Source: ET
An Iranian woman defying the norms with a picture on The Stealthy Freedom. PHOTO: REUTERS
Where citizens are forced to abide by the norms of a certain culture, disrespect for that culture for the mere sake of disrespect, becomes a mode of resistance. Thousands of Iranian women are posting pictures of themselves online with their hijabs removed, as part of a rapidly growing movement across the country.
Last year, an Iranian journalist, Masih Alinejad, in an act of defiance of her nation’s ultra-conservative culture, posted a picture of herself on Facebook without her hijab. She launched a Facebook group – ‘My Stealthy Freedom’ – which has now snowballed into a movement of over 800,000 followers, inspiring thousands of Iranian women to post photographs of themselves with their hair uncovered.
And what the women will get as end result.
What do they gain hooding themselves like larvae in cocoons?
Namelee will never understand.