Ladies, it’s very important that you #SmileForJoe.https://t.co/hy6CBbLwdY pic.twitter.com/Z8asKguNdv
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 16, 2016
During Hillary Clinton’s speech last night, NBC’s Joe Scarborough tweeted at her to “smile. You just had a big night.” Scarborough has given similar directives to male candidates in the past, but there are specific gendered connotations to telling women to smile (the idea that our physical bodies exist solely to appeal to men’s tastes, for example) that he didn’t take into account here. Thankfully, Samantha Bee and some Full Frontal fans were on hand to give him a lesson:
@FullFrontalSamB @JoeNBC #smileforjoe pic.twitter.com/QcFZ6JFJ1I
— leah (@suchapunk) March 16, 2016
@joeNBC @FullFrontalSamB #smileforjoe we don’t need to smile to get it done! pic.twitter.com/gpxDAAxTS7
— LoudestMamaInTheRoom (@elkeown_mama) March 16, 2016
What a teachable moment. (via Mediaite)
- If you’re pining over a Hawkguy/Ant-Man action figure…pine no more. All this needs is a Pizza Dog. (via Toyland)
- Check out Magic for Muggles, a fan series about a young adult Hermione Granger.
- Whose side is Deadpool on in Civil War II? All of them, of course. (via Comic Book Resources)
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