottom & hams? Sign up today!)
The timing is undeniable.
Bubba from yesterday:
(USA Today) Bill Clinton: His wife is not 'trying to be a man,' she's being 'a leader'
On ABC's Good Morning America today, former president Bill Clinton had this to say about his wife and whether he agrees with Elizabeth Edwards that sometimes Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton might feel pressured to "behave as a man and not talk about women's issues."
"I don't think she's trying to be a man," the former president said of Sen. Clinton, who hopes be the next president. "I don't think it's inconsistent with being a woman that you can also be knowledgeable on military and security affairs and be strong when the occasion demands it. I don't consider that manly. I consider it being a leader."
Children, minorities hit hard...
It’s part of Hillary’s makeover for her Presidential bid. She wants to let people know that she really is female - some of us had doubts.
I just hope Janet Reno doesn’t run for office.
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