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Bangladesh, Please Don’t Compel Hindu Women to Wear The Hijab

Bangladesh, Please Don’t Compel Hindu Women to Wear The Hijab

Choosing the way that one dresses is a pivotal human right.   For any woman, choosing the way that one dresses is a pivotal human right. In both the US and Israel, we pride ourselves in the fact that a woman can dress however she pleases, regardless of whether it is Western, traditional Jewish, traditional […]

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Nursery Rhymes and Fashion Icons

Nursery Rhymes and Fashion Icons

It’s an oft-repeated saying that, in the fashion world, “what goes around, comes around”. On a much grander scale, this is what has happened in the South Pacific in a clothing role-reversal. When missionaries ventured into the region in the early 19th century hoping to convert the various island populations to Christianity, they naturally brought […]

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