Comments on: Hillary Clinton, the Halo Effect, and women’s catch-22

By: Hillary Clinton, the Halo Effect, and Women’s Catch-22 « The Situationist

Hillary Clinton, the Halo Effect, and Women’s Catch-22 « The Situationist — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:01:47 +0000

[...] Posted by The Situationist Staff on December 10, 2008 Merritt Baer is a Harvard Law School student living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This semester, she wrote the following brief essay for a seminar on situationism. We are delighted to publish it on The Situationist (the essay and some worthwhile comments also can be found on GlobalComment). [...]

By: Peter B

Peter B — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:26:40 +0000

Did you expect them to not ‘happily sign the nutcrackers’? It’s usually what it appears

By: Gibson Carothers

Gibson Carothers — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:24:31 +0000

Hey, Merritt, I created the Hillary Nutcracker. The product raised the question “Can a woman appear tough enough to be Commander-in-Chief and still likeable enough to get elected?” We never took a political position and sales split 50/50 between supporters and detractors. At Hillary’s Texas Primary Headquarters, they made posters of the Hillary Nutcracker with the slogan “It’s Crunch Time!” Hillary and Bill Clinton both happily signed nutcrackers at rallys. Lots of women saw the humor in the product and the idea of Hillary being the best answer to all the right wing nuts. Not all is what it appears.

By: Sarah J

Sarah J — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:33:47 +0000

Excellent article.