Gay Alcorn, The Guardian – November 25, 2016
The US presidential election was marked by “graphic sexism” against Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and was proof that progress for women was not inevitable, Labor’s deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, said on Friday.
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine – November 23, 2016
During the presidential campaign, many Americans, notably those most likely to have voted for Hillary Clinton, were on the receiving end of torrents of vitriol coming from Donald Trump and his supporters: They were caricatured as rapists and criminals, bimbos, dogs, and pigs, and subjected to the humiliation of watching a man repeatedly accused of sexual assault run for president, advised by a cadre of racists adorably referred to as members of the “alt-right,” all while our first black president and first woman nominee were regularly called crooks and threatened with imprisonment and execution.
Kenzie Bryant, Vanity Fair – November 17, 2016
Headlines and commenters declared that she wasn’t wearing makeup during her second public appearance since losing the presidency.
Katie Rogers, New York Times – November 17, 2016
This year, Svea Vikander has decided that she and Evla, her 3-year-old daughter, will be the focal point of her family’s holiday card. She decided to relegate her husband and son to a smaller picture below.
Nina Burleigh, Newsweek – November 15, 2016
Women voted against Donald Trump by one of the most significant gender gap margins in history, but their support for Hillary Clinton was tinged with ambivalence.
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine – November 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton aimed at the highest glass ceiling. What broke instead was the coalition she thought would pierce it — and faith that it will happen.
Jennifer Pierotti Lim quietly planned her own rejection of Trump’s rise: A dinner for conservative women who feel left behind. “I’m getting all these calls, texts and emails,” she said. “Everyone is saying, ‘Okay, what are we doing next?” Lim, 31, the director of health policy at the United States Chamber of Commerce, had never voted for a Democrat until Tuesday.
Jessica Bennett, New York Times – November 10, 2016
“She’s a good girl,” Betsy Ebeling, Hillary Clinton’s best friend since childhood, recently told me of Mrs. Clinton, whom she met in the sixth grade. “She works hard, she is loyal, she listens.”
Peter Walker, The Guardian – November 10, 2016
Nigel Farage has claimed to be “the catalyst” for the rise of Donald Trump, referred to Barack Obama as a “creature”, and joked about Trump’s alleged sexual assaults on women. In a jubilant interview with TalkRadio from Spain, before he was due to fly to the US, Farage joked several times about the idea of the US president-elect sexually assaulting Theresa May when he met her.
Susan Dominus, New York Times – November 10, 2016
When millions of women cast their votes for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, they may have been thinking about male power as much as female equality — about the sleazebags who never heard “no,” or the male bosses who lowballed them in salary negotiations, or those men in positions of authority who patronized them or ignored them altogether. There was a sense of collective curiosity and anticipation: Would having a woman serve in the most powerful role in the country make any of those scenarios less likely for women going forward?