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- Ribbon cutting for new boutique is today | GraysonRecord.com - The Record
- From crop tops to hijabs, France still loves to police women’s bodies - The Washington Post
- Nasreen was one of 29 million women and girls living in slavery - ABC News
| Ribbon cutting for new boutique is today | GraysonRecord.com - The Record Posted: 09 Oct 2020 08:03 AM PDT By Michaela Priddy Owner Jessica Smith never thought she'd own a boutique before COVID-19. A mental health and substance abuse therapist for Twin Lakes Behavioral Health & Wellness, as well as the IOP director within the agency, Smith received her certification in telehealth therapy to work from home earlier this year. This flexibility will allow her to work at the boutique between sessions with the voluntary assistance from a retired aunt who owned the former Barb's Fashions. Smith's struggles with finding unique children's clothing locally for her daughter inspired her to start an online group selling children's clothes. "Ever since my daughter was little, she is now 4 will be 5 next month, I have ordered her boutique clothes from boutiques outside of Grayson County and would always have to pay $4 shipping per outfit. I wanted to offer adorable, affordable boutique clothing right here in my hometown instead of supporting businesses outside of Grayson County," Smith said, adding the key word for her is "affordable." G to B Boutique's name comes from Smith's desire to offer girl's clothes because of her daughter, but she also wanted to provide boy's clothes as well. "My oldest child is a boy and we never had cute boutique clothes for him. I also have nephews who I would buy matching boutique outfits for when I purchased from the boutiques out of town," Smith said. "G means Girl and B means Boy." Smith created the G to B Boutique's private Facebook group for close friends and family to preorder clothing on Aug. 3. Within weeks, the group gained popularity and as of Sept. 24 the group had 1.2K members and Smith decided to open a physical location. "I wanted to open a physical location on top of the online preorders because I felt like Grayson County needed it. Not everyone shops online and we need that in-person shopping experience. My boss offered me spacing where I work, and I couldn't pass it up," Smith said. G to B Boutique will have unique girls and boys boutique clothing, from newborn to 14-16 sizes, women's boutique clothing, from small to 3XL, men's clothing, women's and men's shoes, beard oil, purses, and more. Smith is a wholesaler for brands such as Kancan, Judy Blue, Southern Attitude and Country Life. "I wanted to create a one-stop-shop and that is what I have done," said Smith, adding she has also partnered with different vendors to provide unique and local products at her boutique. These vendors include a Farmasi make-up distributor, a Custom Sublimation T-shirt & More creator, and a Custom Teethers, Paci Clips, and Hairbows creator, all of whom are local women. She also has partnered with another vendor to sell custom candles, lotions, bath bombs, and soaps and currently is featuring a fall scent called "Pumpkin Toddy" at the boutique. "I am excited about each of these women who have come into my life Smith is eager to show Grayson County what she has to offer. "I am excited to share the boutique with my online group who have supported me since the first preorder and the rest of Grayson County to see what I have poured my heart into," Smith said, adding, "I would like for the community and future customers to be open minded to another new place opening in Grayson County and see that we all have different things to offer." The G to B Boutique is at 332 S. Main St. in Leitchfield. It is open Friday through Sunday. After receiving several requests, Smith plans to offer afternoon shopping during those days. Customers are encouraged to follow the G to B Boutique Facebook page for updates on hours.
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| From crop tops to hijabs, France still loves to police women’s bodies - The Washington Post Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:00 AM PDT  The Sept. 14 movement, which was meant to confront these views, invited students in middle and high schools to attend classes on that day in "skirts, necklines and crop tops," or in any outfit that would be labeled "provocative" or "obscene" according to schools' internal regulations. In response, French Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer announced a peculiar clothing standard for female high school students, calling on them to dress "in a republican style." He said that everything should "be all right" for girls as long as they "dress normally" — whatever that means. He later made his thoughts more explicit: "You don't go to school as you would to the beach or a nightclub." Blanquer was mocked and criticized for his comments. People reminded him that Marianne, the fictitious woman who symbolizes the French Republic, is often represented with a bare breast. And Marlène Schiappa and Elisabeth Moreno, two female ministers in the government, supported the movement, saying that "everybody is free to dress the way they want." But some took Blanquer's recommendations seriously. Renowned conservative philosopher Alain Finkielkraut commented, "Some teachers say that it distracts boys," adding disturbingly: "When I see a girl with a crop top in the street, I am distracted." This attitude sexualizes women's bodies and leads to harassment. Labeling an outfit as "provocative" implies that it is the reason for the violence faced by women, taking blame away from the true culprit. It is a manifestation of the rape culture that allows sexual predators to walk away from their responsibilities. The consequence is that some women are unfairly requested to remove themselves from public spaces. We have already seen this happen: Recently, the Musée d'Orsay, which is one of the most prestigious attractions in Paris, denied entry to a woman because she was wearing a low-cut dress. That event echoed a larger context in which women's clothing choices are constantly policed and shamed. A few weeks ago, as a female student leader who happens to be Muslim was taking part in a hearing at the National Assembly, a member of Parliament walked out theatrically, saying that she could not "accept that a person appears in a hijab before a parliamentary inquiry committee." She later wrote on Twitter that the Muslim covering was in conflict with her "feminist" beliefs. Others in attendance also left the room. How