She thought even a symbolic victory would be an important victory, because it was important for her daughter to have a woman president to look up to. Hillary Clinton is still trying to sell herself as a feminist icon – as a “gutsy woman,” as she puts it in an interview she did to support the new four-part documentary about her life and career, Hillary, soon to debut at Sundance. She may have lost the election, but she is still trying to win the narrative by telling a story about a brave feminist leader who went up against a hopelessly misogynistic culture. Neera Tanden – a close associate of Clinton and president of the liberal thinktank the Center for American Progress – has a similar history. New York magazine was breathless in their support of a woman president.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2020 10:07 UTC