Balancing Act: What's behind that Al Franken photo?
by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Nov 20, 2017
3 minutes
Here's what I see when I look at that Al Franken photo:
I see a guy marking his territory.
I see a guy making sure we know this woman doesn't belong here, not really.
I see a guy playing to other guys, who do belong.
I see a guy with a knowing grin, secure in his knowledge that he's identified a rightful foil, an interloper, an "other," and can continue to make her the butt of his jokes.
Are his hands hovering or actually
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