Reasonably Optimistic

Out with the girl boss, but in with…what?


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When a few dozen women in pink suits strode into the House for the joint address to Congress last week, something felt a little, well, off. Partly, it seemed taken from a tired old playbook. Partly, it sent a garbled message. But mostly it pointed to the fact that many liberal women don’t know what to do in this post-resistance era. Columnists Molly Roberts and Monica Hesse speak with contributor Carolina A. Miranda about the backlash to “girl boss” culture, how women on the MAGA right are finding their look and why the aesthetics of it all matter.


Additional reading by our columnists:

Monica Hesse: Democrats sent a scary message with those pink outfits

Carolina Miranda: Welcome to the era of Trump Trad 




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