Urban Outfitters came under fire earlier this week for selling a Hillary Clinton nutcracker doll.
While the Hillary Clinton nutcracker is self-consciously meant to be painfully sexist, the joke underlying isn't even really clever enough to warrant taking offense to.
Calling powerful women nutcrackers reveals men’s fear of powerful women and this degrading school of thought is SO old-school! In the current cultural climate where “feminism” is the word buzzing on everyone’s lips and faux-misandry is the new irony, this nutcracker fails to become the mocking, demeaning thing that its creators probably intended it to be and instead is a sign of triumph.
The packaging describes the Hillary nutcracker as having "stainless steel thighs" and says it can "crack the toughest nuts."
Whether you think this is funny or you think this is sexist, the item is sold out.
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