Jezebel: Bangladesh

Children Of The Mustard

Jessica Coen — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:07:00 EST

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Lady Gaga And Her Meat Dress Top 2010 Fashion "Moments"

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:30:00 EST

Lady Gaga's meat dress was named the top fashion moment of 2010 by the sartorial sages at Time, closely followed by M.I.A.'s burqa, and Venus Williams' lingerie-inspired French Open get-up. Let's discuss. [Time]

Italian Vogue 3D Cover Stars Miranda Kerr And A Puppy

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:34:00 EDT

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Miranda Kerr nabbed the September Vogue Italia cover, which is her first. Shot by Steven Meisel, the cover and its accompanying editorial is in 3D. Kerr's Yorkie puppy, Frankie, shares the honors. Who can argue with a puppy? [Models.com]

Bangladesh Wisely Bans Flogging Rape Victims

Irin Carmon — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:25:00 EDT

In January, a sixteen-year-old Bangladeshi girl was lashed 101 times for being raped and impregnated. Her rapist was pardoned. But the case helped precipitate the most judgment yet banning extrajudicial punishment against women. More »

The Road Now Traveled

Anna Holmes — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:10:00 EDT

[London, October 16. Image via Getty]

Street Smart

Anna Holmes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:10:00 EDT

[Dhaka, Bangladesh; September 14. Image via Getty]

"Women And Girls Are So Cheap In This Society"

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:20:00 EDT

Another day, another story about the dangers of being born female. Last night, Australia's ABC network ran a segment about the horrible reality of acid violence in Bangladesh. It is, as our tipster described it, "amazing, terrible, inspiring." More »

Dr. Humayra Abedin was leading a quiet life...

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:40:00 EST

Dr. Humayra Abedin was leading a quiet life in London, far from her native Bangladesh, when she got a call that her mother was gravely ill. That, it turns out, was a lie. Her parents, claiming she's mentally ill (since she's dating a Hindu), have held her captive since August and are attempting to force her to marry. A British lawyer, in cooperation with the British government, is attempting to use the Forced Marriage Act to free her. Bangladeshi courts have given her parents until December 14th to bring their daughter to court to prove she is mentally ill. [Daily Mail, Huffington Post] More »

Why Don't People Care More About The Leather Industry?

Sadie Stein — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EDT

It's funny: we hear so much less about leather than fur. Sure, unless you're in the Arctic, fur has the stigma of "wholly frivolous status symbol" going on, but when you think about it, most of the leather on the market isn't exactly necessary to our existence, either. And the costs are equally high — in many ways, higher. A recent article in The Ecologist (via Utne) brings us a shocking profile of the tanneries of Hazaribagh in Bangladesh. Lax environmental regulations mean the city can provide cheap leather, but at the price of the environment, the region's fishing industry, and the workers' health. More »

Out Of Style

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:20:00 EDT

A reader writes: "I live in Bangladesh, where the nakshi kantha is a well-known form of folk art embroidery. Through 20 years of hard work, this art has been carefully revitalized in order to provide livelihoods to thousands of otherwise destitute Bangladeshi village women. The designs have been fully researched and documented by scholars, and the products are sold through various NGO retail outlets like Aarong and Kumudini. They are a source of deep pride among Bangladeshis... [and] while surfing the web late last night, I found myself on the Hermes website, looking at their scarves, when one particular design gave me a start. Are Hermes' 'artists' co-opting these indigenous designs for their own profit? Oh, wait, they did add some Hs to the design, so it must be original! Retail price of an actual silk nakshi kantha at an NGO outlet: $5-$15. Retail price of Hermes scarf: $355." (An authentic Bangladeshi nakshi kantha is on the left; Hermes scarf is on the right.) More »

We're not sure what any of this "means",...

Jennifer — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:20:00 EDT

We're not sure what any of this "means", but a study done by the English Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has concluded that Bangladeshi girls living in the UK who wear traditional Bangladeshi clothes during their childhood are less likely to suffer from mental health problems as they get older than those who wear a mixture of traditional and "modern" English/North American styles.[UPI] More »