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Reading The Signs
reading the signs
Nov. 25, 2020
Trump Has Lost the Will to Be Blond
The president’s hair has always been a clue to his mental state.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Nov. 2, 2020
AOC Dares Us to Look Her in the Face
On the cover of
Vanity Fair
, the congresswoman embraces the power of her own beauty.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
July 18, 2020
Ivanka, Dressed in White, Is Always Selling Privilege
Another unsettling image for the Trump-women’s yearbook.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
May 12, 2020
Losing Face
Trump’s refusal to cover up actually reveals his greatest fears.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Mar. 6, 2020
The Battle Cry of the ‘Schoolmarm’
I thought I was a scholar, but apparently I’m just a scold.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Feb. 7, 2020
Meghan Markle and the Myth of Happily Ever After
There’s a reason fairy tales always end at the wedding.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Nov. 27, 2019
Ivanka’s Wall of Silence
Where is the pastel-clad cipher of the Trump administration right now?
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Aug. 27, 2019
Dancing With Reality
Why Sean Spicer’s appearance on
Dancing With the Stars
is the best allegory for our dystopia.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Aug. 10, 2019
Surrogate Angels of Death
What to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
July 18, 2019
Men’s Stock Rises When They Trade in Young Women
Jeffrey Epstein was hardly alone in treating them like consumable pleasures.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
July 3, 2019
Le Streak, C’est Chic
The high-contrast drama of Tulsi Gabbard’s signature hairstyle.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
May 20, 2019
As Older Women Fight Trump, Hollywood Hands Them Pom-Poms
It’s not a coincidence.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Apr. 17, 2019
Watching Her Burn
Notre-Dame made it impossible to forget the femaleness of any cathedral.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Feb. 17, 2019
Lee Radziwill and the Cinderella Trap
Glamorous in life and even after death, the princess was forever compared to her sister.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Feb. 6, 2019
Last Night, D.C. Got a New Power Uniform
Finally, a visual shorthand for women in politics.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Dec. 27, 2018
Trump, Santa, and the Power of Collective Delusions
The effort it takes to maintain a myth can become exhausting.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Dec. 13, 2018
Melania Trump’s Blonde Bombshell
As ever, the First Lady says one thing and performs its opposite.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Nov. 28, 2018
Searching for Meaning in Melania Trump’s Red Christmas Trees
Why are we so haunted by them?
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Nov. 8, 2018
How Donald Trump Uses the Female Body As a Weapon
The White House co-opts the language of #MeToo to punish a CNN reporter.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Oct. 31, 2018
Trump’s No-Good, Very Bad Hair Day
Far from vague ramblings, Trump’s “bad hair day” remarks represented yet another stage in our accelerating slide toward fascism.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Oct. 7, 2018
Melania Keeps Her Game Face
Hunting for some sign of life as the First Lady travels to Africa.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Oct. 1, 2018
The Fraternity of the Twilight Zone
The GOP’s response to allegations against Kavanaugh illuminates the very deep rift between men and women.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Sept. 17, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh Will Pretend You Don’t Exist
What his alleged attack on a young woman tells us about how he uses power.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Aug. 21, 2018
Omarosa Knows Trump Is Always, in the End, Undone by Women
Because he simply can’t imagine them as real people.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
July 11, 2018
The Thai Cave Rescue Cannot Save Us From National Shame
As the world celebrates the soccer team’s freedom, countless other children are still trapped by the U.S. government.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
June 22, 2018
The Jacket Heard Round the World
Once again Melania Trump channels the American unconscious.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
June 11, 2018
Melania’s Recent Behavior Is Right Out of Hitchcock
The lady vanishes.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
June 1, 2018
The Real Meaning of Carrie Bradshaw’s Tutu
Dancing around the transactional nature of love on
SATC
.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Sept. 22, 2017
The Strange Experience of Watching Melania Trump Speak
In her public appearances, the First Lady reminds us of everything that’s wrong with this presidency.
By
Rhonda Garelick
reading the signs
Aug. 30, 2017
Melania Trump and the Chilling Artifice of Fashion
Our discomfort with her hurricane photo op was about far more than just her shoes.
By
Rhonda Garelick