Slate: Hillary Time Cover Sexist

"It’s time for another round of 'is this media representation of a female politician sexist?' Let’s play!"

Amanda Hess of Slate is upset with Time's latest cover depicting Hillary Clinton as a "navy pantsuit leg…[with] a diminutive man in a suit flailing from the point of her gargantuan heel." The caption reads, "Can Anyone Stop Hillary?" To Hess, this is blatant, sexist imagery.

In her article "Time Magazine Turns Hillary Clinton Into a Pointy Heel Trampling an Emasculated Dude," Hess does not appreciate the "photo illustration Frankenstein's monster" over Hillary's "typical human form" for several reasons:

A giant woman trampling over a measly businessman suggests a form of power beyond the political.

The cover trades in the imagery of several sexual fetishes — macrophilia…trampling…common foot fetish.

The image of a towering heel squashing a tiny man is sexualized in certain subcultures, but it’s also used by the mainstream media to connote female power in general. [What feminist author Jessica Valenti calls] “Mean Feminists With Shoes and Poor Emasculated Dudes”

The depiction doesn't show high-powered women competing against male rivals, fair and square; it suggests that the very existence of the feminine in business and politics constitutes a threat to men. It's both sexist and hacky.

Even for a liberal, the pro-liberal cover is not liberal enough.

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