Melania at SOTU - ?makes a suffragist and contemporary womens empowerment statement?

[iluvtennis]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/fashion/state-of-the-union-melania-trump-white-suit-black-clothes.html
On Tuesday night Melania Trump finally appeared in public alongside her husband (or at least in the same very large room, though they apparently arrived separately) for the first time since the public allegations that President Trump had conducted, just weeks after Mrs. Trump had given birth to the couple’s son, an affair with the porn star Stormy Daniels.

That Mrs. Trump did so in a white pantsuit with a glowing white blouse — exactly the kind of outfit that became a symbol of her husband’s rival, Hillary Clinton, during the last election, and has since become widely accepted as sartorial shorthand for both the suffragists and contemporary women’s empowerment and something of an anti-Trump uniform, and also what the women gathered behind Kesha wore to display their sisterhood at Sunday’s Grammy Awards — seemed to be about as subtle a slap in the face as could be contained in a garment.

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[RandySF]

1. No she is not

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Hardly.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Like Mrs Trump has a clue what suffragettes wore?

This shallow, venal, lazy, materialistic trophy wife simply wore white because she wanted to.

[JI7]

4. people give her wayyy too much credit for things. if she is upset about Stormy Daniels

it's only because it may have become public so embarrassed her or more likely because Daniels got that much money which Trump probably never gives to Melania because he doesn't really have much cash .

[More_Cowbell]

8. Not people: the NYT

They're all over her, I assume for access. That ridiculous "The Quiet Radicalism of Melania Trump" op-ed was the last straw.

(I'm not sure if this link will work for anyone: I sent it to so many people last week, in outrage, that I'm out of my 5 free views)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/melania-trump-radical.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=03EB3C8943E49E2594EEC2AFC9A3338E&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion

[BigmanPigman]

12. So am I.

Did the NYT give her false credit for something?

[SweetieD]

5. Wishful thinking

[xxqqqzme]

6. "...In America we know that

faith and Family, not government and bureaucracy are the the center of Democracy..."


I don't know that nor do I believe it.




She wore white so she would stand out in a sea of blacks and browns. No other thought was involved in the choice.


Wait, wait - she made an ENTRANCE after everyone was seated?

[WhiteTara]

15. Faith and Family are NOT the heart of Democracy

what a load of horse sh*t

[SunSeeker]

7. Nah, she just likes white.

She wore white going down the escalator when Trump announed he's running.

She wore white at the GOP convention. 

She wore a white inaugural gown.

Yeah, she likes white.

And gold...

[More_Cowbell]

9. I never see pictures tagged with Trump because I have the Make America Kittens Again extension

But the kitten in my picture is white!

[SunSeeker]

10. LOL

[dalton99a]

11. The mannequin seems to be in factory condition - minimally accessorized

[Skittles]

16. her boobs look hard as rocks

[dalton99a]

17. Pat Robertson: "They are absolutely gorgeous

A gift from God

[get the red out]

13. My guess

is that while Dem women chose to wear black, she was told to wear white.

[iluvtennis]

19. Yep, agree

[Bluepinky]

14. I like that she didnt stand during his talk about faith and family.

It’s obvious why, and I applaud her for this small act of defiance. The look on her face as she’s sitting down says “ I’m not buying your bullshit, Donnie.”

By the way, was Bannon present?

[struggle4progress]

18. A white Christian Dior pantsuit just screams "I'm a cutting-edge leader for working-class women!"

[sunonmars]

20. If she wanted to make a statement about Women, she'd leave that bastard in the dirt.