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The whole debacle with Nancy Pelosi’s ice cream video was another story. In the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump blasted House Democrats for deciding they would not, in fact, return to Washington next week over safety concerns relating to the coronavirus. Amen to that, I thought. ), RELATED: Report: Biden Family Business Venture with Chinese Company Listed Kamala Harris as 'Key Contact'. “He makes a big fuss about my having ice cream in my freezer …” Pelosi said during an appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday. “She had the audacity to talk publicly about her skincare routine during a pandemic,” Megan replied. Yesterday, one of my friends from high school made a Facebook post about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Every day, men — and even other women — send out messaging that we have failed. pic.twitter.com/49UC2XPR7g, — Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams (@jenisicecreams) March 5, 2019. The entire time that she’s been in office she’s been doing Instagram lives on a regular basis doing mundane things like cooking while talking about what’s going on in Congress and answering questions. pic.twitter.com/rX3iHBEiun, The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax. While Trump later said he was being sarcastic, officials said Tuesday that two Georgia men suffering from psychiatric problems ingested household chemicals to protect themselves against COVID-19. I guess it's better than having Lysol in somebody’s lungs as he’s suggesting.”. Yet plenty of folks, and sadly, many other women, are roasting her for being out of touch and, basically, “rich.”. You're logged in to Facebook. (Elle). Our society still treats women with disdain, and let’s face it — we women also do it to each other. You don’t have to agree with all of AOC’s politics to see that she’s an incredible role model for women who wish to be earnest, authentic, and unapologetically true to themselves. Back in April, Pelosi made a socially-distanced appearance on James Corden’s late-night show . PSA: “Don’t play games with sunscreen!”. We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Her comeback took aim at Trump’s remarks at a White House press conference last week when he suggested, incorrectly, that toxic disinfectants like Lysol could be injected or inhaled to fight coronavirus. So, there’s a huge difference between Nancy Pelosi — one of the wealthiest people in Congress — showing us her extravagant ice cream freezer and AOC speaking to the importance of self-care for women. I fully support her message and couldn’t see the problem with what she was saying, so I asked my friend about it. Furthermore, it’s women of color who typically face the most criticism in a culture that favors white standards of beauty, and one that simultaneously chastises them for being “too much and not enough,” as my friend Megan mentioned on Facebook. According to him, AOC was a little “tone-deaf,” especially after the criticism of Nancy Pelosi and her freezer full of ice cream. In fact, I’m glad she did. Read our editorial standards. And I welcome it over Nancy Pelosi showing us her ice cream. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday mocked comments by President Trump, who had earlier in the day ridiculed her for showing off a freezer packed with ice cream during a … Honestly. Former Vice President Joe Biden really loves ice cream, so much so that it even says so in his Twitter bio. We are trying to get people health care, making sure that they are taken care of in a pandemic, people are fighting too much, and so I have bags under my eyes.” She applies toner, vitamin C serum, a dollop of moisturizer, and a “generous” amount of SPF, rubbed onto her face—eyelids and ears included. “I have ice cream in my freezer. When they put beauty back burner, they’re mocked and accused of “letting themselves go.”. Part of the reason AOC infuriates people is that she’s playing her own game. And the skincare regimen she shared is hardly excessive by today’s standards. You also agree to our. In all fairness, that was tone-deaf. I’ve actually written about the brand myself. On the plus side of Nancy’s video, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream really is that good. “The Democrats, they don't want to come back, they don't want to come back. Women have a right to be successful in politics AND care about skincare. My mind tried to fill in the blanks and guess what folks might be angry about. And her video this week for Vogue wasn’t any less inspiring. If folks want to come after AOC for sharing her skincare routine, I wonder if they’re interested in coming after the women who ask such questions in the first place. A couple of other female friends replied that any criticism about the video was ridiculous. "I’ll still have dairy today but much less of it." And the president seized on the image of Pelosi’s ice cream. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign later eviscerated Pelosi for being oblivious to the plight of Americans who are hungry and losing their jobs in a scathing ad captioned with the quote “‘Let them eat ice cream.’ – Nancy Antoinette.”, The quote masterfully equated Pelosi to Marie Antoinette, the queen of France at the time of the French Revolution who is widely quoted as saying “let them eat cake” when she was told that peasants had no bread. She happens to be using her influence to educate, inspire, and empower women all at the same time. She left her career in the insurance industry to become a freelance writer and stay-at-home mother. Unfortunately, there still wasn’t anything truly uplifting about Pelosi’s video. Compare that to the more than 83K likes for AOC’s skincare routine versus fewer than 7K dislikes. Then, wouldn’t you know — a man replied to my comment just to explain the problem to me. “Welcome to life in politics. "It totally messes up your relationship with food which should be ENJOYABLE and FULFILLING relationship, not an anxious one," she said. There will always be those who want to see an idealistic young woman with courage fail. The next time it bothers you to see Ocasio-Cortez share a bit of her real‐life self-care routine with a side of female empowerment, you should really ask yourself why you’re so threatened by a young woman with influence. That’s who Pelosi is. You may opt out at anytime. People don’t want to give Ocasio-Cortez the credit she’s earned. In her appearance, Pelosi bragged about Democrats’ holding up the stimulus bill and showed off her sizeable stash of the artisanal ice cream, which retails for about $12 per pint in the D.C. area on the company’s website. Julio Cortez / AP Fact Check: Biden Tells Biggest Lie of the Night, Maybe the Entire Election, CommentaryChip Somodevilla / Getty Images Watch: The Most Awkward Moment of the Debate When Biden Completely Stumbles on Criminal Justice, CommentaryJ. New York magazine reported that when Biden first joined Instagram, the ice cream company was one of the first accounts he followed. This wasn’t the first time he was connected with the brand. She’s fighting Republicans and Democrats like Pelosi because she cares about evictions, poverty, and hunger in America. Yeah, that’s really not unusual. Biden and Pelosi share a love of a premium brand of ice cream that many Americans would consider a privilege to afford in any circumstances, let alone in freezers full during a pandemic or to the tune of thousands of campaign dollars. It is ok to admit when you need a break. People would make disparaging remarks if she didn’t "make an effort."”. Women who get anywhere in politics are assumed to have slept their way into those positions, and their appearance will always be used against them as either caring too much or not caring enough. I think they should be back here, but they don't,” Trump told reporters. In fact, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee spent almost $10,000 — $9,942.60, to be exact — on the dessert as a donor gift between 2019 and 2020, according to Federal Election Commission data. But even if they hadn’t asked her to do it and it was all her idea, that would not be tone-deaf at all. What’s the difference between Pelosi showing off her ice cream and AOC showing us her skincare routine — both in the middle of a pandemic? In a general sense, sure, eating ice cream during a stressful time is relatable. Despite my own complicated relationship with beauty, I like and fully support AOC’s skincare video. We live in this ridiculous world where women are often seen as “too emotional” to lead, even as they show extraordinary restraint when men in politics do not. The criticism about her “giving a makeup tutorial” only proves her point. And should those politicians get blasted for having anything to say about self-care? “Just being a woman is quite politicized here in Washington…. And it wasn’t just any ice cream that the campaign shelled out almost 10 grand for, but Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which is the same brand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed off in her now-infamous interview on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on April 13. That late-show video currently has fewer than 3K likes and more than 17K dislikes, just to give you an idea of the public’s response to Pelosi’s ice cream. There’s a lot of internalized misogyny in the criticisms against Ocasio-Cortez, as if she can’t possibly have anything valuable to say because she’s female. Nancy Pelosi’s $94 ice cream is the latest sign that government is out of whack By Dr. Bill Atwood Special to the Sierra Star April 24, 2020 10:00 AM They’re having a good time.”, President @realDonaldTrump: "The Democrats, they don't want to come back, they don't want to come back. Women need to know that it’s okay to embrace our femininity in any way we see fit. That people will notice if we aren’t hustling 24 hours a day. Okay. She showed everyone the ice cream in her “extra” freezer and also questioned how folks could continue to support Trump after his lackluster response to the pandemic. Lina Fernandez: Young Activism Knows No Age, Make Muse | For Smart + Creative Young Women, Intertwined: The Story of Witches and Feminism in Modern Film and TV, Sheryl Sandberg’s Trickle-Down Feminism Stands Exposed. It ends with Pelosi musing, “I don’t know what I would’ve done if ice cream were not invented.”. Men enjoy the benefit of a doubt whereas we are immediately distrusted.

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