“…Sheeler and Anderson (2013, 134) situate such bitchifying within the increasing “pornification” of political culture, an anti-feminist backlash that is “increasingly misogynistic as women close in on the office of US president.” During the 2016 campaign, mainstream news, conservative social media, and Internet outlets derided Clinton as either weak and feminine or masculine and deceitful (Bordo 2017). At Trump rallies, she was framed as a bitch through chants and merchandising, and our interviewees characterized her as using her alleged bitch-like personality to engage in profiteering, power plays, and the evasion of legal accountability (Erichsen et al, N.d.). In his study of nine working class white men who voted for Trump, Francis (2018) suggests aversion to Clinton was key.…”