Readers of the New York Times Magazine got a special treat today as Ana Marie Cox conducted an interview with Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. The interview will appear in print in next Sunday’s paper, and the Times notes that the interview as it appears has been “condensed and edited.” Still, the chat went on long enough for Sanders to ask Cox, “Do you have serious questions?”
What inspired that reaction? Specifically, it was the question, “Do you think it’s fair that Hillary’s hair gets a lot more scrutiny than yours does?” Cox defended her question as valid; after all, the media pays more attention to what female candidates look like. Sanders, who clearly wanted to keep the interview focused on things like universal health care, did admit that “it’s absolutely wrong” that women are scrutinized on their looks.
BREAKING: Sexism *may* exist, says #BernieSanders: http://t.co/Kq6NBr5I6G cc @anamariecox pic.twitter.com/oCNf856qOG
— Caroline Reilly (@ms_creilly) August 17, 2015
@ms_creilly @mjs_DC @anamariecox Thank goodness for social issues, forever allowing us to avoid thinking about all those *other* issues.
— Evan Urquhart (@e_urq) August 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/Daphne_Soledad/status/633354280699695104
For what it’s worth, we haven’t heard much about either Clinton’s or Sanders’ hair, although Gov. Scott Walker’s bald spot was worth a mention.
This is the bald spot that Scott Walker says was the result of an accident http://t.co/1VlzO6aBYt pic.twitter.com/1KvpucAgda
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) August 17, 2015
It turns out we just haven’t been reading deep enough. There’s been plenty written about Sanders’ hair, with features appearing in the Washington Post and BuzzFeed.
cf http://t.co/4dYAPRls1g pic.twitter.com/vAHeBY7OKQ
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) August 17, 2015
of *course* http://t.co/04lH7TEc5I pic.twitter.com/QzTiG0dvzh
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) August 17, 2015
But when it comes to candidates scrutinized for their hair, there’s one who towers over the others, and it’s not a woman.
The best thing about a Trump presidency would be watching him try to keep his hair intact while boarding Marine One.
— Greg Pembroke (@GregPembroke) August 17, 2015
Trump looks like an old homeless guy with the red ball hat on. Good thing is it covers up that ungodly hair.
— Heather Collins (@heathercollinz) August 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/curlyteeler/status/633347043436666880
https://twitter.com/chipr/status/633341917812559872
donald trump's hair look like someone tried to use the blur tool in photoshop to cover a bald spot lol
— ski (@CowboySkiBop) August 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/ryantdarrow/status/633338954637414400
https://twitter.com/TheDonWeber/status/633331049552986112
Can you imagine 4yrs of endless hair jokes if Trump gets the nod? You see what I did there… ?? #CombOver
— ? (@AllenDBrown) August 17, 2015
The Internet doesn't have nearly enough pictures of Donald Trump's hair flying up
— Craig Deeley ???️? (@craiguito) August 17, 2015
Trump is as real as his hair
— freehawk (@freehawk) August 17, 2015
Even Hillary Clinton can’t resist taking a shot. Pretty sexist, Mrs. Clinton.
.@HillaryClinton: GOP 2016 field is "just like Trump without the pizzaz and the hair" http://t.co/vxdqCd9BcU pic.twitter.com/vQD4m5vfb8
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 17, 2015
We have a lot of questions for Hillary Clinton, and none has to do with her hair.
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