Carolina Rabasa Rucki

@carorabasarucki.bsky.social

PhD researcher at KU Leuven Looking like the Political Elite @ Beauty Regime Binq Research https://www.sociologyofbeauty.eu 🇦🇷🇵🇱

24/March: Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice On the 50th anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 coup, we honour those kidnapped, disappeared, and killed by the state. As someone studying the ruling elite, I reaffirm hope for a #NuncaMas grounded in justice, recognition, and dignity.

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‘In defying traditional elites’ tastes in showing indifference to the visual expectations of others, there lies a curious image of strength.’ One could argue the promise of national betterment through a novel (‘defying’) look counterbalances the worn political agenda.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

President Trump's new official portrait shows him with a neutral expression moderated by a slight warmth in the eyes — a classic pose some call "smizing," our critic at large writes.