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Re: Dress decolonization
By: bondburger Date: January 15, 2022, 7:27 pm
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[quote author=SirGalahad link=topic=278.msg10575#msg10575
date=1642287955]
Maybe I'm just lazy when it comes to shoes, and maybe I'm just
overly passionate about a minor annoyance, but I feel like
shoelaces were a pointless invention. Plus, if I'm in a hurry, I
have to fight to loosen the shoe enough for me to shove my foot
into it
[/quote]
Completely get your frustrations here, and perhaps this is just
me not being great at tying them, but shoelaces coming undone
drives me mad. Some laces seem to come undone way too easily and
completely interrupt a walk or a run. I get why to have them on
walking boots, but on indoor or running shoes... no.
Wearing velcro shoes was the kind of thing you'd get teased for
at school in my experience - "you STILL use velcro?". There may
well be plenty of advantages that shoelaces do have, but the
main motivation for learning them seemed to be looking more
mature, doing things the harder cleverer way to show you're not
stupid. Very progressive.
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 23, 2022, 4:38 am
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Every time I think our enemies cannot possibly get more obsessed
about sexual dimorphism, I am proven wrong:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOBKPQOnKPM
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 12, 2022, 12:55 am
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Encouraging signs:
HTML https://us.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jade-jewelry-became-symbol-hope-180800477.html
[quote]I recall growing up with peers who deemed jade outdated
and aging. When I was a teen, it wasn't exactly cool to wear a
Buddha on the traditional red string, or a circular Bi disc
pendant. (We used to jokingly call them Lifesavers, but it’s
actually a classic shape that dates back to the Neolithic era
and symbolizes heaven.) Jade was what your grandmother or
elderly aunts would wear. At its most extreme, wearing the stone
suggested you were not properly assimilated — a terrifying
thought for a kid facing strong social pressure to adopt the
customs and aesthetics of the dominant American culture. But
while my friends may have failed to see the value in jade during
our teens, it's undeniably back.
...
“I’m half Chinese and third-generation, so I used to associate
the stone with older women. I always assumed I wasn't ‘Chinese
enough’ to wear it. As I have become more confident in my
background, my jade jewelry has even more meaning for me. It’s
something I wear proudly that announces my heritage.”[/quote]
Actually, jade is also American:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_use_in_Mesoamerica
so wearing it doesn't make you more Chinese but less American;
it makes you more Chinese and simultaneously more American. Jade
should really be another medium to help America and China feel
closer to each other (especially in opposition to our former
common colonizers).
American jade:
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Claw_Ornament_MET_DP-12761-011.jpg/464px-Claw_Ornament_MET_DP-12761-011.jpg
Chinese jade:
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/%E8%B1%AC%E9%BE%8D%E7%8E%A6_%E7%B4%85%E5%B1%B1%E7%90%89%E7%92%83_%E7%8E%89%E8%80%8C%E5%AF%8C_997.jpg
Homo Hubris jewellry:
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Anonymous_Filigree_pendant.jpg/452px-Anonymous_Filigree_pendant.jpg
Exercise: find the odd one out.
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 12, 2022, 10:32 pm
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HTML https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220311-leftist-gabriel-boric-the-president-breaking-new-ground-in-chile
[quote]Whether refusing to wear a tie, shunning the upscale
neighborhoods of Chile's political elites or naming a majority
woman cabinet, Boric has already shown his presidency will be a
clean break from what has come before in the South American
country.
...
while he has adopted jackets, he shuns ties and makes no attempt
to hide his tattoos.[/quote]
Well done for not wearing a tie, but I hope he can take it a
step further and instead of a Western jacket wear something like
this:
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Artesania_Chilena_-_Manta_Mapuche.jpg/1024px-Artesania_Chilena_-_Manta_Mapuche.jpg
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho
[quote]Ponchos have been used by the Native American peoples of
the Andes and Patagonia since pre-Hispanic times, from places
now under the territory of Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia,
Peru, and Argentina and are now considered typical South
American garments. [/quote]
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: rp Date: March 19, 2022, 12:10 am
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Palestinian wedding in Sarasota, FL:
HTML https://youtu.be/lF44-6vlhns
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 20, 2022, 8:33 pm
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A small victory:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnZheLCcd7Y
I don't think he should have worn a Western suit, though.....
