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	Podcast:		On the Media
	Episode:		The Centuries-Old Practice of "Slaying Lewks"
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:59
	Publish Date:		2018-12-05 11:00:00
	Description:		Satisfaction at the political enemy’s hypocrisy can be so rich that partisan critics strain — sometimes absurdly — to locate it. Such is the case with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, newly elected member of Congress from New York and avowed democratic socialist. How to prove she is a phony? Why, her clothes, of course. It’s an absurd attempt at gotcha, but not an uncommon one. Bob spoke with Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, historian at Case Western Reserve University, about the long history of media obsession with the clothing of outspoken women — in particular, the thousands of garment workers who went on strike in 1909.
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