I enjoyed the article even though I'm not a big fan of political figures. The article did a great job of stating the facts about the things that Hilary supported before she became the first lady, and the mistakes she made. She started off as a very strong supporter of feminism and never tried to stay in Bill's shadow, but when her husbands affair with Monica came to be public knowledge, Hilary's decision to stay by his side even though he cheated on her tarnished her image. Although many feel that she did this to save her political career in the future her actions made her seem like a hypocrite. The article showed how difficult it is for a woman to be in the public eye. Hilary's ratings actually went up when she went back to "baking cookies" and doing wifely duties. For someone who was so for stepping outside gender stereotypes, she sure was a bad influence on American women.
Source: Peery-Giles S.J. (2000)Mediating Hilary Rodham Clinton: Televison news practices and image-making in the postmodern age, Critical Studies in Media Communication.
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