Sonia Sotomayor on Supreme Court hearings: “I was offended”

[homasse]

Sonia Sotomayor on Supreme Court hearings: “I was offended”

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was so chagrined at what she deemed the gratuitous minutiae and sexist questioning during her confirmation process that she told a friend, "I think they already know the color of my underwear," she revealed Monday.In a candid, self-confident but also

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[anolinde]

Didn't someone ask Elena Kagan whether she was Team Edward or Team Jacob? Ugh.

[celtic_thistle]

Yeah, and I was really insulted. I somehow can't imagine them asking a male justice the same thing.

[salienne]

Yup!

Because she is a lady, and ladies know these things. It's like Hilary Clinton and her clothes--there is nothing more important or pressing to ask any woman about than something on looks and romance!

[coyotesuspect]

What

[anolinde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBp1BzAD0vQ

[coyotesuspect]

Wow.

However, Kagan's "This bitch" face is pretty priceless.

[homasse]

...whut.

[anolinde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBp1BzAD0vQ

[roseofjuly]

Seriously? What the fuck?

[anolinde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBp1BzAD0vQ

[jiaren_shadow]

Yeah, because as a lady, she must read lady-books like Twilight. Her lady-brain is only filled with lady-things like hunky men and Sex and the City. Because that is how all ladies think. Because Elena Kagan is a LADY.

Seriously, when people tell me that women and men are totes equal now so I should stop being such a whiny feminist, I just point out that little exchange during Kagan's confirmation hearings.