Lest you think I’m the only party pooper around, Feminist Law Professors has an excellent commentary on the cover of the latest issue of Ms. Magazine, shown below:
It would have been fine if they had just shown him in the t-shirt — using a real picture, not Photoshop. But did they really need to ham it up with the super-hero image?
Well–and without weighing in the actual merits in any way–I think the problem is that once you say “Obama” and “t-shirt” in the same sentence, then it becomes hard to avoid a play on: http://www.stylinonline.com/barrackobama.html
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