She rises from the sea
Dirty Donnie retweeted one Jessica Ditto linking to a National Review piece a couple of hours ago:
“Empowering half the world’s population to flourish in the market economy is the best way to boost growth.”
What the hell is that creepy photo and what possessed them to use it? Why is Princess Ivanka rising from a sea of lesser women, bathed in golden light? Why does she tower over them with a serene madonna smile? Why do they all look roughly similar to her? Why are they all young or youngish? Why are they all white or near-white? Why are they all coiffed and heavily made up? Where are the farmers, workers, cops, teachers? Where are the immigrants, African-Americans, peasants, intellectuals? Why are we being nudged into thinking the Ivanka-type woman is the only woman? Why is it all so Stepford Wives? And why why why are we being treated to this deification of rich thieving crook Ivanka Trump??
Re the picture: it was taken in Asuncion, Paraguay (you can see the flag in the background, and if you click through to the article it confirms it).
I can’t say how representative the women in the picture are of the Paraguayan population.
Ah, thanks.
I suppose in fairness it’s not surprising that people dress up for an occasion of that type, but then why choose an occasion and photo of that type to illustrate the Princess’s power to empower women? Is the idea that she “empowers” already prosperous women to persuade their husbands to let them take part?
Good questions.
Placing Ivanka where she is was poor judgement by the photographer and up, but I don’t see any problem with the women. There are different ages, and how do we know they’re not farmers, workers, cops, and teachers? They’re dressed up to represent success. Could be anything.
The caption is “White House adviser Ivanka Trump with women entrepreneurs during an event at the Lopez Palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, September 6, 2019”.
Out of curiosity I looked up average heights, and people from Paraguay are 3 inches shorter on average than people in the U.S. I believe Ivanka’s significantly taller than average for a U.S. woman. So the height thing probably just worked out that way.
The remaining mystery for me is why almost all of them have tinted their hair blond. Maybe that’s the trend there.
Ya I didn’t mean to blame the women, it’s the photo that’s so awful, and then National Review’s decision to use it. It give me the fantods.