Professor Rabinovitch-Fox spoke with Bob Garfield of WNYC Studios’ On the Media to discuss the long-standing media tradition of attempting to discredit outspoken women by obsessing over their clothes. Professor Rabinovitch-Fox spoke specifically about the recent criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “fashion choices” as an echo of similar backlash against thousands of garment workers who went on strike in 1909.
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