What Conspicuous Consumption Looks Like to People in Need

Poor people can see you, Melania.

Hanna Brooks Olsen
Aug 29, 2017 · 5 min read

When Melania Trump boarded Marine One in four-inch stilettos en route to Houston to survey the ongoing damage from Tropical Storm Harvey, Twitter and the media had a field day. She later changed into sensible-ish sneakers (they look to be Jack Purcells, but it’s hard to tell definitively), but the damage was…

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I wrote that one thing you didn’t really agree with. Interests include progressive policy, minor league baseball, and Oxford commas. Curious to a fault.

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