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"can't tell if they're a man or a woman"? Then why do you care what bathroom they use?

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Remember the incel/MGTOW who thought he was being so clever by comparing tattoos and colourful hair on women to the bright colours on some poisonous creatures in the wild? He was shut down pretty quickly by people who reminded him the bright colours on these creatures was to ward off predators, not mates. The fact that HE was repelled by them spoke for itself.

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EE is a fabulous talent and makes heart hands at her daddy.

I would love for her to design me some fashion because I ALWAYS dress like I’m enjoying a Bud Lite on my gas station smoke break.

Fuck the haters. I’m sorry about her knitting group.

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Ella is a cutie-pie.

Also, too, Hanania himself is "generally disgusting."

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They're just mad that she cares not one whit for their pathetic approval. I think she's awesome.

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"They're just jealous," my mom used to say about haters and taunters. Nowhere could that be more true than in this case. Hanania & Co. cannot bear Ella Emhoff's existence, which stands as a constant public rebuke of them and everything they spout. They can't bring her down to their level; she won't let them. And they know it. It drives them crazy...craziER.

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“She decided to dress like she was having a bud light & a smoke on her break at the rural gas station”

Hey, man! I did half that (drink at work? no thank thee) and I turned out half okay. Sheesh!

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“These are the inevitable fruits this rootless, malignant, anti-natural spiritual filth begets.” 

I read that as: I’m a raging anti-semite.

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Oh, definitely. It wasn’t even subtle.

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Me too.

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Just saying..after an article about how these people are chuds for talking about how she dresses, let's keep in mind that it's not an invitation to talk about how other non-public people look. Ivanka? She worked at the White House, and got a bunch of her "fashion" lines into China while there. Fair game. Eric & DJTJ? Same, they're in this thing. Barron? Not so much.

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I have seen a few snipes at Barron Trump lately, and I agree, he is off-limits, as is much-older Tiffany, who as far as I know does not participate in her father's fascism.

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Barron works for the campaign.

I still don’t feel the need to torch him, but mostly because 18 is still pretty much a kid.

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I had not heard he worked for the campaign. Still, unless he becomes a public face of it…

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I agree. And even if they were to put his face on posters, he’s still just a kid.

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Ella looks like the typical teen/early 20's young lady. It's such an awkward age where they aren't sure how to dress, what to say or how to take a compliment. I'm sure she's a well-adjusted young lady. Kamala and Doug seem like they're smitten with each other and Ella's mom is perfectly fine with it. Ella doesn't realize it yet but she has the world by the tail and what late teen get's into knitting?? I think it's just awesome. Leave the kids alone! It's tough enough on them.

Look at Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton. They both turned out to be extremely smart and well-adjusted young ladies.

Conversely, Barron looks like an awkward and skinny beanpole. He's like 7 feet tall, but the male Trump's are around 6'3". Who's Barron's real father?

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She’s a Pardons grad who fashion designs and models. She’s immensely successful and a total badass.

Nothing awkward about that woman.

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Nice! The quiet type with a high-powered lawyer dad and a high-powered, about to become POTUS, step Mom. (And her mom seems nice too).

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That should have been “Parsons.” Sorry for the typo.

You’re right. A lovely family.

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I can’t imagine trump didn’t get him tested, it he definitely doesn’t look like the rest.

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He looks down at all the rest. But then, so do most of us, just not from height.

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"It's such an awkward age where they aren't sure how to dress..."

She's a fashion designer and model. I am pretty sure what you describe is a consciously chosen set of mannerisms (along with "demure," one I happen to like more than others ai have seen). Nothing against that, that's how that world operates. Hell, as a teacher I have a schtick.

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Major James Hewitt?

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He (allegedly) gets around.

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Lol, call me a hater, but I think tats are equally repulsive on men as they are on women.

Now get off my lawn!

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Today would have been my 26th wedding anniversary. When I lost my husband I had his first name (in his handwriting) and a shamrock tattooed on my wedding ring finger.

Sometimes I don’t wear my rings, so it’s visible.

Some tattoos have real meaning.

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Me too. A tattoo on a woman (I am cis/het/male) is not a deal breaker, but I have never liked it.

Most of my students are eager to get a tattoo on their 18th birthday. I tell them the only one I will get is a 7-digit number tattooed on my arm, when Trump is elected.

Then I admire their damn tattoos, of course.

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Ya, not really a huge tats fan. But I've decided to not get one and that's just me. Anyone else want one... have at it. I've seen some good tats and I've seen old wrinkly tats. Good for whomever wanted or needed one, or 10 or 50 of em. Not for me, no thank you!

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Thankfully, this was not an issue for the residents when I worked in a nursing home back in the 90s.

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One is supposed to sniff glue. I suppose Eric snorting glue is why he always sounds stuffed up.

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Yes. Glue (and paint, turpentine, gasoline, Trump's effluvium) should be "huffed, not snorted"</007>

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Funny, when I read the part about Eric and glue I could only think of Ralph Wiggum eating Elmer's paste on The Simpsons. But then, young Ralphie, I recall, also used to shove crayons up his nostrils. Yep, it does remind me of Eric the Lesser.

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Yeah, on the one hand you have a really weird dummy with an obvious developmental disability, and then you have sweet Ralph Wiggum.

Aside, I had a student who graduated a couple years ago who was a lot like Ralph. His sister too. What a couple of sweethearts.

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Your students were blessed at birth. I still would have had some (internal) giggles.

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Oh, I did! Once when we were reading "1984" the boy started posting sticky notes around the school that read: "Big Brother is watching you."

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Not sure why what Ella Emhoff does should concern incels?

Are incels married to her or something??

Oh, wait. Ella Emhoff isn't attracted to the incels who are saying random stuffs about her.

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If a few tattoos will keep you out of their spank bank, it is worth it.

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Ta, Marcie. Who is that creep in guyliner to tell *anyone* how they should look. He has one of the stupidest, most punchable faces ever.

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I’m not a fan of tattoos, therefore I don’t have any. Many people I know have tattoos some very nice and complicated and artistic others…not so much. I don’t judge the person based on the tattoos. Unless it’s a swastika or confederate flag. Especially if it’s on your face.

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"...there’s nothing women can do to make ourselves more palatable to people who already hate us. They hate us for just being.”

Fixed it. They hate women, full stop.

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Maybe if all women transitioned to men the incels would be satisfied?

We should probably study that idea more.

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