[Content Note: Misogyny.]
I had a few things to say about a meme going around around Senator Bernie Sanders and his indifference to his hair, which is being used to shame former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for caring about her hair. The meme is a picture of Sanders with his typically unkempt hair, with added text reading: "Hillary gets a $600 haircut chosen by a panel to better appeal to voters. Bernie Sanders doesn't give a shit about his haircut. He's got work to do."
I Storified those tweets for anyone who isn't on Twitter.
(Note, by the way, that even in the meme, Clinton is "Hillary" while Sanders is "Bernie Sanders." But tell me again this isn't rooted in misogyny.)
Basically: If you don't understand or care why a female politician can't NOT care about her hair, you're part of the problem.
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