My Perfectly Normal Swimwear Is Going to Get Me Banned From the Public Pool. Guess Why.
My Perfectly Normal Swimwear Is Going to Get Me Banned From the Public Pool. Prudie chats with Lizzie O’Leary, host of What Next: TBD, about a fashion policing stretched to the limit. Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O’Leary June 11, 20261:20 PM Photo illustration by Slate.
- ▪My Perfectly Normal Swimwear Is Going to Get Me Banned From the Public Pool.
- ▪Prudie chats with Lizzie O’Leary, host of What Next: TBD, about a fashion policing stretched to the limit.
- ▪Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O’Leary June 11, 20261:20 PM Photo illustration by Slate.
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| Original publisher | Slate Magazine |
| Canonical URL | https://slate.com/advice/2026/06/dear-prudence-chat-swimwear-pool-ban.html?via=rss |
| Publication time | Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:21 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-11T17:23:56.248Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-11T17:24:10.643Z |
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Dear Prudence Help! My Perfectly Normal Swimwear Is Going to Get Me Banned From the Public Pool. Guess Why. Prudie chats with Lizzie O’Leary, host of What Next: TBD, about a fashion policing stretched to the limit. Advice by Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O’Leary June 11, 20261:20 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by PeskyMonkey/Getty Images Plus. Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. Dear Prudence, My wife and I recently returned from France where we were living for the last three months for an extended visit with my wife’s family.
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