Code Switch · NPR
From the Confederacy to the White House: How Southern beauty traditions went MAGA
April 4, 2026·20 min·1 clip
Southern beauty queens are living Confederate monuments.
As heard by us
A brisk Code Switch episode linking Mar-a-Lago style to Southern pageantry and the white lady figure.
The episode opens with Mar-a-Lago face and widens into the longer history of Southern pageantry, where race, gender, and power sit together in plain view.
Why you'd press play
If you want the politics hiding inside beauty rituals, start here.
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