Great Q&A between C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb and former Reason
Editor in Chief Virginia Postrel about her new book
The Power of Glamour.
From the C-SPAN
writeup:
Virginia Postrel, author of The Power of Glamour:
Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, talked about the
qualities that make a person or thing “glamorous.” She believes
that glamour can often affect the way the public views political
figures. She named examples of Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy,
Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and Barack Obama, to name a few. She also
described the ways that people transform themselves into being
glamorous, citing Jacqueline Kennedy as an example who went to
great lengths to become a glamorous first lady. She also talked
about some of the un-glamorous events that she has gone through,
such as donating a kidney to psychiatrist Sally Satel in 2006, and
successfully fighting breast cancer in 2007. She said that
Washington, D.C., politics had become “nastier and more ritualized”
over the past few years.
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