"There comes a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance, that imitation is suicide, that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
In discussing some of the Transcendentalist beliefs in class, we debated trends, materialism, and how society influences what we regard as beautiful and desirable. During this discussion I mentioned the practice of Chinese Foot Binding, among other cultural trends. I referenced this picture of my own hand next to an actual shoe for a bound foot, but I didn't have enough time to share it with you in class, so I wanted to share it here. (Yes, my hand is pretty big, but that is a REALLY small shoe!!)
Feel free to leave comments and reactions, or share other examples that you think are relevant at the bottom.
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