Perspective: No, I don’t want a beer with Elizabeth Warren, writes MonicaHesse. But can she come over for Settlers of Catan?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren poses for a photograph at a Philadelphia town hall event on Monday. By Monica Hesse Monica Hesse Style reporter Email Bio Follow Columnist May 16 at 2:15 PM It’s not entirely clear when “having a beer with” became America’s go-to barometer for which presidential candidates are “likable.
Wading through questions of authenticity and likability has become exhausting even this early in the election cycle. We have visceral reactions to individual politicians. We can’t help it; we’re human. We are interested in having the female candidates join our book clubs or our movie clubs. We are interested in meeting them at Zumba. We are interested in taking cooking lessons with Harris and inviting Warren to our friend’s bachelorette party.
Tulsi Gabbard? “I would 1,000 percent kick it with Tulsi Gabbard,” said a writer, also in California. Of course, who cares if you want to hang out with a president? We should focus entirely on politics and ideas, not on personality. We’re still judging candidates by that fantasy — by how likable they’d appear while doing traditionally “manly” activities. It’s why O’Rourke’s public haircut is seen as relatable, while the same gesture by Klobuchar or Gillibrand would be seen as frivolous. We’re still filtering women’s likability through decades-old Cool Guy standards.
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