Something extraordinary is happening in #Iran:
#Women are really really not giving a fuck anymore
What started as protests over the murder of #MahsaAmini by religious morality #police in 2022 for not wearing her headscarf simmered and now is snowballing. Women and girls are not wearing the mandatory #hijab at ever increasing rates
Beyond the #hijab, there seems to be something of a massive grassroots change happening in #Iran in the last few months
And the government seems unwilling to confront it
“The young generation wants its basic freedoms, and it’s getting them through sheer perseverance” -Donya Amiri
Alcohol, dancing, women and men mingling, rave parties, musical theatre, fashion shows, concerts...
It is remarkable and extraordinary how fast it is happening
@benroyce it's interesting seeing the social change like this.
on the same topic, bbc world service put out this 15 minute documentary last year. Iranian female DJs, some short interviews with Paramida (probably their most famous, played on bbc a bunch of times, fabric nightclub, berghain, etc - really good sound) and a woman called Nesa. i thought it was a really interesting short look into the culture and some of what they have to work around.
give it some more time, and there will be nothing to work around- sadistic social conservatism seems to be reducing to a muttering husk
(at least in Iran)
@benroyce Well, they're a bit busy trying to move the capital to somewhere that's got water.
Not a problem restricted to Iran but poor planning seems to afflict governments run by "social conservatives" more often than others.
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Matthew
Axomamma, Antifa from birth