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 24, 2022, 3:12 am
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HTML https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-ketanji-brown-jackson-feature-something-new-ncna1292354
[quote]Ketanji Brown Jackson's dreadlocks are changing the face
of American justice
...
As Jackson’s image circulates, some observers, most notably
other Black women, have called attention to something that might
at first seem superficial: her hairstyling. She looks especially
familiar to those of us, women and men alike, who belong to what
some call the “natural hair community.” And Jackson’s hair
doesn’t stand out because of its texture alone; the locked style
makes a particularly strong statement.
While hair seems trivial and we may be reluctant to add to the
scrutiny women endure over their appearances, the reality is
that women and men have both been expected to follow norms about
dress and grooming and to make strategic choices about outfits,
accessories and hair color.
...
The 17th century tradition of judges’ and lawyers’ donning white
horsehair wigs in the U.K. and some former colonies, for
instance, has been partly preserved. It is welcomed by some as a
uniform that epitomizes the idea that justice is blind, while
others link the practice to antiquated customs ill-suited to
modern society, not to mention warmer climates. Either way,
these issues raise questions about how we think servants of the
court ought to present themselves.
...
Jackson is a child of the ’70s, and her natural hair reflects
the sentiments of the Black is Beautiful movement and the more
recent Natural Hair Movement that combine personal style with
politics. Many of us see the beauty of Black natural hair. We
also see its supreme power.[/quote]
HTML https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NL7UKO32JVHRHAF2U46RRVNGUU.jpg
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: rp Date: April 28, 2022, 11:23 pm
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A picture says a thousand words:
[img width=1280
height=983]
HTML https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/08/13/USAT/92d486f6-4480-4179-a50a-c3067cfccd96-AFP_AFP_18C20P.JPG[/img]
But alas, Kim has ultimately succumbed to Eurocentrism,
supposedly for "diplomatic outreach":
HTML https://youtu.be/XWNKRLHIzVA
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 29, 2022, 12:12 am
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While the non-tie suit is of course preferable, we should
continue to criticize its remaining Western elements, such as
the folded collar (designwise identical to the folded shirt
collar on the right). Here is an anecdote to learn from:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_(tunic)
[quote]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lenin%27s_frech_%281920s%2C_GIM%29_01_by_shakko.jpg/800px-Lenin%27s_frech_%281920s%2C_GIM%29_01_by_shakko.jpg
French (Russian: френч) was the
designation of a particular type of military jacket or tunic in
the Russian Empire and later in the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR).[/quote]
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokumin-fuku
[quote][img]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Kokumin-Fuku.JPG[/img]
The Kokumin-fuku (国民服) (literally:
"national uniform") was the European-style men's civil attire
introduced in Japan in 1940 during World War II.[1][2]
Its similarity to a military uniform was one of the reasons for
heavy casualties among Japanese civilians when the Soviet army
attacked in 1945.[3][/quote]
Also, just the other day I was explaining in a private
discussion the engineering inferiority of Western sew-on
buttons:
HTML https://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2017/09/Sew-Button-2.jpg
With repeated buttoning and unbuttoning, the thread attaching
the button to the fabric gradually loosens more and more until
the button ultimately falls off and has to be re-attached. This
never happens with the superior engineering of buttoning using
part of the fabric itself:
[img]
HTML https://i0.wp.com/aliceincosplayland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/how-to-chinese-button-knot.png?fit=683%2C1024&ssl=1[/img]
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Re: Dress decolonization
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: April 29, 2022, 4:15 am
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I see that service dress uniform for military and other public
uniformed services in many countries use neckties.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_dress_uniform
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