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Melania Trump Wore an All-White Suit for State of the Union


All eyes were on First Lady Melania Trump as she entered the chamber to watch her husband deliver his first State of the Union to a joint session of Congress. In a break from tradition, she arrived separately from President Trump—the Obamas and George W. Bush and his wife Laura both rode together from the White House. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that this was for “no reason other than she can greet the guests and he can go straight in.” Still, eyebrows were raised.

And then there’s Melania’s fashion selection: an all-white Christian Dior pantsuit and Dolce & Gabbana blouse. I don’t know about you but when I think all-white pantsuit, or any pantsuit for that matter, my mind immediately travels to one Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Of course, HRC doesn’t have that market cornered and the First Lady is free to wear anything she chooses, but again…eyebrows were raised.

The look also evokes images of the Democratic women who chose to wear white to the president’s joint session last year to symbolize the suffragette movement and women’s rights. It’s also in stark contrast to many Democrats decision to attend in black this year.

Of course, there’s no way to know if Melania Trump is making a statement or if she just really likes that suit. But clothing has become a significant marker of the #MeToo and Time’s Up moment which brings even more scrutiny to every sartorial choice. And Twitter sure had some fun speculating calling her “Resistance curious” and a “suffragette, Hillary Clinton, and Kesha #MeToo backup singer all in one.”

If only she tweeted as much as her husband, we might someday know the real story.





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Jessica Chastain Responds to Backlash From That All-White 'L.A. Times' Magazine Cover


Over the past couple of days, the Los Angeles Times’ Envelope magazine, which is dedicated to awards season, has managed to piss off a lot of people on Twitter, thanks to its December 21 cover, which featured a group of all white (and overwhelmingly blond) actresses. The women pictured in the group portrait—Margot Robbie, Diane Kruger, Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Kate Winslet and Jessica Chastain—were placed above the coverline, “A Shift in Focus: Actresses Call for a Change in the Way Many Stories Are Told.”

The article was a roundtable-style story discussing working in Hollywood and how women are treated onscreen. The topic was definitely timely, but again, there were no women of color featured—at all. And a conversation about diversity and equality in storytelling can’t happen if you’re not representing all the stakeholders.

The backlash on social media pointing out the lack of women of color on the cover and in the feature was quick—and heavy. “It’s time white actresses speak up when their WOC colleagues are ignored,” one user wrote.

“I don’t understand how after all the conversations on #OscarSoWhite, White Feminism, etc a cover like this could be approved with this headline,” another tweeted. “And did any of these A-List actresses demand that actresses of color and other diverse demos be included?”

Jessica Chastain, who stars in Molly’s Game, responded to her participation in a series of tweets on Saturday evening and clarified in some responses that the cover focused on celebrating female-lead films. She admitted that it wasn’t a good look for the Los Angeles Times to omit women of color on its cover and called for more inclusive storytelling. She then prompted her followers to tell her their favorite WOC female-lead 2017 films. In her next tweet, she incredulously told her followers that she can’t even name five 2017 films that featured WOC leads. And it’s not for a loss of memory: That’s how much women of color and their experiences continue to be underrepresented, ignored, and erased in the film industry.

After she responded, many on Twitter continued to call her out for knowingly being part of a cover shoot that featured only white women and blatantly contradicts the values she promotes—and suggested that she could have used her platform to change the conversation instead. (The other actresses on the cover still haven’t commented at the time of publish.)

It’s incredibly important in the male-dominated industry of Hollywood to advocate for telling women’s stories. But they need to be inclusive of all women—not just white women—and this cover illustrates the absolutely urgent need for that.

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