The Destruction of Hillary Clinton

Cultural critic and feminist scholar Susan Bordo examines how Hillary Clinton, an experienced and widely admired candidate, came to be seen during the 2016 campaign as a tool of the establishment, a chronic liar and a talentless politician. Bordo traces attacks on Clinton from the right, the suspicion and indifference she met among younger voters on the left, the role of FBI director James Comey, questions about Russian influence and what she regards as failures in the press coverage of the race.

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Hillary Clinton: “As Susan Bordo, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated gender studies professor, put it in her book The Destruction of..., “It was almost medieval.””