Hello, Jon Henley
Nov. 23rd, 2011 01:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bouteillebleuHello, Jon Henley!
You wrote an article in the G2 today about the leader of a nation currently dealing with the (as far as I can tell) worldwide debt crisis, with some interesting stuff about that leader's political history. But there was something that nearly stopped me reading it at the start.
Why the hell did you see it necessary to describe the leader in question as "pale" and "irredeemably frumpy"? Did that have anything to do with discussion of their policies or political history, at all?
Do you comment on, for example, the US president's appearance when you write something about him? Other than if it's relevant to the article, no, of course you don't.
Or did you just do it to Merkel because she's a woman, and women's appearances are public property?
You wrote an article in the G2 today about the leader of a nation currently dealing with the (as far as I can tell) worldwide debt crisis, with some interesting stuff about that leader's political history. But there was something that nearly stopped me reading it at the start.
Why the hell did you see it necessary to describe the leader in question as "pale" and "irredeemably frumpy"? Did that have anything to do with discussion of their policies or political history, at all?
Do you comment on, for example, the US president's appearance when you write something about him? Other than if it's relevant to the article, no, of course you don't.
Or did you just do it to Merkel because she's a woman, and women's appearances are public property?
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Date: 2011-11-23 05:17 pm (UTC)QUICK, REMIND PEOPLE SHE'S STILL A WOMAN WHO DOES WOMANLY THINGS AND THUS MUST BE TREATED AS WOMAN AND NOT POLITICIAN (edit: AND ALSO DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN SO IS BAD WOMAN AND CAN THUS BE TREATED AS POLITICIAN MAYBE)
OTHERWISE THOSE WACKY GERMAN VOTERS MIGHT TAKE HER SERIOUSLY DESPITE THE FACT SHE'S NOT PRETTY
okay I'm done.
(Also, shopping, sewing and cake baking are all damn useful things for any adult to do, not least because the latter two mean you can (a) fix your clothes when they break and (b) produce cake! Whenever you want!)