A nation gripped by Trudeaumania manages to be tolerant and at ease with itself in difficult times,all with noteworthy aplombImagine a West Wing episode advance to life, and that’s basically Justin Trudeau. The winsome Canadian prime minister blew up the internet again this week via an old photo of him larking approximately for the cameras, and balancing his entire weight on his wrists on the edge of a desk in trademark manly-but-sensitive fashion. One more for a photo album that so far includes Trudeau cuddling pandas,Trudeau proudly proclaiming himself a feminist, Trudeau wearing a Barbie-pink sweatshirt in solidarity with kids bullied for looking different – and of course a newly elected Trudeau final autumn answering questions approximately why half his new cabinet was female, and with the words “because it’s 2015”,and a shrug that clearly meant so deal with it”.final week even saw the emergence of a Trudeau-based homage to the old internet meme of feminist Ryan Gosling, which used to feature smouldering pictures of the actor overlaid with worthy feminist texts. The online news organisation Vox produced a version featuring cheesy pictures of the prime minister with captions such as Hey girl, or I may be dreamy but Canada has a long way to move to close the wage gap!”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com