In Rodham, a novel imagining an alternate life for Hillary where she doesn’t marry Bill Clinton, Curtis Sittenfeld brilliantly captures the inherent sexism women face in politics. In one exchange where Hillary is preparing with her team for a presidential debate, her coach asks, “Have you ever seen someone with a facial tattoo?” “People who attend your events are self-selecting and largely predisposed to like you. But whenever you’re on TV, imagine you have a huge tattoo across your face.