The media and entertainment industry constantly pose as champions of female empowerment. But when it comes to Hope Hicks, all bets are off – including attacks targeting her as a woman.
After the news broke Wednesday that White House Communications Director Hope Hicks had resigned, Twitter erupted. Media figures and celebrities attacked Hicks, from one artist asking about the president trying to “fuck” her to Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca calling her “super pretty and pretty complicit.”
In reaction to the news, webcomic artist Jon Rosenberg conducted a Twitter poll on “How many times did Donald Trump try to fuck Hope Hicks.” The four options were: “btwn 50 and 100 times,” “btwn 101 and 1,000 times,” 1,001+ separate events,” or “a constant fluid spectrum.”
Tweeting at President Trump, MSNBC contributor Scott Dworkin asked, “Who’ll steam your pants while you’re wearing them now that Hope Hicks is resigning?” Similarly, comedian Sarah Cooper also wondered, “who will steam Trump's pants.” Actor Larry Murphy chimed in, “nobody has an answer for who is next in line to steam trumps pants.”
A book by former Trump campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie claimed President Trump told Hicks to steam his suit while he wore it.
Others hoped Hicks’ next gig would include starring in ABC’s The Bachelorette.
Former MTV star Chet Cannon tweeted out, “Yes, I will be watching,” while Cooper added, “Breaking: Hope Hicks Will Be the Next Bachelorette.” But author Molly Jong-Fast said Hicks would instead appear on either ABC’s Dancing with the Stars or flee to a “Wealthy older husband.”
But a former Bachelorette contestant, Wells Adams, joked, “Hope Hicks didn't resign guys, she just had to get back to The University of Arizona for ΔΔΔ Rush week.”
Another celebrity suggested she was teaming up with Stormy Daniels.
“I can't believe Hope Hicks and Stormy Daniels are going on tour together!” tweeted actor Matt Besser. “What's the tour called?”
But Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca wasn’t concerned about Hicks getting attacked because she was a woman. Instead, she worried Hicks got a pass. (Apparently she hadn’t taken a good look at Twitter.)
“It is beyond insulting to treat Hope Hicks as a victim, as if being a young woman negates the potential for total agency,” Duca insisted. “She has knowingly held up an authoritarian regime since its origins. She is both super pretty and pretty complicit.”
In the past, even feminist sites like Bustle and Refinery29 have called out sexist comments targeting Hicks and other women in the Trump administration. But generally, tweets like these get a pass.
