Pop a la Mode

Preface: Don’t ask me who I’m voting for in November. It’s none of your business and I’m being perfectly fair in my criticism of both sides.

But this one time, I’m going to ask why on earth photojournalists feel the need to keep photographing Sarah Palin’s legs? I was looking at a political slideshow on Yahoo today and I can’t tell you how many images were of her shapely legs and high heels standing next to John McCain’s stodgy old shoes.

I’m pretty sure I didn’t see any pictures like that of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Not that I want to see their legs.

I know her being a woman and a mom and a mom of a family with it’s own issues is a big deal. It is absolutely predictable that the news would pick her apart. But really news media, do we need a leg shot every other image? How sexist.