Am I really the only person who remembers comments about Hillary's cankles? (huh)
Admittedly it probably made a big impression on me because of my age but I was shocked that people would talk about a first lady in that way.
I don't at all, but I was not paying much attention in those days (I was 10 when Bill was first sworn in).
I was only a few years older, but maybe the difference was being in Jr. High where those kinds of insults were common vs elementary where they likely were not. Idk. Many of the things said about her became indelible in my memory because I saw just how ugly people could get when it came to women.
I don't at all, but I was not paying much attention in those days (I was 10 when Bill was first sworn in).
I was only a few years older, but maybe the difference was being in Jr. High where those kinds of insults were common vs elementary where they likely were not. Idk. Many of the things said about her became indelible in my memory because I saw just how ugly people could get when it came to women.
That makes sense. I was in 6th grade (so 11, not 10, whoops) and enamoref of Chelsea but otherwise I really didn't follow politics even a little tiny bit. Interestingly my mother never ever talked about politics with us at all, but as an adult I discovered that she and my brother, sister and I all lean various shades of left. We didn't watch tv news so all I heard about was what we heard in social studies at school, so I didn't hear about that.
I should add that my mother is very well informed and has very strong opinions, she just wanted us to find our own way and not feel like we had to think or vote how she did. She took it to an extreme lol!
Am I really the only person who remembers comments about Hillary's cankles? (huh)
Admittedly it probably made a big impression on me because of my age but I was shocked that people would talk about a first lady in that way.
Sorry. I mostly remember poor Chelsea getting made fun of.
Oh yeah, that too. We're about the same age so it really really horrified me. I couldn't imagine going through the awkward early teen years in the public eye.
Sorry. I mostly remember poor Chelsea getting made fun of.
Oh yeah, that too. We're about the same age so it really really horrified me. I couldn't imagine going through the awkward early teen years in the public eye.
I got a lot of shit for my hair at the time, so I really empathized.