America's Flipped Switch

The rule is, America falls back in love with powerful women once they aren’t actually running for a position of power anymore. Like, say, how America loved Hillary Clinton when she was competently doing her job as Obama’s Secretary of State, but once she ran for President she was that lady with the bad emails who was probably just as bad as Trump, right? Well, now that Elizabeth Warren is out of the race America seems ready to fall back in love with her. But I think from dropping out Thursday to being a viral meme on Saturday is a land-speed record for America’s flip-flopping feelings toward smart women in public service.

First she was in the cold open (which I conveniently cut to the good bits for you), and gave a truly epic reading of the line, “I was the dog.”

And then she posted a “Flipped the Switch” challenge with Kate McKinnon. Can I tell you it actually made me feel a little better about the world. It really did. Don’t forget, joy is an act of resistance. Always had been, always will.

𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵. pic.twitter.com/t8qHcGRUhY

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) March 8, 2020