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on WNYC and Gauthomis Newsroom. We're going to take a

moment today to consider the evolution of Republican women candidates in the age of Donald Trump.

Maybe you saw that recent New York magazine cover featuring a collage of body parts, including the likes of Marjorie Taylor Green

and Christy Noem. That fractured image is part of the theme of writer Rebecca Traster's exploration

of the reconstructed hyperfemininity and hypermasculinity that's come to define the women who are

now the face of the modern Republican Party.

As the illustration shows, a high hill on one foot and a hiking boot on the other,

Traster writes, quote, as we cruise toward November with two ancient white men on the presidential ticket

and the rights of millions of people who are not white men in the balance,

the public performance of Republican womanhood

has become fractured, frenzied, and far less coherent than ever. In the performance of modern

Republican womanhood, there are many contradictions. Rebecca Traster is writer at large at New York

Magazine and The Cut, and she joins me now to talk about her recent cover story

headlined, how did Republican women end up like this? The baffling contradictory demands of

being female in the party of Donald Trump. Rebecca, welcome back to WNIC. Thank you so much for

joining me this morning. Thanks so much for inviting me. And Rebecca, let's just

start with a little bit of background on this story. What made you want to explore this idea of

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