No matter what the congresswoman wears, people will project their own political anxieties and expectations onto her.
Stassa Edwards
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Features editor. Writing at the intersection of women's health, politics, and history. Work at Lapham's Quarterly, Aeon, The Awl, Self, and Cabinet. Writing a book about hysteria.
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