tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post8901510105766102057..comments2023-10-03T12:20:53.726-04:00Comments on ¡Cecilieaux!: The Burqa and the ThongCecilio Moraleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283375962527765787noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-34624509794204724042018-06-04T04:36:01.463-04:002018-06-04T04:36:01.463-04:00Today’s Moroccan Burka are made stylish with sewe...Today’s Moroccan <a href="https://www.amanis.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Burka</b></a> are made stylish with sewed-on bell sleeves unlike the no-stitch armholes of original styles. Lively colors and mode, use brocades in addition to other decadent material.selena montanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590250676307698052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-91369140123449187152010-10-05T22:17:32.269-04:002010-10-05T22:17:32.269-04:00no one really caresno one really caresAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-33606014178217624752010-10-05T22:17:00.114-04:002010-10-05T22:17:00.114-04:00kkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-38718507737949645272010-03-09T10:28:55.495-05:002010-03-09T10:28:55.495-05:00In women studies, we're taught to see binary s...In women studies, we're taught to see binary systems in equal polarity: if one side of the binary is oppressed a certain way, the other side is equally oppressed. (For example, the masculine, heterosexual norm is categorized as strictly as the female -- both are limiting, etc.) <br /><br />Which makes your suggestion about the burqa/thong dynamic particularly interesting. Each send opposite cultural messages, but they can reverse depending on the context/audience.Cold Spaghettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669806898733425815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-77702466583942484522010-02-16T12:44:18.551-05:002010-02-16T12:44:18.551-05:00I find it rather amusing that the society which in...I find it rather amusing that the society which invented the balaclava helmet can get so upset over a way of wearing a headscarf when it has never felt that way when the likes of Grace Kelly or HM the Queen wore them! Wealthy and fashionable women still buy Hermes scarves, yet tying them to conceal the neck is apparently "oppressive". As I understand it, girls have websites full of intructions on elaborate ways of tying their scarves and must save a fortune on hairdressers!<br /><br />JoanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-78746946002416547722010-02-14T14:10:06.639-05:002010-02-14T14:10:06.639-05:00"the reverse of a burqa is a thong" : do..."the reverse of a burqa is a thong" : do American women walk in the streets with a thong only? <br /><br />And yes, as Diana DiRico said: one has to respect traditions in the country we visit or liveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-46939488723955657112010-02-13T13:52:45.320-05:002010-02-13T13:52:45.320-05:00I agree! Though I wear many of our society's a...I agree! Though I wear many of our society's appropriately "feminine" garments, I have long been baffled by people's preoccupations with the reverse miniskirt, as you aptly put it. When traveling in places like Egypt, India and Senegal, I ended up spending an unusual amount of time and energy trying to neither offend the locals nor myself with the pressure to conform. At every turn I ended up realizing I am conforming all the time at home in NY too, but Western expectations of my style are so indelible at this point the pressures became less apparent. Whatever the case, much too much attention is paid to what women are wearing.<br /><br />Diana Di RicoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-60559962609307845402010-02-13T13:50:17.415-05:002010-02-13T13:50:17.415-05:00The Virgin Mary wore a head scarf.
LucyThe Virgin Mary wore a head scarf.<br /><br />LucyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com