Vanity Fair video telling Hillary Clinton to ‘take up a new hobby’ sparks liberal outrage – By Jessica Chasmar (washingtontimes.com) / Dec 27 2017
A Vanity Fair video suggesting that Hillary Clinton should “take up a new hobby” for 2018 has sparked liberal outrage on Twitter.
In the video posted over the weekend, Vanity Fair writer Maya Kosoff recommended that the failed Democratic presidential nominee take up “volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy,” or anything that doesn’t include running for office again.
Maybe it's time for Hillary Clinton to take up a new hobby in 2018 pic.twitter.com/sbE78rA5At
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 23, 2017
The seemingly lighthearted video received only 800 retweets, compared to a whopping 7,000 responses. It was panned by Clinton supporters as sexist and demeaning, spurring the hashtag #CancelVanityFair.
So @VanityFair decided that the best way to end 2017 was to take a repulsive cheap shot at @HillaryClinton, one of the most accomplished women in the history of the United States.
Now #CancelVanityFair is moving.
So @VanityFair decided that the best way to end 2017 was to take a repulsive cheap shot at @HillaryClinton, one of the most accomplished women in the history of the United States.
Now #CancelVanityFair is moving.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/945812980939161600
Vanity Fair tl;dr: Six young white people holding glasses of champagne would like Hillary Clinton to abandon her life's work and platform and just shut up. Good to know. https://t.co/cELDKdVmYd
— Summer Brennan (@summerbrennan) December 26, 2017
This video is insulting. You should all be embarrassed of yourselves. Telling a woman what to do-specifically a woman of her accomplishments-is sexist and gross. Enjoy the fallout.
— Jamie Grayson (@TheJamieGrayson) December 27, 2017
Why did they think it was funny for their staff to stand around with champagne and suggest Hillary Clinton take up knitting. https://t.co/mSs4EtV3Wt
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) December 27, 2017
Ms. Kosoff pointed out that the video was a part of a series, which also poked fun at President Trump, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“I don’t appreciate being taken out of context to make me seem super sexist,” she tweeted late Tuesday night, according to The Huffington Post.
Ms. Kosoff’s tweets have been set to private.
Beth Kseniak, a spokeswoman for Vanity Fair, admitted to The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple on Wednesday that the video was a misstep.
“It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark,” she said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/27/vanity-fair-video-telling-hillary-clinton-take-new/
