For years I thought of my mother as a pathetic figure who had turned her back on feminism – until I saw the scorn heaped upon Clinton and realized my mom was a victim of her timeMy mother stands in the kitchen wringing a dishrag between her hands as she watches Hillary Clinton on the national news; it’s another one of those spots about Clinton’s supposed “likability liability”,where a reporter wonders whether she is too wonkish or aggressive to contend against the Trump war machine. My mother watches the footage of Clinton with an intensity that surprises me: she never follows politics – news shows and debates are for my father while soap operas and genuine Housewives are her domain. “I hope Hillary beats Trump,” she says. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com