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VANITY FAIR HAS come under criticism in the past week for a video in which it lists six New Year’s resolutions for Hillary Clinton – one of which was to take up knitting.
The video suggests that Clinton, who has held positions as the First Lady, Secretary of State, and of course, the Democratic presidential nominee for the 2016 election, should take a step back from politics after losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump.
Instead, it suggests that she should take more photos in the woods, because “how else are you going to meet unsuspecting hikers?” and take up a new hobby in the New Year – like “volunteer work, knitting, or improv comedy…”.
… literally anything that will keep you from running again.
People on Twitter reacted angrily to the video, which was published on 23 December, commenting on how inappropriate the video was: Vanity Fair staff members holding champagne glasses “lecturing” Clinton on her life’s work.
Democratic strategist and former aide to Clinton and John Kerry, Peter Daou, also came out to defend Clinton.
The video was compiled by Vanity Fair’s politics and business vertical The Hive.
Four days after the video was published, a spokesperson for the magazine Beth Kseniak said that the video was “an attempt at humour and we regret [it]”. She said it had “missed the mark”.
But the staff member who says the line about knitting in the video, Maya Kosoff, has claimed that the video had been taken out of context, and that they had made similar New Year’s resolution videos for a number of politicians.
“I don’t appreciate being taken out of context to make me seem super sexist,” she said on Twitter.
This wasn’t a Hillary hit piece either, for what it’s worth! We made silly New Year’s resolutions for a bunch of politicians.
A further twist to the plot was added today, when Donald Trump weighed in on the debate.
Before tweeting claims that China is sending oil into North Korea, and that US sales are at record levels, he sent out a tweet claiming Vanity Fair “looks like its on its last legs”.
Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologising for the minor hit they took at Crooked [Hillary].
“Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Ambassador to Court of St James’s and a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief and begging for forgiveness!”
Anna Wintour is the editor-in-chief of Vogue.
It’s not the first time Trump has tweeted negative comments about VF: shortly after he was elected in November last year, Trump tweeted out at the magazine following a negative review of Trump Grill:
Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of Vanity Fair Magazine. Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter, no talent, will be out!
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Great documentary. Listen to the cold fact album regularly
Fantastic artist, really didn’t get the appreciation he deserved, highly recommend listening to both his albums, and giving searching for the sugar man a watch one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen…R.I.P.
Great documentary and a hell of a story. It really drives home the difference between the pre-internet era and now. There’s no way a situation like this could happen these days. Even if he was a diehard in terms of staying offline, a friend or family member would have been aware of his success, no matter how far away. It’s amazing to know that he went all those years completely unaware of the influence and affect he had elsewhere. It’s also another tale of how fickle the music business can be. So much luck involved. Timing too. It’s unrecognisable as an industry now but that’s another discussion… R.I.P.
Got to see him live once about 11 years ago. His voice was still incredible.
Thanks for the songs! Great some show years back in Vicar St.
Absolutely loved the album “cold fact” in the 80s. I had it on a blank tape so didn’t really know who it was. Thankfully got to see him play in whelans 2009 (I think). Amazing song writer and human. RIP Sixto
Great story, great documentary, Great Guy. RIP Sugar Man.
His story is so unbelievable, if they scripted it for a movie you would say its to far fetched
RIP sugerman
Aww, man …
And now we are hearing of another great that has died today. Robbie Robertson of The Band. Timeless music. Still have and listen to the vinyl. RIP
Two losses in one day, the great Robbie Robertson also, World has lost 2 unique talents.
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