yes, footbinding became a symbol of defiance and cultural identity during the Mongol Yuan and Manchu Qing dynasties, both of which condemned the practice it's a very unfortunate example of women's bodies becoming politicized, their pain being used to make a statementhttps://twitter.com/onnasannomiya1/status/1265035072027136003 …
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bruh i narrowly missed it by a hundred years. my great-grandma had bound feet. there's not a single tradition that makes me angrier.
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I remember reading stories about it as a kid (it was covered in some of our school magazines, which I still have) and being horrified by the description, but unable to picture it. Seeing the photos as an adult was just... NOPE
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