Tag: Melania Trump

Allen Mendenhall: What critics miss about 'Melania'

What separates Melania from Donald is not a matter of personality but of category. He remains legible, conversational, and available. She occupies a register altogether different: remote, stylized, untouchable. The disparity is not incidental. Democratic authority performs accessibility; divinity depends on distance.

Annie Holmquist: Melania's hat signals a revival of femininity

Completely unexpected in a day when casual comfort reigns, Melania Trump's Inauguration Day hat knocked her simple suit look out of the park, presenting class and elegance in one fell swoop.