In the Line of Fire

Women are under siege right now--in politics, on social media, and in fashion. Thoughts on all that hate.

Last week, the majority Americans made it clear that they did not want a highly-qualified woman as president. This comes after several years of court rulings and political rhetoric that are virulently misogynistic. In the American political arena, the Age of Anti-Women is upon us.

And it has seeped into fashion, too. This week, two pictures crossed my screens that screamed misogyny. Both were orchestrated by iconic, gay male designers with well-known mother issues—long a source of female hate. And both were made possible by the cooperation of influential women who should have just said no.