Mocking Melania: Social and Gender Implications of Comic Representations of the First Lady

• In Event: Women in the Governor's Mansion and the White House

Brief Overview

Melania Trump has been the subject of more satirical sketches than most first ladies. This essay examines these comic critiques by summarizing the portrayals’ content and discussing how perceptions of first ladies and womanhood inform the depictions.

Author

• Tammy R. Vigil, Boston University