Politics
The Bernie Sanders Mittens Meme is a Tiny Slice of Authenticity in an Inauthentic World
Why did that moment resonate with us so much?
8 min readFeb 2, 2021
It went far beyond the fashion statement of the moment, as a photo of former Democratic front-runner for the Presidency, Bernie Sanders, took the internet by storm. There he sat, bundled up in his tan…