Watt: Olivia Chow and the politics of second acts via torontostar
For some, it will be sweet vengeance: a result that is long overdue in a city that has kept too many out for far too long.
But beyond personal victory, what do these stories, these second acts, represent about our political life? Are they a lazy thing, betraying an electoral lethargy — that we’ll tick a box for the name we know just because we know it? Or do they reveal some essential generosity — our understanding that people don’t always get things right the first time out and may have something new, different and enriched the second time around?F.
We all lose in different ways — large and small — every day. But few lose on so grand a stage as those in politics. To earn a second chance, to, you must be a fighter. You need to be able to pick yourself off the mat and say, “I still have something to give.” In this respect, Chow’s mayoral campaign has two vital take-aways. The first is along gendered lines.Kate Graham explores how female politicians are often handed a poisoned chalice and are subjected to double standards, which result in infrequent re-elections.
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