The Cognitive Dissonance of Victoria's Secret

After the airing of the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, New York Times fashion director and chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman talks about how the lingerie brand’s lingering popularity represents a dissonance between the "body positivity movement" and what society actually expects of women.

Victoria's Secret has been trying to spin this as a show about female empowerment, taking control of your bodies. But it's very hard to see the corsets and bows and think that is empowering, says @VVFriedman. pic.twitter.com/5zfY8vomby

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