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The End of Likability Politics
The nasty women of America are delivering on their promises—and they don’t care what their conservative male colleagues think.
- Katha Pollitt
- The Nation
Last month, Politico asked how Elizabeth Warren could “avoid a Clinton redux—written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground.”
The piece (written by a woman, sigh) ran the day the Massachusetts senator announced she was “exploring” a run for the White House.
No time to lose, apparently, when it comes to setting the narrative.
A supersmart ambitious Democratic woman?
Aroint thee, witch!
Because what is likability if not a…