If the Clothes Fit: A Feminist Takes on Fashion »

i find this article more thoughtful than many feminist-musings-on-fashion write ups i’ve read before. 

In U.S. politics, Hillary Clinton has experienced the damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t double bind for strong women. If she wears a power pantsuit, it’s a “desexualized uniform,” but if she shows a hint of cleavage—as she famously did in 2007—it can ignite a media firestorm that eclipses her political platform.