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    The Secret Politics of High Heels

    The Secret Politics of High Heels

    FromIn Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

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    The Secret Politics of High Heels

    FromIn Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

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    Length:
    26 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 17, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    A recent Republican debate stirred up an age-old discussion about high heels: Who is allowed to wear them, how high they can be, and what they can tell us about gender politics in 2023. In this episode, Jess & Susie unravel the long history of high-heeled shoes (originally designed for men!) and how they’ve been used as a political insult and weapon.
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    Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Those Stilettos (Jessica Bennett, The New York Times)
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    Released:
    Nov 17, 2023
    Format:
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    Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it’s a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: “Baywatch”) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT, Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett revisit a pop culture moment from the 80s and 90s that shaped them — to try to understand what it taught us about the world, and a woman’s place in it. Talk to us at @inretropod, @susiebnyc and @jessicabennett on Instagram. New episodes each Friday.