The Washington Post published a profile of Stacey Abrams. You may remember that she ran for governor in Georgia and lost.
In the profile, we find the following:
"Pandemonium ensues as she walks to the far left of the stage, like a runway supermodel, stops on a dime, poses, tilts her head slightly and smiles. Camera flashes explode. She next pivots and walks slowly to the center of the stage, freezes there and repeats the pose."
The rest of the article is a superb profile. Hopefully, regardless of one's politics, people will read it. She is smart, and she has worked hard.
The simile to supermodel bothers me though. Perhaps we will see more women in the highest echelons of the political world when we stop comparing them to supermodels. Perhaps we will see more women in the highest echelons of the political world when we talk about hallways (of power) instead of runways. And perhaps those who publish some of those images might consider that the images they perpetuate do not help shatter glass ceilings. I do not recall such tripe about Lady Thatcher.
And to the nice folks at Fox News, as well as those whose tweets they published about this article, it is worth reading the article. This is one very bad paragraph in an otherwise well-written article. Ms. Abrams is not going away. Please comment on the rest of the article.
Good night everyone.
R/SCG
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