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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Interesting indeed. So maybe willie is out there now trying to change hilleree’s image.
This is an obvious response to Mrs. Edwards’ questioning of Hill’s femininity and it shows just how the Clinton machinery is at work. I would be willing to bet that, if her advisors thought it would help, she would even go nude!! As a matter of fact, I’m just waiting for the secretly leaked nude photos of Hill to be leaked and the “horror” that would follow blaming the “right wing conspiracy” for leaking them.
“she would even go nude!!”
Stop it! I’m about to eat my dinner.
Breasts, Mama. They’re called breasts, and every woman has them
LOL!
Looks more like Jimmuh if you ask me..
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Great post potlatch!
Too bad I cannot post “Busted” her on a FR thread!
But......
I can post a “still”......
And “Link” the animated-to-music webpage!
I should have made an un-named one. You can still post it with the Busted caption on it. I just finished it.
Hillary’s “cleavage”
Al Gore’s “package”
My lunch......gone
The womans as flat as a pancake,please stop telling us she has breasts.
ROTFLOLOL!
Dem ain’t Hillary’s hooters.
She musta blowed them up. ;o)
She borrowed “Dolly’s” bodeee for awhile! Lolol
I made her fall over, thought it was a nice touch...
Having her fall over was a VERY nice touch!
Not for her!! On the other hand, she probably bounces!
Thanks for the ping!
I should have known that you couldn’t resist posting that!!
Some will be luckily miss seeing that, lolol.
It looked to me like a soft landing. ;o)
Oh...Mi...Gosh!
ROTFLOLOL!
You are baaaaad! ;o)
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