Why The Personal Is Always Political
8 min readFeb 22, 2020
Three years ago I attended President Donald Trump’s inaugural ball — decked out in a black funeral veil — and the night still haunts me.
“Are you really going to wear a black veil to the ball?” my mother asked. “You’re going to a ball, but I’m going to a funeral,” I replied.
Here’s what it was like inside one of the most dystopian events of the decade.
