From the writer who brought us, "Maxine Waters is Not Here to Play"

[ehrnst]

Hillary Clinton Isn't Going Anywhere and I'm Here For It All

Oooh, it's Hillary Clinton's book release day and I am HERE. FOR. IT. I have had a kettle on since mid-April preparing for this tea. Two sugars please, and close the door on your way out. Literally everything on my phone is on do not disturb; I am reading.
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Reviews suggest that What Happened, Clinton's election post-mortem, speaks with a defiant but pithy voice and that the former Secretary of State spends equal time opening up about the devastating loss and grinding axes. Into it. Come for the baring of the soul; stay for the baring of the teeth.

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Oddly, not everyone is excited about this, a book that is for sale in public and was written by a woman. A Politico article quoted a number of people who were brave enough to talk trash anonymously, calling the book "the final torture" for Democrats. One major donor said, "I think she should just zip it, but she’s not going to."

No the hell she is not!

What Hillary Clinton is not going to do is zip it. Would zipping it stop people from castigating her for sins committed, implied or just wished upon her? No, it would not. Would Hillary Clinton stitching a red L to her cardigan and roaming the country, atoning, make people happy? No. They'd probably criticize her clothing choice and write think pieces about how she's obsessed with drawing attention to herself.
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Hillary Clinton is not going away and I'm here for it, if for no other reason than every single person has the right to take up space and speak their minds and continue to exist, without reservation and without permission."

Link to tweet

http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a12227624/hillary-clinton-isnt-going-anywhere-and-im-here-for-it-all/

[shenmue]

1. Yeeeeees

[ehrnst]

2. I know, right? (nt)

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. The more they attack her and her book the more I want her to

run again.

[renate]

4. My new favorite author

R. Eric Thomas There's no more enjoyable way to while away an afternoon than by reading his columns in Elle.


It's interesting how fashion magazines like Elle, Teen Vogue, and Vogue are not behaving as though everything is normal. Good for them!

[samnsara]

5. i ordered her book today..and Katy Turs!

[UtahLib]

6. Her detractors can stick it!

She's earned the right to speak.

[Maven]

7. YAAAAAAAS. nt