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04 April 2007
Hillary Clinton impersonates the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera
CF that's an excellent repro but i could have done quite well without having to see the original. between you and jonmc i'm really starting to regret clicking on links here today. i'm starting to think i should just do some actual work.
on the hillary note... meh. see it's this whole american media double standard that kind of irks me: a dude like, say, donald trump can be a continual dick asshole AND wildly unattractive and yet somehow (despite the odd satiric potshot or two about that THING he wears on his head) he's mainly admired.
on the other hand, a successful, independent and intelligent woman like hillary... granted she isn't a hottie babe, but she's not the ditch witch either (for that i think you'd have to nominate someone like cincinnati's own marge schott) - draws almost universal contempt...
okay unsure where i'm going with this and even if it's a sustainable rant, but i'm feeling nettlesome and snarky today and Pax hit a bit of a nerve...
Thanks, lfr! It's not like I fly a Hillary flag, but the media attention for this photo is out of this world. I feel, if it had been a picture of Pres. Bush or Sen. Kerry, the photographer would have relegated it to wherever Bad Photos go to die. It's somewhat of a double standard.
Sorry to have wasted your time, lfr. I'll reconsider linking similar things in the future. I had thought that since MeCha consists of quite a few single link posts to amusing photos, bunny-related and otherwise, this one wouldn't be much different. I wasn't trying to make any sort of comment on politics; a funny face is a funny face, in my book.
And thank you, Matildaben. Perhaps I should keep them on flickr, though.
eh, don't mind me citrusfreak - it's not you that i'm aiming this at, and besides i'm in a pissy mood.
and please, don't apologise - the art is indeed good, and yes a funny face is, indeed a funny face. it's post-worthy, and totally not your fault the news media are panderers of the patriarchy or whatever feminist bullcrap moniker you want to bestow upon it.
kindly also note that i'm not usually a flag-waving feminazi, nor am i typically this offensensitive. i'm merely in a snarky mood at the moment, and despise the media permanently, both items which should be abundantly obvious by now.
CF, I didn't mean anything personal - your link gave me an opportunity to express my opinion. Please post more things that may mildly piss me off in the future, so I may comment on them. There's nothing I like more than commenting on things. I'm sure a bunch of MeChaZens would agree with me! :)
why is it that everyone on the whole damn planet is more articulate than me today? actually make that everyday...
*grump*
citrusfreak: you're welcome. i can't claim either. i think both terms hail from the classic 80's political satire comic 'bloom county'. i read it voraciously as a teenager, and it's primarily responsible for my cynical worldview on politics.