A Wink and a Wagging Finger

Tom Perrotta explains the unique appeal of Sarah Palin in Slate: [Sarah Palin] engage[s] in the culture war on two levels—not simply by advocating conservative positions on hot-button social issues but by embodying nonthreatening mainstream standards of female beauty and behavior at the same time. The net result is a paradox, a bit of cognitive … Continue reading A Wink and a Wagging Finger