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Reading The Signs

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    Dancing With RealityWhy Sean Spicer’s appearance on Dancing With the Stars is the best allegory for our dystopia.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Surrogate Angels of DeathWhat to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Men’s Stock Rises When They Trade in Young WomenJeffrey Epstein was hardly alone in treating them like consumable pleasures.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Le Streak, C’est ChicThe high-contrast drama of Tulsi Gabbard’s signature hairstyle.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    As Older Women Fight Trump, Hollywood Hands Them Pom-PomsIt’s not a coincidence.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Watching Her BurnNotre-Dame made it impossible to forget the femaleness of any cathedral.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Lee Radziwill and the Cinderella TrapGlamorous in life and even after death, the princess was forever compared to her sister.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Last Night, D.C. Got a New Power UniformFinally, a visual shorthand for women in politics.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Trump, Santa, and the Power of Collective DelusionsThe effort it takes to maintain a myth can become exhausting.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Melania Trump’s Blonde BombshellAs ever, the First Lady says one thing and performs its opposite.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Searching for Meaning in Melania Trump’s Red Christmas TreesWhy are we so haunted by them?
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    How Donald Trump Uses the Female Body As a WeaponThe White House co-opts the language of #MeToo to punish a CNN reporter.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Trump’s No-Good, Very Bad Hair DayFar from vague ramblings, Trump’s “bad hair day” remarks represented yet another stage in our accelerating slide toward fascism.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Melania Keeps Her Game FaceHunting for some sign of life as the First Lady travels to Africa.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    The Fraternity of the Twilight ZoneThe GOP’s response to allegations against Kavanaugh illuminates the very deep rift between men and women.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Brett Kavanaugh Will Pretend You Don’t ExistWhat his alleged attack on a young woman tells us about how he uses power.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Omarosa Knows Trump Is Always, in the End, Undone by WomenBecause he simply can’t imagine them as real people.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    The Thai Cave Rescue Cannot Save Us From National ShameAs the world celebrates the soccer team’s freedom, countless other children are still trapped by the U.S. government.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    The Jacket Heard Round the WorldOnce again Melania Trump channels the American unconscious.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    Melania’s Recent Behavior Is Right Out of HitchcockThe lady vanishes.
    By Rhonda Garelick
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    The Real Meaning of Carrie Bradshaw’s TutuDancing around the transactional nature of love on SATC.
    By Rhonda Garelick