Constance Grady

Essentially, every time that in American culture it looks as though women are making some sort of social or political progress, that's very rapidly followed by a period of intense backlash where people announce that this movement has gone too far, it's overreached, we have to roll it back and go back to a time when things are more sensible.

Essentially, every time that in American culture it looks as though women are making some sort of social or political progress, that's very rapidly followed by a period of intense backlash where people announce that this movement has gone too far, it's overreached, we have to roll it back and go back to a time when things are more sensible.

Essentially, every time that in American culture it looks as though women are making some sort of social or political progress, that's very rapidly followed by a period of intense backlash where people announce that this movement has gone too far, it's overreached, we have to roll it back and go back to a time when things are more sensible.

One of the things that Susan Faludi says that I think is important to note here is that It really doesn't matter whether the feminist movement actually made any gains in this moment of apparent overreach. It's just that people think that things are changing. So in the MeToo movement, there weren't any real legislative changes. There were a few high-profile arrests.

One of the things that Susan Faludi says that I think is important to note here is that It really doesn't matter whether the feminist movement actually made any gains in this moment of apparent overreach. It's just that people think that things are changing. So in the MeToo movement, there weren't any real legislative changes. There were a few high-profile arrests.

One of the things that Susan Faludi says that I think is important to note here is that It really doesn't matter whether the feminist movement actually made any gains in this moment of apparent overreach. It's just that people think that things are changing. So in the MeToo movement, there weren't any real legislative changes. There were a few high-profile arrests.

There were a lot of think pieces. But it's hard to say that there was a big material shift in how American culture works. But the perception that there might have been is enough to drive this kind of backlash.

There were a lot of think pieces. But it's hard to say that there was a big material shift in how American culture works. But the perception that there might have been is enough to drive this kind of backlash.

There were a lot of think pieces. But it's hard to say that there was a big material shift in how American culture works. But the perception that there might have been is enough to drive this kind of backlash.

Yeah, how about pants that fit? This is a journey we're, like, all taking as a culture.

Yeah, how about pants that fit? This is a journey we're, like, all taking as a culture.

Yeah, how about pants that fit? This is a journey we're, like, all taking as a culture.

This is something that I spent most of my life not thinking about at all. I'm pretty normie when it comes to clothes. I'm just like, I will wear my jeans and a T-shirt, tell me what width the jeans are supposed to be, and I am good to go. After lockdown, once I was vaccinated and starting to get out into the world again, I felt like none of my clothes felt right for me anymore.

This is something that I spent most of my life not thinking about at all. I'm pretty normie when it comes to clothes. I'm just like, I will wear my jeans and a T-shirt, tell me what width the jeans are supposed to be, and I am good to go. After lockdown, once I was vaccinated and starting to get out into the world again, I felt like none of my clothes felt right for me anymore.

This is something that I spent most of my life not thinking about at all. I'm pretty normie when it comes to clothes. I'm just like, I will wear my jeans and a T-shirt, tell me what width the jeans are supposed to be, and I am good to go. After lockdown, once I was vaccinated and starting to get out into the world again, I felt like none of my clothes felt right for me anymore.

You know, I had all of these like business casual dresses and leftover skinny jeans and I just looked at them and I was like, this doesn't seem quite right anymore. Now that I've had this year of not dressing for other people, I've changed who I am and my clothes haven't changed in a way that will keep up with that. And it was so weird to try to think about

You know, I had all of these like business casual dresses and leftover skinny jeans and I just looked at them and I was like, this doesn't seem quite right anymore. Now that I've had this year of not dressing for other people, I've changed who I am and my clothes haven't changed in a way that will keep up with that. And it was so weird to try to think about

You know, I had all of these like business casual dresses and leftover skinny jeans and I just looked at them and I was like, this doesn't seem quite right anymore. Now that I've had this year of not dressing for other people, I've changed who I am and my clothes haven't changed in a way that will keep up with that. And it was so weird to try to think about

getting a whole year's worth of changes done to my wardrobe in one fell swoop that I ended up feeling like maybe it was time to be more intentional and figure out what I wanted from my clothes. But when I thought about it, I had all these really contradictory desires. You know, I wanted to look thin and also not care about looking thin.

getting a whole year's worth of changes done to my wardrobe in one fell swoop that I ended up feeling like maybe it was time to be more intentional and figure out what I wanted from my clothes. But when I thought about it, I had all these really contradictory desires. You know, I wanted to look thin and also not care about looking thin.