So Done with This Crap

[Content Note: Misogyny.]

I'm so exhausted with media criticisms that Clinton doesn't hold pressers. Well maybe you shouldn't have treated her like garbage for 30yrs.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

Her website is robust. Her speeches are detailed. She's done listening tours. She opted for intimate venues over huge stadium appearances.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

She has made herself accessible to voters. I don't need, nor do I want, another press conference where I have to watch her being harassed.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

And, yes, asking her shit like, "Why don't people like you?" is harassment. That's no search for truth. It's an attempt to capture her pain.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

I'm FINE with her answering moderated questions. Yes, I believe that "counts." What I see is a woman drawing boundaries.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

And what I see in response to that is the same trash I see when ANY woman draws boundaries: Angrily telling her she's not allowed to do it.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

Frankly, I'm relieved by Hillary Clinton's approach to a press intent on demonizing her. I ache from years of watching this sick dynamic.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

And I highly recommend that any member of the media inclined to complain spend that time instead reflecting on why she's obliged to do it.

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

This has been going on for (at least) TWENTY YEARS. https://t.co/GIQsaS1WKg

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

Me, quoted in that piece: pic.twitter.com/0iZUObvk5I

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) August 5, 2016

[The quote in that final tweet reads: "The thing we have to understand about these interviews is that they're not about trying to establish facts about Hillary's fundamental truthfulness or integrity. They're about an attempt to hurt her on camera and capture her pain. The persistent exploration of negative feelings toward Hillary is about shaming her, about replicating the visceral responses many people have to women seeking power."]

Fin.