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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 21, 2021, 10:57 pm
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> The Hisbah Commission for the Promotion of Islamic Teachings
in Kano State has finally reacted to the dress worn by Zahra
Nasir Bayero, the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, during her
bridal shower.
>
> Zahra Nasir Bayero is to wed Yusuf Buhari, the son of the
President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
> ...
> Hisbah commander Sheikh Harun Ibn Sina told the BBC that the
Sultan’s daughter is not above the law and should lead by
example if she wants to be blessed in her marriage.
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She should study Nigerian history:
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: September 2, 2021, 3:55 am
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More on the commendable achievements of the Taliban:
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-58388333
--- Quote ---
> Afsoon can't remember the time in the 90s, the decade she was
born, when the Taliban first banned beauty salons in her
country.
>
> But she grew up in an Afghanistan where beauty parlours were a
regular part of her life. In the two decades since the US-led
invasion that ousted the Taliban in 2001, more than 200 beauty
parlours opened in Kabul alone, with hundreds more in other
parts of the country.
>
> As a teenager she would thumb through magazines and social
media for glamorous looks, and she'd visit salons with women in
her family.
>
> She loved everything about that world. The multi-coloured nail
painting, the make-up artists bent over women to paint smoky
kohl eyeliners to frame thick brushed eyelashes on a dewy
sparkling made-up face. The glossy blow-dries and swishy long
hairstyles.
> ...
> Like all beauty parlours in Kabul, Afsoon's salon had windows
that were entirely covered with posters of glamorous and elegant
women advertising a promise of beauty that could be yours
inside.
> ...
> But on Sunday 15 August, the day the Taliban took control of
Kabul's presidential palace, her years of hard work ended in a
day.
> ...
> "It is the end of the beauty industry in Afghanistan."
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The accurate name of the industry is the cosmetics industry.
There is nothing beautiful about it. Observe the Western styles
advertized prior to being painted over:
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And let's not even get started about Western cruelty:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetic_industry#Animal_testing
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> Animal testing has been a large controversy in the cosmetic
industry. Animal tests performed include the Draize eye
irritancy test, where test chemicals are applied to rabbits’
eyes and left on for several days,[25] and toxicity tests such
as LD50, where a substance's toxicity is tested by determining
the concentration at which it will kill 50% of the test
animals.[26]
--- End Quote ---
WESTERN CIVILIZATION MUST DIE!
The last time we had any similar movement against cosmetics:
HTML https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/hitler-hated-red-lipstick/
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> According to Fedler, Adolf Hitler “famously hated red
lipstick.” Madeleine Marsh, author of Compacts and Cosmetics
explained: “The Aryan ideal was a pure, un-scrubbed face. [Lady]
visitors to Hitler’s country retreat were actually given a
little list of things they must not do: Avoid excessive
cosmetics, avoid red lipstick, and on no account ever [were]
they to color their nails.”
--- End Quote ---
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/re-sexual-dimorphism-preferences/msg4434/#msg4434
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: guest55
Date: September 2, 2021, 10:39 am
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Why do so many women feel the need for makeup? Do you think it's
an innate desire of most women to paint themselves literally
into a what they believe is a better version of themselves? Or,
do you believe it's mostly due to excellent Western marketing
strategies? Lest we forget women's "beauty" and all the products
related to it is almost beyond an obsession to most
Westerners....
It is odd though that only women feel the need to paint
themselves into something they are not, and most men do not. As
pointed out on the main website, makeup is deception. Is it
men's ideals of "beauty" that drive women to paint themselves
daily?
#Post#: 8550--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: Zea_mays
Date: September 2, 2021, 12:15 pm
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I think the prevalence of nearly every Western woman wearing
makeup is driven largely by marketing and social peer pressure
from gender roles. In social circles where all the members are
"basic
HTML https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Basic%20Bitch"<br
/>estrogen junkies and trend followers, there will be high
conformity with trends and social pressures. But in social
circles where pressure to conform isn't as strong (e.g. nerds,
women who work on farms or other manual-labor jobs, certain
types of feminists, even women from Western nations where the
culture simply isn't as makeup-obsessed as the US, etc.), far
fewer women will bother to wear makeup.
I recall reading some writing from ancient Greece lamenting how
women would wear makeup to darken their eyebrows, etc, so this
type of vanity has always existed.
