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The Feminist Fashionistas Uncork Ugliness Against Usha

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02.07.2026

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The Feminist Fashionistas Uncork Ugliness Against Usha

One way our nation’s most “prestigious” newspapers show they’re Democratic Party propaganda sheets is when their fashion critics apply all of their tawdry partisan biases to their evaluations of the clothes of politicians (or their spouses).

Robin Givhan of The Washington Post was a transparent Democrat, and so is Vanessa Friedman of The New York Times. A white pantsuit worn by Hillary Clinton, as well as the feminist Democrats at the State of the Union, was very chic. But when Tulsi Gabbard wore one while she criticized Hillary at a Democrat debate in 2019, it suddenly carried “connotations of the fringe” and displayed “somewhat combative righteousness (also cult leaders).”

When Kamala Harris lost in 2024, Friedman invested great meaning in the cravat she wore to her concession speech, that it represented “the idea that some fights were long. That this one had been going on for decades (even centuries) and would continue afterward. It was, in that way, a symbol of both a promise and a lament.” Feminism lost. Women were shortchanged again.

But women who are Republicans? They’re a sorry breed—or just breeders. Pregnancy chic is just so gross, Friedman is now arguing. Her latest target is Usha Vance, the wife of the vice president who’s labored harder than Melania Trump to stay out of the limelight.

The headline was “The Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image.” Pregnancy was being........

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