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Quote For The Day

By The Daily Dish

Dec 14 2009, 2:42 AM ET

by Chris Bodenner

"“It is ironic how [the] headscarf, which was traditionally seen as a symbol of women’s oppression ... is now being used by men to show membership in a liberation movement," - Peter Tatchell, a commenter on The Spittoon, an Islam-focused blog.  (Tatchell notes that it's illegal to cross-dress in Iran.)  Dish coverage of the headscarf protest here.

(Hat tip: CNN)

Update: A reader passes along this link to an intense mosaic of head-scarfed portraits.



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