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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channar_revolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channar_revolt In Kerala, Southern India, which had the wierdest system of caste and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channar_revolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channar_revolt In Kerala, Southern India, which had the wierdest system of caste and associated rules of segregation, women had start with the struggle to clothe their upper body.

nsajko 4y ago
The opposite of "free the nipple"!
- deleted 4y ago
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- 4ggr0 4y ago
  "free the nipple" could be understood as "let people freely decide what they want to do with their nipples" :)
  - globular-toast 4y ago
    Are there any societies where individuals decide how to dress rather than broadly following what is acceptable to that society?
    - oh_sigh 4y ago
      Clothing, besides for utilitarian purposes like heat regulation and skin protection, is also about signaling and communicating to others. So I would expect it to be rare to find it divorced from that secondary purpose anywhere.
    - dalbasal 4y ago
      Not entirely, but that's neither here nor there. Rational dress, free the nipple, cover the nipple, victorian style, SV hoodie culture and all these other fashion/dress movements are about deciding/changing what is broadly acceptable to that society, with both "acceptable" and "broadly" on the table. Take both OP's comment rational dress and most reform based or freedom based movements' position to be heavy on the "more broad" side. The victorians/etc. on the "more acceptable" side.
willvarfar 4y ago
The article has a Controversy section: > The CBSE in December 2016 issued a circular to all 19,000 affiliated schools under it asking that a section 'Caste Conflict and Dress Change' – a chapter that included the Channar revolt – be omitted from the curriculum with effect from 2017 which links to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-trial-kerala-court-finds-14-guilty-tribal-youth-madhu-s-murder-175458 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-tri... Why was it banned, and how did it turn out?
- hgsgm 4y ago
  The link currently is this: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-... cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 This article says that historical revisionists suceeded in the censorship, much like the states in the USA that removed the history of racism from the curriculum. https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-chapter-on-caste-struggle-in-kerala-from-history-textbook-draws-criticism https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-ch...
  - naravara 4y ago
    The talk page seems to suggest the controversy is around a "breast tax" section of the article that has since been removed. Evidently there doesn't seem to be any historical record of it happening and most reports are based on repetition of village stories of dubious historical veracity. The editors even complain about the poor state of Indian media and the agenda-driven approaches to discussing history within it.

nsajko 4y ago

The opposite of "free the nipple"!

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4ggr0 4y ago
"free the nipple" could be understood as "let people freely decide what they want to do with their nipples" :)
- globular-toast 4y ago
  Are there any societies where individuals decide how to dress rather than broadly following what is acceptable to that society?
  - oh_sigh 4y ago
    Clothing, besides for utilitarian purposes like heat regulation and skin protection, is also about signaling and communicating to others. So I would expect it to be rare to find it divorced from that secondary purpose anywhere.
  - dalbasal 4y ago
    Not entirely, but that's neither here nor there. Rational dress, free the nipple, cover the nipple, victorian style, SV hoodie culture and all these other fashion/dress movements are about deciding/changing what is broadly acceptable to that society, with both "acceptable" and "broadly" on the table. Take both OP's comment rational dress and most reform based or freedom based movements' position to be heavy on the "more broad" side. The victorians/etc. on the "more acceptable" side.

willvarfar 4y ago

The article has a Controversy section: > The CBSE in December 2016 issued a circular to all 19,000 affiliated schools under it asking that a section 'Caste Conflict and Dress Change' – a chapter that included the Channar revolt – be omitted from the curriculum with effect from 2017 which links to https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-trial-kerala-court-finds-14-guilty-tribal-youth-madhu-s-murder-175458 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/after-long-delayed-tri... Why was it banned, and how did it turn out?

hgsgm 4y ago
The link currently is this: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbse-says-nadar-women-... cbse-says-nadar-women-s-historic-struggle-cover-their-breasts-objectionable-54555 This article says that historical revisionists suceeded in the censorship, much like the states in the USA that removed the history of racism from the curriculum. https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-chapter-on-caste-struggle-in-kerala-from-history-textbook-draws-criticism https://scroll.in/article/917353/ncert-decision-to-remove-ch...
- naravara 4y ago
  The talk page seems to suggest the controversy is around a "breast tax" section of the article that has since been removed. Evidently there doesn't seem to be any historical record of it happening and most reports are based on repetition of village stories of dubious historical veracity. The editors even complain about the poor state of Indian media and the agenda-driven approaches to discussing history within it.