9 Tweets That Express Our Utter Confusion At NYTimes Magazine's Hillary Clinton Cover

"Is this real?" and "No, but seriously, this is a joke right?," are the two questions we found ourselves asking right after seeing New York Times Magazine's cover image of Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, as you've never seen her, on the cover of this Sunday's NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/1egORyG

— David Joachim, NYT (@davidjoachim) January 23, 2014

Turns out, the cover is very, vey real -- just highly confusing and sort of terrifying. (Though at least it's not a mean lady-heel stomping on hapless dudes, like TIME offered up last week.)

Luckily, in confusing times like these, we have the restorative power of the Internet -- specifically Twitter. Here are nine tweets that expressed all the feelings we've been feeling on this subject:

1.

What happens when trying to avoid Godzilla-Medusa-Lady-Monster conveyance of terror: go planetary! http://ift.tt/1aPmUgI

— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) January 23, 2014

2.

Uh. Is the @NYTmag now edited by 12-year old boys? MT @davidjoachim: Hillary Clinton, this Sunday's NYT Magazine http://t.co/HRMy9HAKbN

— Alison McQuade (@akmcquade) January 23, 2014

3.

IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE PLANET IT LOOKS LIKE A SKIN TAG.

— Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) January 23, 2014

4.

@rtraister @JessicaValenti @joanwalsh go home internet, you're drunk http://ift.tt/1ataalr

— Aminatou Sow (@aminatou) January 23, 2014

5.

@joanwalsh @rtraister at least they didn't make her a black hole?

— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 23, 2014

6.

Yes. Pick one. MT @emmaladyrose: Are our only options floating planet or mean lady-heel?

— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) January 23, 2014

7.

RE: NYT Magazine CREEPY AF Hillary Clinton cover: pretty sure that that's a spiral galaxy and not a "vortex" GET YOUR CREEPY COVERS RIGHT

— Shavon L. McKinstry (@SLMcKinstry) January 23, 2014

8.

Hillary Clinton Invites America To Sit On Her Face, Says New York Times

— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) January 23, 2014

But this just really says it all...

Craziest Hillary Clinton magazine cover concept yet: http://ift.tt/1ataaBN

— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 23, 2014

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