And men in some non-Western cultures do commonly wear makeup.
Although in this particular example it might largely be
ceremonial, rather than for daily vanity purposes:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_(cosmetics)#Kohl_and_Islam
But, regarding cosmetics, I doubt any time period has been as
aesthetically-inferior as Western civilization has been in the
past ~120 years since people like Edward Bernays treated
advertising as a literal form of propaganda and psychological
warfare. Non-Western cultures may have "beauty standards" (which
can be good or bad), but I think it is only Western civilization
which convinces literally everyone their innate look is ugly and
that they need to change themselves with cosmetics.
According to the Western cosmetic industry:
People with straight hair need to curl it and use chemicals to
"volumize" it. People with curly hair need chemically straighten
it. People with light skin need to go tanning or use chemical
treatments to darken their skin. People with dark skin need to
use chemical treatments to lighten their skin (this is
especially prevalent in non-Western nations which have been
colonized!!) Etc, etc. The Western cosmetic industry doesn't
even have any real beauty standards--it just exists to make
people insecure to drive economic demand for new products.
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: September 23, 2021, 11:33 pm
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HTML https://us.yahoo.com/lifestyle/billie-eilish-lost-followers-corset-boobs-revealing-outfits-174425177.html
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> Eilish rose to fame while sporting an aesthetic that included
oversized sweatshirts and baggy pants, but lately has been
exploring more form-fitted styles. In a recent Instagram post,
she sported a corset with a lace bra underneath — something that
drew the ire of trolls who disapproved of the change.
>
> “People hold on to these memories and have an attachment. But
it’s very dehumanizing," Eilish told the magazine, “I lost
100,000 followers, just because of the boobs. People are scared
of big boobs.”
--- End Quote ---
We win! You choose Western clothes (higher sexual dimorphism):
[img]
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over Counterculture clothes (lower sexual dimorphism):
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you get boycotted!
Which is not to say that you were ever part of the
Counterculture, no matter how you used to dress:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/re-trump-disapproval-377/msg7248/#msg7248
but your latest style shift reveals who you really were all
along: just another Westerner.
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: Zea_mays
Date: November 8, 2021, 2:38 pm
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> A campaign promoting diversity among women and their freedom
to wear the hijab has been dropped after it sparked an outcry in
the secular French political establishment.
> [...]
> “I was profoundly shocked,” Ms El Hairy said. “It is the
opposite of the values that France defends, it is promoting the
wearing of the hijab.
>
> “This is to be condemned and because of this France made clear
its extremely strong disapproval and hence the campaign has now
been withdrawn as of today,” she said on Tuesday, confirming
that Paris had issued an official protest through diplomatic
channels.
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HTML https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2021/11/04/eu-hijab-inclusivity-campaign-dropped-after-anger-in-france/
France's national motto is "Liberté, égalité, fraternité". I
guess all three of those only apply to Westerners.
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And, just for fun:
This photo is probably not authentic (the shadows/coloration on
his face doesn't match the rest of the body), and I can't really
find any sources beyond the trash Daily Mail and other tabloids.
But this is fun nonetheless:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/RKZDzut.jpg
--- Quote ---
> But this bizarre picture, which has only recently been
uncovered, claims to show Adolf Hitler shunning his usual
military attire for a floating, Japanese kimono.
> [...]
> The exact origin of the picture is unknown but it is thought
to have been taken in 1936, to commemorate the signing of the
international pact between Nazi Germany and Japan.
> [...]
> Earlier this year, a rare archive photo which the German
leader had banned was discovered alongside several other
embarrassing portraits in a Hitler ‘fan magazine’ from the
Thirties.
--- End Quote ---
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I couldn't find much info on the "Beyond Belief Archive" that
this photo supposedly originated from, nor does it seem anyone
else was able to:
HTML https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1953083&sid=62817c6f915b11308eb9b7f40e27427b#p1953083
If the image was genuinely from a fan magazine in the 1930s
(photo manipulation did exist back then), then it shows his fans
had no problem imaging him in non-Western attire.
