Painted by one of the makeup artists for Walking Dead, I think.
At any rate, it is no portrait. There is nothing of her captured in the painting but some outer appearance. I might have been willing to credit it for weary, knowing eyes, but one look at the melting lower jaw (or is it a blob of chewing gum?) tells me that any favorable elements were random artifacts.
Caitlyn Jenner absolutely deserves to be on that list. Sheâs the most visible Transwoman in the world, and her choice to come out publicly, and to transition so publicly will do much to help people realize that Transgender people arenât some deviants waiting to pray on children in the bathroom, but are normal Americans who deserve our love and respect, like anyone else. If you actually watched her show on E! I am Cait, you would have seen a very kind, caring, brave, and good person. The public outcry over Caitlyn Jenner receiving recognition only highlights just how much transphobia there is out there, and how much we need trans role models.
This just isnât about visibility either, itâs about the physical safety of trans people. Trans men and women are murdered with alarming frequency, and so Caitlyn Jenner may get flack for being associated with the Kardashian trainwrecks, but her coming out is literally a matter of life and death.
The biggest turning point for recognition of gays and lesbians has been people coming out to their straight loved ones. In 2010 almost 80% of Americans reported knowing someone who is gay/lesbian, and that those people who know someone are much more likely to be supportive of gay people. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-with-higher-visibility-less-disapproval-for-gays/
In 2015, only 9% of people report knowing someone is Trans, and so we need people like Caitlyn to be out, and to take the stigma away, so more people can be comfortable with transgender individuals.
I can get behind Merkel being âPerson of the Yearâ for standing against bigotry, but this needs to be coupled with an award for âAnti-Person of the Decadeâ for being the stalwart architect of austerity, inflicting gratuitous economic pain across Europe, and being the root cause of rising right-wing fascism.
She is bravely handing out bandages, but her actions are promoting the disease.
Adolf Hitler 1938
Josef Stalin 1939
Josef Stalin 1942
Nikita Khruschev 1957
Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
Yuri Andropov 1983
Deng Xiaoping 1985
Newt Gingrich 1985
Vladimir Putin 2007
You were saying?
(A couple of these qualify as âless bad than their predecessorsâ, but tyrants nonetheless.)
Yes, a bad lot through and through.
(I left of Chiang Kai Shek since I didnât think he earned his âtyrantâ stripes until after his magazine cover.)