Hillary Clinton changes Twitter bio, removes wife at intro

Hillary Clinton has changed her Twitter bio following her conversation with Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche at a literary event in New York.

Adichie had said she was upset with Clinton’s Twitter bio where she describes herself first as ‘wife’ when they both sat to an interview at the PEN World Voices festival last month.

Clinton’s Twitter bio at the time read, ‘Wife, mom, grandma, women+kids advocate, FLOTUS, Senator, SecState, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, 2016 presidential candidate’.

“In your Twitter account, the first word that describes you is wife. And then I think it’s mom, and then it’s grandmother,” Adichie said at the event.

“And when I saw that, I have to confess that I felt just a little bit upset. And then I went and I looked at your husband’s Twitter account, and the first word was not husband.”

Clinton replied, “When you put it like that, I’m going to change it” although she added that individuals should be able to define their accomplishments in ways they feel satisfied.

The former US presidential candidate made good her promise by changing her Twitter bio Monday.

It now reads, ‘2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x2, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy’.

Clinton joined Twitter 2013 and wrote what was called the “best bio of all time” as it was a combination of information and humor.

However, Adiche’s comments had earlier stirred a debate on feminism and marriage on social media.

The question contradicts the argument for feminism which Adiche has advocated in her books and public engagements, they said.

Blessing Abeng told CNN women should not be diminished for their domestic roles and should be celebrated for taking up such responsibilities.

“If she wants to put wife in her bio, we can respect it. Mother is fine too. Obama did it too. I think it’s Hillary’s choice to arrange the order of her roles how she deems fit. In all, she is Hillary, she is all of those things and she is still powerful,” she said.