can a woman invoke feminism to decide what women can wear and which spaces they can inhabit? For decades, France has debated the bodies of Muslim girls and women — even banning niqabs and burqas in the streets and hijabs in high schools. In the name of feminism, to patronizingly "emancipate" women from themselves, or in the name of an erroneous and restrictive interpretation of "laïcité" (French secularism), the fact that some Muslim women have chosen to cover themselves has long been met with resistance. Since at least 1989, the recurring debate on headscarves has generated much consternation in the public sphere — and created room to make the control of women's bodies acceptable. When a society normalizes discussing how some girls should dress, it opens a door to restrict the freedom for all girls. Weighing in on what other women should wear is now so deeply rooted in the French psyche that recently a news magazine commissioned a controversial poll on the subject. The list of questions included: "Would you like public high schools to ban the following outfits: no bra, a low neckline, a crop top, tank top with appearing straps?" Ominously, a majority of survey respondents expressed strong opposition to the freedom of female students to wear what they want in high school. In an incredible role reversal, girls are now made responsible for the way their bodies are scrutinized — and are forced to realize that their young bodies are already sexualized. Boys and men do not face the same questions. For young people, choice of clothing is a common and important way to assert individuality. Whether it is a case of Muslim women wearing hijabs or high school students wearing crop tops, adults and society at large are projecting their own fears onto those who are in the process of discovering their bodies and sexualities. At a point in life when they are learning to assert themselves, girls should be protected and empowered — not made to feel guilty for their choices. Read more:  |
| Nasreen was one of 29 million women and girls living in slavery - ABC News Posted: 08 Oct 2020 01:59 PM PDT The first time Nasreen Sheikh went into an American department store filled with endless racks of clothes and buzzed shoppers, she wept. "I was crying so hard because I saw these pieces and I was like 'these aren't clothes, these are suffering, and people are consumed suffering happily.'" According to a new report out today, one in 130 females globally is living in slavery. Nasreen was one of them, working in a fashion sweatshop as a child labourer.  Image: Nazreem was born in Nepal as an undocumented child - meaning there were no records of her birth or even her village. She still doesn't know how old she is but guesses about 27. "At a very early age I came to believe that as girls we are simply commodities that are being bought and traded and we aren't human beings," she told Hack. By about ten, Nasreen had gone from living in her Nepali village to being a child slave in a Kathmandu sweatshop sewing clothes for western brands. Nasreen mostly worked on t-shirts and skirts, repeating the same seams thousands of times over, although one worker never completed a whole item of clothing. There were six of them working, sleeping and eating in the one windowless room without a bed or bathroom. "We were paid less than $2 and forced to work 12 to 15hrs a day. If we didn't meet our deadline we weren't paid at all," Nasreen recalled. "To keep up with the work, I slept very little. I remember splashing cold water in my eyes and listening to loud music." When she did sleep, Nasreen collapsed on the piles of clothes that would soon hang in stores in faraway malls. "I was surrounded by pieces of clothes day and night and honestly, I hated those clothes. They were woven with my pain and suffering. I hated them," she said. Modern slavery is everywhereGrace Forrest is the co-founder and director of Walk Free, a human rights group focused on modern slavery abolition. She told Hack modern slavery is an umbrella term for a number of exploitative practices. "Some forms include forced labour, forced marriage, debt bondage, domestic servitude and human trafficking," Grace said. Walk Free's new report Stacked Odds sheds light on how widespread modern slavery is, especially for women and girls, who account for 71 per cent of its victims. It found one in 130 women and girls live in slavery - totalling 29 million people. Nasreen's story is one of the ones told in the report. "There are more women and girls living in slavery than there are living in our country," Grace said.  And if you think you're not part of the problem, think again. "Slavery can be as close as the shirt on your back, the phone in your pocket, the coffee you drank this morning, the chocolate you buy," Grace told Hack. "Slavery is completely embedded in our global economy. It exists in every major supply chain across the world unless they are extremely pro-actively doing something about it." Some particularly problematic industries are fashion, fishing and seafood, gold and minerals, and technology. Grace says it's important consumers let brands know they care about these issues. Australia's world-leading legislationMany forms of modern slavery are made possible because companies can hide behind complex offshore supply chains and a lack of accountability. However, new federal legislation could change that. In 2018, the federal government passed the Modern Slavery Act, which forces companies with an annual turnover of more than $100 million to report supply chain details and any risk of exploitation. Grace sees the legislation is a positive step. "The Australian modern slavery act is actually some of the strongest legislation in the world in regard to supply chain transparency but it just hasn't come into power yet," Grace said. Nasreen's path to successNasreen's life changed when the sweatshop shut down suddenly, and instead of ending up in another sweatshop, or worse, she met a stranger who helped her go to school. Fast forward to 2020 and Nasreen has a social enterprise, Local Women's Handicrafts, in the same place she was once a child slave. She's also launched a new initiative, 1 Million Masks, that makes masks and uses the money to help feed people in Nepal. Nasreen wants young Australians to think more about who made their clothes. "People don't know the connection to the suffering and they're disconnected to the source of manufacturing," she told Hack. "They are unknowingly consuming suffering and they don't know it."  |
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