Evolving Standards of Decency... in Janet Reno's Hairstyles?
A friendly warning to Peter Lattman and the WSJ Law Blog: "Hey guys, step off our turf!"
In a post this morning comparing President Bush's purge of U.S. Attorneys with President Clinton's, the WSJ Law Blog includes the graphic at right, showing three different WSJ "hedcuts" of former Attorney General Janet Reno. They pose the following "Law Blog Bonus Question": "Which of Reno’s three dot-drawings do you prefer?"
Despite the attempt to mask the inquiry as focused on "dot-drawings," we see this post for what it really is. It's a clear incursion into our blogging territory: evolving hairstyles of legal celebrities (e.g., Judge Janice Rogers Brown).
So back off, guys! We leave the options backdating and Vioxx litigation to you. Why can't you leave the hair and make-up of former AGs to us?
WSJ Law Blog readers agree with us. Right now there are a ton of comments to the post, but only two address the "Bonus Question" -- which one of them criticizes as "rather inappropriate."
Inappropriate for an MSM blog about "law and business, and the business of law"? Sure. But certainly not inappropriate for an online legal tabloid.
Time for a poll. We know that ATL readers are very knowledgeable about hair. But just to be perfectly clear, in the graphic at right, the hairstyles are (left to right) Janet With a Perm, Janet With a Part, and Janet With Bangs.
Bush’s U.S. Attorney Purge Vs. President Clinton’s . . . Discuss [WSJ Law Blog]
(8) Comments
That's the last time I check this blog during my lunch break.
all i can see is will ferrell
Are you people blind??? Why is "Janet With a Part" not winning this in a landslide? It's simple, elegant, and unfussy.
The perm is messy-looking. The bangs are "trying too hard."
Go Janet With a Part!
It's the glasses that need changin'
Why isn't there an option for "none of the above"? The woman clearly needs a stylist! And I concur with 12:40 - the glasses need to go!
None of the above...she should go with a nice medium length, long bangs (cheekbone level) and tapered to her neck...It would soften her forehead and that prominent jaw.
12:12--unbelievable. I can't believe anyone voted for Janet with a Part. The AG was never the femme de la femme, but with a part, she's all man. It really draws out that jaw line in a way that makes me uncomfortable (though that's probably really just a function of which WSJ artist was on call that day).
sad commentary nes- the part allows her to fulfil her destiny. part should win all the way.
also, somewhat surprising there isn't official wsj nomenclature for the "dot drawing"- "pixelation", "pointilist", or a portrait-dot hybrid "dotrait" perhaps?