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I've seen this many places but I haven't been able to nail down the credit. Fashion standouts from the inauguration as a spectrum mood board.

From left:

VP Kamala Harris in Purple
Dr Jill ~~Joan~~ Biden's "bright ocean blue" (thanks to wordweaverlynn for proofreading!)
Sen Bernie Sanders huddled in a bland greenish coat with beautiful hand-knitted mittens, associated with green for his policies and not his clothing
poet Amanda Gorman in brilliant yellow
Sen Amy Klobuchar in muted orange
Michelle Obama in burgundy

( admire the rainbow within )

For both the Golden Globes https://www.genevievevalentine.com/2020/01/red-carpet-rundown-the-2020-golden-globes

and the Oscars https://www.genevievevalentine.com/2020/02/red-carpet-rundown-the-2020-oscars

and these are just as funny and insightful as her previous analyses of the political messaging fashion accomplishes

Janelle Monáe, in the dress of the night.

Strictly speaking, it’s isn’t an Oscar dress; this is a statement outfit that deliberately doesn’t much care about Oscar traditions and style precedents. At this point Janelle Monáe is a pro at using fashion as costume – specifically, in outfits like this, to present a speculative figure and encourage the viewer to think, Why Not. As soon as she appeared in this, Twitter was all over the place talking about Star Wars queens and gem wizards and glam robots, and that’s the whole aim of this look; to point out how easy such things are for people to imagine, as soon as they see it. It’s a meta-text about narrative, just with 170,000 sparkles. (Actual number of sparkles, someone checked.)

( The queen of the galaxy dress in images and words )

This shouldn’t surprise me, since her fun SF thriller novels Persona and Icon posit a world where the United Nations has morphed into a celebrity reality show. Every Persona is managed by a crew of fashion, romance, and (er, yes, well) political advisors. ( more about her books )

https://www.genevievevalentine.com/category/red-carpet-rundown

Valentine’s commentary begins in January 2009 and comes right up to last week’s Oscars. Each post is heavily illustrated, and yet this may be a case where image descriptions aren’t really necessary, as Valentine’s snark is actually the point.

For example, the last item in her first post, https://www.genevievevalentine.com/2009/01/golden-globes-totally-random-red-carpet-rundown

However, the outfit I was happiest with was Renee Zellweger’s, because I think she sucks mightily, and now when people ask, “What has she done that’s so bad?” and I don’t have a clip of her acting available, I can just show them this and say, “This is what her soul looks like.”

( image, description and poll )

I’ve just¹ learned that Ruth Badner Ginsburg, our brutally strong and smart Supreme Court justice, has a necklace she wears when she dissents from a decision the court hands down. This dissent necklace is a studded collar that stretches like a smile from one shoulder to the other, comprising 21 thumb-shaped wedges.

She wore it the day after the 2016 election.

You can buy replica pendants, earrings, tie clips etc., as well as stickers.
https://dissentpins.com/collections/dissent-collar/products/dissent-collar-sticker

Bustle has an illustrated article about RBG’s collection of “statement” accessories.
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-do-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-collars-mean-each-one-has-a-special-story-9288551

Given my news fast, I’m willing to admit I’m behind the times. ↩︎

( same old me chilling in driveway with moss green baguette shaped bag in lap )

Glasses

In the past I've rocketed among different frame styles and colors. This is the least variation in new glasses for at least three decades: I like the almost-round look, with the darkest part of the frame underneath, and just a hint of color in the frame above the temple line. My previous ones were were tortoise shell on the bottom and violet metal on top; these new ones are matte black and matte gray metal.

These new ones are more comfortable, even though they weigh 8 more grams than last pair. The optician installed "pillow nose pads": large, silicone ovals with air inside. My pressure sores went away in two weeks! (My Rx is very thick, with astigmatism and four different prisms.)

Nifty Purse Optimized for Wheelchair Use

The bag has a "gatemouth," like a doctor's bag--a frame with two spring hinges stays open to offer a completely visible interior. It's 6"h by 6"d by 14" wide. It holds my iPad as well as all the other necessities. When closed, the hinge forms a rack for my iPad mini giving my hands a break.

( another pic & description of the interior )

I stumbled on Ruthy with a "doctor bag" search on Etsy. Her needlework is excellent, she accepted my customizations gracefully, I got it in sixteen days for less than US$100 from Israel. A+++ will bag with her again. Check out her stuff at

https://rutinet.etsy.com

AV Club writer Gwen Ihnat's excellent article describes her own experience as someone who's visually different thanks to vitiligo. For a long time, the white spots on her dark skin drew ridiculous questions from adults, as well as suggestions she not have children since they might also have this auto-immune disorder. But when she saw American's Top Model contestant Chantelle Winnie, who also has vitiligo, all up in her tv, it had a strong impact on what vitiligo meant.

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Why shouldn’t I get a manicure, even if it will draw attention to my multi-colored (not discolored) hands? Why should I try to cover myself with bad makeup when people with other unusual physicalities don’t have that option? What if rocking my vitiligo would help my children tackle any future challenges better than “fixing” it could?
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The Article:
http://www.avclub.com/article/unconventional-americas-next-top-model-contestant--222432

The TV Show:
http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model/

jadelennox makes an elegant (and of course, funny) analogy re: religious choice and Catholic funding for contraception.

Ortho Novum 777. It's the other trayf meat.

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Then s.e.smith bats the ball over the fence again in this essay about make-work "job training" which teaches poor people nothing, while draining off energy needed to find a job.

begin quote It adds you to a list of successful statistics because the bottom line isn’t about whether your situation was improved, but whether you got a job, any job at all, so the government could strike you off the rolls. quote ends

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Racilicious is a group blog devoted to the intersections of race and pop culture. Fashion is usually something I glance at then ignore, but this piece, lavishly illustrated, taught me to think about "who has the right to play with signifiers" in a productive way:

What is Walter Van Beirendonck Trying to Say? by Joseph Lamour

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p.s. This post took me two-and-one-half hours to prepare. It seems awful slow to me; I wonder how I could speed things up.

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