Forget the donkey. Forget the sheep. Forget the inn keeper.
In the school nativity, the one role that nobody – in the history of school plays – wanted to take was 'Narrator No.3'.
Demoted to third place, those unfortunate enough to 'win' the role were forced to stand without name, passing a script among their peers as they gazed into the audience of proud parents snapping away on their disposable cameras at their sons and daughters, who stood proudly at the front of the stage dressed as Mary, Joseph and Angel flippin' Gabriel.
'I have a name. I have a name!' you'd cry as you gave evils to your Year 1 teacher standing in the corner.
Well, take this feeling of dissapointment and times it by a thousand for US Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota who has just been identified as 'a woman' in a photo with two other senators.
And guess what? Bingo, the other two were blokes.
During Friday's inauguration, Klobuchar – who wore a yellow coat for the rainy occasion – was photographed taking a selfie with Sen. John McCain and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
So far, nothing out of the ordinary.
I mean, I too would want to take pictures if I was standing on the podium at Trump's inauguration, just so whenever I felt sad about my own life, I could take out the photo and laugh at that time a walking sweet potato became President of the US.
However, when SFGate – a San Francisco news publication – published the image from photo agency Getty, they named the two male senators, but left Klobuchar identified as 'a woman'.
No name.
No title.
Just 'a woman', despite the fact Klobuchar holds one of the highest political office positions in US history and it's the same profession as McCain and Sanders.
Unsurprisingly, the error didn't go unnoticed.
And they wonder why we marched…
Katie O'Malley is the Site Director on ELLE UK. On a daily basis you’ll find Katie managing all digital workflow, editing site, video and newsletter content, liaising with commercial and sales teams on new partnerships and deals (eg Nike, Tiffany & Co., Cartier etc), implementing new digital strategies and compiling in-depth data traffic, SEO and ecomm reports. In addition to appearing on the radio and on TV, as well as interviewing everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Rishi Sunak PM, Katie enjoys writing about lifestyle, culture, wellness, fitness, fashion, and more.
