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How to Fight Your School's Sexist Dress Code

September 15, 2022

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It’s back to school season! And, this week we are digging into the wild world of dress codes.

Clothes, like most things, have the power we give them. Sometimes they are a way to craft or express identity and sometimes they are just pieces of fabric stitched together to help us get through our days. In school, certain kinds of clothes are given more power and more scrutiny than others. In school, certain kinds of clothes and style can get you in trouble. At the ACLU, we believe that school dress codes are tricky and they can be ripe venues for the discrimination and censorship of young people.

In this episode we will hear from Kayla, a track athlete originally from Albany High School who found herself and her teammates suspended for their dress code violation. We’ll also chat with Linda Morris, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project who will break down why we got involved.

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Kendall Ciesemier

Host of At Liberty and Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia, American Civil Liberties Union

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Kendall Ciesemier (@kendallciese) is the Host of At Liberty and the Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia at the ACLU. Previously, Kendall worked as a producer and reporter for The New York Times’ Opinion section and Mic, a digital media company. Most notably at Mic, Kendall’s interview with Alice Marie Johnson, a woman serving a life…
Kendall Ciesemier

Linda Morris

Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project

Linda Morris is a Staff Attorney in the Women’s Rights Project. Linda previously served as a Skadden Fellow in the Women’s Rights Project, where she focused on dismantling barriers to housing for low-income women of color and survivors of gender-based violence. She returned to the ACLU after serving as a Staff Attorney at the National…
Linda Morris
Kayla

Kayla Huba

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Kayla is an 18-year-old college freshman and recent graduate of Albany High, and was a member of the girls’ track and field team during the Spring of 2022.
Kayla Huba

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