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: SirGalahad
Date: November 8, 2021, 3:45 pm
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Either the creator of those posters is a professional backlash
herder, or we have a useful idiot on our hands. What really irks
me about the "celebrate diversity" talk that's been making the
rounds since the mid 2010s, is that it emphasizes our
differences instead of making any sort of helpful statement of
unity between immigrants and non-immigrants. It's also
disrespectful towards Islam, since it implies that the hijab has
no worth outside of being a fashion statement. Most people who
wear a hijab, aren't doing so to stand out or to be some sort of
exotic eye candy. And the theoretical end goal of mainstream
Islam isn't to remain a perpetual segment of whatever population
it's a part of either. It's to convert everyone to the religion,
which isn't very conducive to "diversity". The funny thing is
that, as mentioned in the article, our enemies see this as
Islamist propaganda, whereas any real Islamist would take a look
at this and realize that any sort of "Islamism" hidden in these
posters has been completely neutered.
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: Zhang Caizhi
Date: December 3, 2021, 8:41 am
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Today, many countries even amongst non-Europe have neckties or
bowties as service dress uniforms for military personnel.
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: Zea_mays
Date: December 4, 2021, 6:05 am
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More odd Western dress standards:
HTML https://i.redd.it/5abzmlnghm181.png
A child would ask: "...what is the point of even having an extra
button if you're not allowed to ever button it?"
The "refined" Western adult would respond by beating them until
they stop questioning and just conform with the buttoning
tradition.
(The actual answer):
--- Quote ---
> A Quick History Lesson and a Fat King
>
> Historically, in the early years of the suit as everyday
menswear, it appears there were no formal buttoning rules. Look
to trade magazines and illustrations from the earlier part of
the 20th century, and one sees jackets with between one and five
buttons, each buttoned in a manner that suited the personality
of the wearer or the cut of the garment.
>
> But much of this changed with a king who was too fat to button
his jacket. Or at least, that’s what legend says.
>
> According to the lore of menswear, in the early 1900s King
Edward VII started the trend of leaving the bottom button of a
suit undone.
>
> Apparently, he grew so rotund that he was unable to fasten the
bottom button of his waistcoat and jacket. To not offend the
king, those associated with him started doing the same. The
custom then gradually spread the world round (as England was
still largely an imperial power with great influence across the
globe).
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Dress decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 20, 2021, 8:50 pm
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Another inferiority of Western civilization is use of washing
machines. Environmental impact covered here:
HTML https://sitex-corp.com/environmental-impact-of-washing-machines/
For some time now, I have been hand-washing my clothes. This is
what we should encourage for all wishing to decolonize. Besides
being more environmentally friendly and less damaging to the
clothes themselves, it also increases our emotional bond with
our clothes, is good physical exercise and even helps awaken
Aryan blood memory. I use cold water only (emulating how we used
to do laundry at the riverside in ancient times all the way back
to the Golden Age). Note that the idea of using heated water for
laundry is Western also:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine
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> In 1782, Henry Sidgier issued a British patent for a rotating
drum washer, and in the 1790s Edward Beetham sold numerous
"patent washing mills" in England.[4]
> ...
> As metal drums started to replace the traditional wooden
drums, it allowed for the drum to turn above an open fire or an
enclosed fire chamber, raising the water temperature for more
effective washes.
--- End Quote ---
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Tumble driers (another Western invention, of course) are even
more absurdly wasteful; I never saw any reason to use them. What
is wrong with simply letting laundry dry by itself?
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Yet I know of some Western residential compounds where it is
actually forbidden to dry laundry outdoors, supposedly for the
sake of maintaining the view! WTF?! I myself have always enjoyed
the sight of hanging laundry! I think it enhances the local
atmosphere:
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Oh wait, I found the following story literally while typing up
this post:
HTML https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239084/Now-thats-Chinese-laundry-Washing-hung-students-balconies-creates-bright-rainbow-patchwork-colours.html
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> Very few Chinese people own clothes dryers so the majority
simply hang their clothes out to dry naturally like these
tenants at Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
>
> In its densely packed cities, the preference for outdoor
drying usually means that a common view along residential
streets is clothes, hanging from balconies, pinned to trees, or
suspended from telephone and power lines.
>
>
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--- End Quote ---
So far so good, right? Now here comes the bad news:
--- Quote ---
> But in 2010, in Shanghai, China's largest metropolis, drying
your clothes in the open was deemed archaic.
>
> Authorities issued an edict banning the practice of hanging
clothes out to dry deeming it as 'uncivilized.'
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