If the “Mrs.” episode felt like a rant, consider this its sequel. This week on Open Tabs, I’m talking about the internet’s latest obsession: judging what women wear. When Olivia Rodrigo wears a babydoll dress, it’s “infantilizing.” When Sabrina Carpenter wears something more revealing, it’s “too sexy.” Different outfit, same outrage.

I’m diving into why women are criticized no matter what they wear, how the male gaze shapes what we see as “appropriate,” and why girls are taught to carry pepper spray and watch what they wear while boys are too rarely taught to respect boundaries.

Because what a woman wears is not consent, and the problem was never the dress.