Episode 165: Unpacking Dress Codes with Ruby and Maggie (part two)

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/greenstylemags/">Maggie Greene </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spokesandstitches/">Ruby Gertz </a>are back to continue the conversation about dress codes. This episode is part 2 of 3.  This week we will be tackling the concept of "professionalism" and how that ties into dress codes. We will do a deep dive into the different categories of professional dress. And we will get to the bottom of how/why these dress codes are enforced, despite the language within these policies being very subjective and unmeasurable.  <strong>This episode also includes thoughts/stories from Pat, Jenny, and Carla.</strong></p><p>We recommend reading <strong>Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History </strong>by Richard Thompson Ford.<br>Also check out<a href="https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/02/professionalism-and-oppression/"> "You Call It Professionalism; I Call It Oppression in a Three-Piece Suit," </a>by Carmen Rios for Everyday Feminism.</p><p><strong>Find this episode's transcript </strong>(and so much more) at <a href="https://www.clotheshorsepodcast.com/episodes/the-rental-sode">clotheshorsepodcast.com</a></p><p>Want to support Amanda's work on Clotheshorse? Learn more at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/clotheshorsepodcast">patreon.com/clotheshorsepodcast</a></p><p>If you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it’s a typed out message or an audio recording: <strong> amanda@clotheshorse.world</strong><br><strong><br></strong>Check out Amanda's other podcast,<a href="https://thedepartment.world/"> The Department</a>.<strong></strong></p><p><br>Clotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable small businesses:</p><p>Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles