Headscarf Propaganda

[@thesentienttoadstool9369]

Friendly reminder about machinery and scarves: if you are wrapping your scarf around your neck, make sure all your ends are IMPECCABLY secured. If the ends are caught in anything, there is a real danger of strangulation.

[@NotInMYName_AntiZionistJew]

Isadora Duncan died from strangulation from a scarf while in a car (don’t know the specific circumstances or what kind).

[@fh9061]

Ouch

[@darkomiceski3755]

Women in industry were not wrapping their scarves around their neck, that was forbidden.

[@TheaDoesStuffWow]

You must get so many just terrible comments based on.. just everything in these videos? From the passion and humanistic perspective on the Soviet Union, to your faith and.. honestly just being a woman on the internet I really love them though!! I always find them very cute and fun :> Thanks for giving me cool stuff to look at and think about

[@LadyIzdihar]

Oh absolutely! But I genuinely enjoy talking about and sharing this stuff :) thank you for the kind words

[@onemoreturn]

I don't have any propaganda stories (and that word is totally OK), so here's a little cultural anecdote. I'm from former Yugoslavia and my great-grandmother and grandmother often wore headscarfs (less often with each new generation, but my grandma still wore them pretty frequently). Once it was a widespread practice. And they wore them pretty much in the same style you wear them. So it's always nice for me to see someone wearing that, reminds me of my family. Great video, keep up with the great work comrade!

[@brokenrug5244]

love your channel! I like how you show a more human side of the USSR and other objects/posters which hold a cultural signifigance to marxists.

[@yamamamanma3296]

Even as an orthodox-marxist i’ve come to really appreciate your content. Your passion comes through in each video and your mission of humanizing the people of the Soviet Union as more than just hapless victims of the ‘evil totalitarian Stalinist regime’ is furthered by every impassioned showcase of aspects of their lives. my own research deeper into the soviet union and the sources used by the west has shown me how much of the formal education on the USSR is complete lies or at least skewed. Thank you for fighting against the demonization of socialism and people who lived and died for it :).

[@LadyIzdihar]

Thank you for such a nice remark. Sometimes I post videos like this and wonder if it's just coming off as silly. There's so many little things I want to talk about and it's not always a super in depth educational video haha

[@yamamamanma3296]

@@LadyIzdihar Sometimes the best ways to dispel myths about these people is to show the little similarities and differences that make them human too. Never worry about uploading as long as they are this quality haha

[@saturationstation1446]

just by humanizing ussr people on here, she's already gotten into the terrorist file of the uk intelligence agency aka the cia

[@piccalillipit9211]

"sources used by the west has shown me how much of the formal education on the USSR is complete lies or at least skewed." I moved to Bulgaria 15 years ago and was shocked to realise that everything LITERALLY EVERYTHING I thought I knew was propaganda. And what was really insulting is, it was really lazy propaganda, cos its not like people didnt have criticisms of communism, but they were NOT the ones we were taught about. And YES the vast majority of people had happy fulfilling lives, there was immense variety - just like the west.

[@chris.a_scififan4630]

⁠@@LadyIzdiharYou could never come of as “silly”. Your more formal education content is engaging enough but it is this more off-the-cuff format is exactly why people are drawn to you, at least it was for me. This is exactly in line with your goal of humanising the USSR and other socialist peoples and you DIY, in-house set-up really helps sell it. It shows how much you really care about what you are doing and why we should. More importantly it helps newbies and novices that you can still be “normal” and be a socialist, it’s no about a “hive-mind” and only having one flavour of toothpaste, there’s still a whole range of human expression, arguably more-so as we won’t be limited by what’s profitable only by what’s conceivable. Please Keep doing what you do and looking most radiant while you do it.

[@Salsmachev]

That last style seems just as bad as loose hair. Those loose ends from the scarf are begging to get you scalped by a drill press. My old shop teacher would not approve lol

[@LadyIzdihar]

Well, further proof I don't work in a factory 😭

[@Salsmachev]

@@LadyIzdihar hahaha basically you just don't want anything loose hanging off of you. Necklaces, loose sleeves, long hair that isn't secured back, etc. If that stuff gets caught on a drill press it will reel you in like a fishing line. If it's on your head... well you don't want your head getting pulled straight into a sharp, spinning piece of metal.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*YOU LOOK INCREDIBLY ELEGANT* with the it tied as at 10:00 That suits you so much.

[@LadyIzdihar]

It's that Eastern European peasant blood in me 💀

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@LadyIzdihar Actually I just wondering what your "ethnicity" was guessing Lebanese..?

[@LadyIzdihar]

Mostly Danube Swabian. German minority from former Yugoslavia & Romania. I converted to Islam 10 years ago.

[@LadyIzdihar]

People have been guiding "Lebanese" from the moment I converted tho 🥲 Idk what it is. I'm just a tall white girl with an interesting nose.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@LadyIzdihar I would never have guessed that, your eyes look so Arab-ic. As others have said, thank you for humanising the people of the USSR. Having lived in Bulgaria 15 years I know know how varied they and their lives were - such a contract to the monoblock of grey misery we were told they endured in the West.

[@estellelysell5314]

This video is really interesting to me as a Jewish woman who is starting to cover my hair for religious reasons, it's so fascinating how hair covering comes up in so many different cultures for different and sometimes similar reasons, especially interesting learning that part of history while at a time where hair covering is more and more maligned. I never knew about it's role in wartime Soviet and American society.

[@ongren1575]

Lovely video! I am going into the electrical construction field, and as someone with long hair (that isn’t easily tied back all the way), as well as someone proud of socialist history and folk costumes, I am looking forward to keeping my hair back with the help of headscarves. Not only are they beautiful, but functional! Keeps dust and debris out of your hair as well.

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

I’m reminding of the criminalization of durags but also it’s eventual shift towards becoming symbols of fashion

[@ivankholodov8924]

شكرا حبيبتي على جهدك الكبير لإلقاء ضوء على الحقيقة المسطرة بالدعاية الغربية. تحية لك من الرفيق الروسي.

[@Poodle_Gun]

I'm Orthodox, always wear headscarves to church. The west had a tradition of veiling as well, by means of bonnet, until feminists revolted by throwing them off at the alter. Whatever. It been a tradition for two thousand years, and there have always been periods of not wearing it and then going back to wearing it. I'm trying to normalize it again. It shouldn't be weird or exotic; it's just a part of going to church.

[@milenaB23]

This channel deserves more views!🥰

[@LadyIzdihar]

InshaAllah 🙌🏻

[@_Soapstock]

Banger video alert ‼️

[@lindalastname6306]

Your passion, knowledge and enthusiasm is so inspiring and contagious, thank you ❤

[@emperorspock3506]

7:59 'Only this way' is right!

[@sergejbozinovic6096]

I love your enthusiasm for every subject you cover including this one. There is something so beautiful and frankly cute about head scarves. I associate head scarves with my older relatives such as my grandma and great-grandma. Wearing headscarves was common in former Yugoslavia. My grandma on my dad's side still wears a head scarf on occasion even though she is bed bound, while the grandma from my mom's side doesn't. Of the two grandma's from the mom's side is the more "progressive" one (she went to uni, while the other didn't). Head scarves are usually seen as a more conservative thing so younger women don't wear them as often but it is making a bit of a comeback. My girlfriend wears a head scarf the way you wore it in the third example (at 9:46 ish) when she is having a bad hair day. She loves the practicality, and it looks nice too! However, it does have the issue of sending trad-wife vibes which she is anything but lol.

[@kogutkrulkur8325]

I didn't really see anything about scarves in Poland, although people definitely wore them, cuz of peasant and church culture, but I read that short hair were the most popular among women in the 50s and remained quite popular throughout the entire socialist period. When I was a kid I don't really remember seeing any older women with long hair or hair that wasn't at least bound in some way.

[@UsurperUrsus]

I have been completely enamored by a Soviet era song named "Beautiful faraway" [ Прекрасное далеко ]. The version that is sung by the Big Children's Choir. There is a line that translates to "What have you done for tomorrow today" that has been stuck in my head

[@Yegorific]

So from the perspective of Industrial Safety, loose uncontrolled hair really is a hazard. These days we talk more about loose clothing that might draw a limb into a machine, rather than just rip out a clump of hair, but it's still a concern. As it turns out, pre-industrial women (and men) often covered their hair simply to keep it clean. The simplest way to do this is with a bit of cloth, like a head scarf or a bandana. From a strictly utilitarian point of view, I don't understand why anyone who does any kind of work whatsoever, wears their hair longer than shoulder length. Even in terms of straight up sex, long hair gets in the way, and I don't mean body hair. Same goes for long finger nails. Your Muslim hang-ups naturally mean less than nothing to me. Meaning continue doing whatever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. But if your customs or religious taboos get in the way of safety, you either leave them off my site or you're not permitted in production areas. In terms of women entering the workforce "temporarily", for whatever reasons, that sounds idiotic. Something like 50% of any general population at any given time is likely to be women. Women have the same number of arms and legs, and brain cells, as men. We're functionally interchangeable for any type of useful work, and excluding 50% of your potential workers and potential genius level contributors is epically, painfully, stupid. It's funny we don't make the same mistake with working animals; female dogs and horses are as good as males for any given task; we don't make a distinction in that regard. True to form, Soviet leadership wanted healthy citizen, both male and female. Though to be fair, the primary purpose of males was to serve as soldiers, and the primary role of females was to produce healthy offspring. Nevertheless, Soviet Women still wanted to appeal to men, and men in their turn wanted to appeal to women. Biology always wins out over ideology. However, the body image of the ideal man and woman were closer to those of proportionate, healthy, individuals. The Soviet Union also mounted a long-term campaign to free women from domestic servitude, in order to get them into the workforce and directly contributing to the economy. To be fair, the Soviet official efforts at gender equality, and the actual results, are not in line with each other. While women volunteers fought WWII in every branch of service available to men, often in combat roles and even more often with unusual motivation and valor. Those that remained in military roles after the war, found their careers suddenly stagnating; their former respect spent, and the expectation that women should return to homemaking and unquestioning subservience to male veterans. Those that returned to civilian roles, likewise found their options limited, and subservience to male veterans not only expected but ham-fistedly enforced. Pro-Tip, through the magic of video editing, you can cut out the bit where your hair is momentarily uncovered, and only actually wear one headscarf at a time. Also, 99% of us don't care about seeing your hair, have no notions of impropriety or lewdness at the sight of a woman's uncovered hair, or would even notice anything was at all out of the ordinary. And theoretically, there's an anti-religious tone to classical Marxism and even more so to Marxist-Leninism, if you're so inclined as to relax your obedience to various Muslim rules. Just a thought. Women's liberation, and all that... The woman in the poster at the end, is indeed wearing more or less a shawl. Russians would call it a head-scarf simply because we don't really have another term. But this one is more for warmth than to protect the hair from dirt, or keep it out of the way of work. It may or may not have been worn over a second scarf of a lighter fabric. The caption at the bottom says (roughly) "You returned life to us", meaning the returning soldier who is supposed to have returned life to normal through victory. Actually, life didn't really return to any semblance of normal until probably the late 70's or 80's; the very ratio of females to males remained nearly 2:1 until the early 90's, and the cult of WWII and the veterans that served remains to this day (not to downplay their sacrifice, but there aren't many left alive, and they were still just normal, flawed, men. Which only underlines their sacrifice in a way, but they weren't unerring gods). Truth, as a general rule, resists simplicity. Or "The devil is in the details". Or perhaps my favorite : "Monday begins on Saturday"...

[@kanishkadas9290]

Red salute muslim.

[@Janokins]

I know they wouldn't show it in the film, but I always get nervous every time I see someone with long hair move towards a lathe.

[@YS-YS-YS]

thank you !!

[@aloneandscared1]

great infomative video as usual

[@matthewh2929]

A muscular woman with her foot on a copy of 'mein kampf' even 1943 was woke 😔

[@GrinningSmile]

Awesome video as always. I had a long day at work and it really made me happy to see you posted when I got home🙂

[@LadyIzdihar]

I'm so glad! 😀

[@chrishanneman1298]

Omfg!! That typewriter!!!! That used to be a real nerd obsession of mine. I need to get back into that.

[@robertrichard6107]

Like your '25 Underwood👍

[@Cyber.Dollie]

I always wondered what song was in your intro and outro!! Also amazing video ❤️

[@VictoryRoseThorn]

Headscarves and bandanas are common in my industry, because we wear hardhats. It soaks up sweat, cushions the headband, and prevents hair from wrapping around the straps. Although i saw it much more in Seattle than Atlanta (where i am now)

[@NotesNNotes]

It wasn’t so long ago many American Catholic and Baptist women covered their hair in churches :) my mother was born in 1947 and always wore a hat and gloves ❤

[@dmitryostrovsky5763]

Awesome. I love your Soviet antiques and vintage clothing. Dima

[@ilikebananapudding]

i’m not muslim, nor do i have much heritage in former soviet states, i have always been interested in wearing headscarves but avoided trying it out because i want to make sure im not offending anyone or being culturally insensitive, today i was inspired by your video, it was the first time i tried on a headscarf and i love the way it looks, not only that but i love the idea of these hair coverings being a symbol of liberation, feminism, and the undying fight for socialism. however im worried about wearing it in public and my intentions being very misinterpreted, considering my lack of cultural ties to head scarves and that i tend to go for more revealing clothes (especially when it’s this hot) and i fear the combination of a headscarf and my typical style will come across as being islamophobic and me trying to make a statement that modesty in the muslim community is regressive which is not at all what i want to portray. i have done my own research over the years and try to find the opinions of people for whom headscarves are culturally significant when they talk about this kind of appropriation, but unsurprisingly many people have different opinions on this topic and what makes wearing a headscarf cultural appropriation, appreciation, or solidarity. i would love to know how i can cover my hair in the most respectful way or if it’s better to avoid it all together

[@ilikebananapudding]

to clarify about my heritage (if it matters) a large portion of my dads side of the family is eastern european, but our family immigrated around the 1800s and we’re all very Americanized, that’s what i meant when i said i don’t have many cultural ties to headscarves, i know that they were and still are very popular in the east. eastern european culture was never a significant part of my childhood, because of that and my interest in history i wonder if headscarves are a good way to feel better connected to my ancestors (and our communist elders)

[@LonelyGamer4]

Islam is a misogynistic religion founded by someone who married a child (Aisha). Who cares if it offends them. You’re like a stereotypical Buzzfeed feminist.

[@BoogsterSugar]

Thank you once again my comrade for most amazing organization. I would enjoy reading the same books as you did show!

[@qua03able]

my knowledge of history isn't fantastic, but women in my native country of romania still wear headscarfs, this exact way, to this day! admittedly, moreso the older generations and mostly in rural areas. but most people would consider it a part of traditional romanian clothing. and i'm... fairly certain it has to do with practicality, but also.... possibly with the orthodox religion in this country? as in, covering your hair for modesty? but i'm genuinely not sure about that, me and the orthodox romanian church... have not been on speaking terms for a long time now asfjdbhdjkf

[@cassdoesntpass]

These videos only grow my appreciation for both socialist experiences and collecting stuff lol

[@morqesahar]

Very interesting, thank you for the video. From Iran and in the 1930-40s industrialization and female participation in the work-force hadn't caught on. Though in tribal life and farming most women kept it modest like with most of the region. I also anecdotally know that women worked far more than their husbands. There was also Reza-shah's infamous forced unveiling of women to contest the power base of the clerics (funny how this issue is still around but on the flip side)

[@Emiliagarcia759]

01:50 Wait did you say people say you’re not modest enough? Why?

[@jakobbeskind7650]

I think I go to that same brass armadillo in AZ cuz I found what looked like a genuine soviet military officer's hat there months back

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Why does the plaque have that convex shape? Where was it meant to be placed?

[@wookinooki9023]

kudos for your table of contents. that's so rare! and useful!

[@twilliams2558]

I appreciate your videos ☺️

[@bertbaker7067]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Solidarity ✊

[@Philosophocat]

Свердловск ✊🏼🚩

[@srr5v]

1. I was told one of the reasons for headscarf bans in France - at least earlier - was that it made labwork in schools and colleges unsafe. 2. Propaganda, as in "that which is to be propagated"; unusual Latin, like "Desiderata". I've read books about propaganda, written by a Brain Theorist (I don't know specifically), where theorist clarified that propaganda is not a word which automatically suggests anything, a marketing department or ministry of information or media office BY DEFINITION nominates propaganda. 3. Also, still can't find the VICE music documentary on Paris music scene available online for free. Thank you Lady Izdihar from everyone :)

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Do China!

[@Deluluissolulumadman]

Are you Chechen?

[@dl-zf9dj]

Great video

[@muslimresponse103]

don’t show france this ‘propaganda’ lol

[@a.g.r1350]

I started wearing hair scarves in my ag shops before I transitioned and all the ladies in the shop started doing the same. It became a thing we were known for. Oh yeah the shop with the scarf ladies! We were very fashionable

[@GespenstDesKommunismus]

I don't think modesty is that good. Really modesty was always a method of rulers and rich capitalists to idealise poverty. Sure people can opt to be modest anyway, though I see no reason not to enjoy whatever you can (including substances). Communism is about letting everyone enjoy life to the maximum.

[@LadyIzdihar]

Well I quite like it and have my own personal relationship with it. I don't care what other people do or don't do with their clothing or actions. I only speak about my own experience.

[@mastachen9392]

Modesty is absolutely not good for capitalism. Look at the world around us lmao

[@GespenstDesKommunismus]

@@mastachen9392 well that's where double standards come into play. Rich people aren't modest, but they love to preach how money isn't everything and how we should all be modest to regular working people.

[@SarahWildsmith]

It might help if you adjusted your definition of “modesty”. Modesty (in this instance) isn’t synonymous with unostentatious. You can be modest and glam at the same time. The thing that matters most is choice. And sometimes someone’s version of “enjoying life to the maximum” is dressing modestly.

[@GespenstDesKommunismus]

@@SarahWildsmith modesty under the modern capitalist definition is usually a euphemism for poverty, like "You might have no money, but at least you're more modest than your boss with 3 mansions, 20 sports cars and a private jet". And that's what I dislike

[@Livoirienyvoitrien]

You said you wear the Muslim scarf. How do people react to you in your home country? It looks pretty.

[@Octoberfurst]

I love your videos!

[@NataliaSifnos]

Where can I find such a red scarf? I have searched on e bay but I haven't found one as big as that on the posters.

[@jihyounnie]

great video!

[@leonardowatch6997]

there are few artists I despise more than Norman Rockwell but that Rosie is awesome

[@leovalenzuela8368]

Great channel!

[@gamephoenix9676]

what is the rug behind you?

[@fh9061]

Fun topic

[@alenezi989a3]

You're attire and make up are very much in line with Islamic modesty, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[@waltonsmith7210]

I dont want to rag on you for your religion. Im not islamophobic but Im also not muslim. Im genuinely curious why its considered "modest" for a woman to cover her hair and not a man. And whats so immodest about hair anyway?

[@Salsmachev]

It's largely historical. The Qur'an does not directly say that women have to veil. The Qur'an just says that all Muslims (regardless of gender) should dress appropriately. When it came to deciding what that meant in practice, early Islamic jurists simply looked to the clothing norms of their own time, place, and culture. At that time, the dominant culture had been heavily influenced by the Byzantines in the West and the Sassanians in the East, both of which had veiling as a cultural norm. By the tenth century or so, it had become well established that women were expected to veil. While most observant Muslims generally hold to those rulings and consider veiling to be appropriate and mandatory, there are some observant Muslims today who argue that Muslims (again, regardless of gender) should not be restricted by tenth century norms based on older Byzantine and Sassanian culture. They may or may not veil depending on what standard of appropriateness they use.

[@waltonsmith7210]

​@@Salsmachev Wow. The actual scripture makes the injunction sound loose and flexible.

[@Salsmachev]

@@waltonsmith7210 Yeah, it boils down to something called ijtihad, which is the technical term for a jurist's own independent interpretation and reasoning. Most Muslims tend to hold that ijtihad is closed, meaning that the major issues have already been decided and modern jurists should simply apply the precedents set by jurists in the first few centuries of Islamic jurisprudence (this is called taqlid, or imitation). For them, it isn't flexible because the traditional interpretation is the correct intended meaning of the relevant Qur'anic text. However, there has always been a contingent that considers ijtihad to be open. They generally respect the older jurists as experts, but don't believe that the old interpretations are necessarily correct. For these jurists, rulings need to be based directly on the Qur'an, and not just on a precedent set by older rulings. Some of the people in this category would agree that the Qur'anic language is vague and flexible, and that it should be applied differently in different times/places/cultures. That said, there are also people in this category who are ultraconservative and would turn purple if you said that veiling is not required.

[@Deluluissolulumadman]

Have you made any videis on stalin's antireligious policies? Also, do you consider people who criticize or reject Islam should be arrested?

[@caragarcia2307]

In the US people had fewer children during the depression and war. Afterwards couples would have several children in a row. Some of the couples were a bit older and just having their first child. I don't know if women's focus was necessarily back on the home as their young children. I actually think the WW II generation wete more respectful of their spouses than the baby boomers. Advertising isn't reality.

[@emilianosintarias7337]

5:50 how can you be a socialist and make these bourgeois claims? They aren't true. Clara Zetkin wasn't right, and we now know feminists weren't right, sex egalitarianism is right. but in the 30s people knew that women were 1/2 the workfare in marx's day, so "never before:" was actually round 2. I am going to guess there are no sections on sexism against any other sexes, despite the rubber floor that went with that glass ceiling.

[@KNosk826]

Canada's "Rosie" was the Bren Gun Girl. I have a magnet with one of her photos on my fridge. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Foster

[@Madmarkhor]

To call what u wear a headscarf is correct, to call it a khimar or the more colloquial term hijab would be incorrect.

[@defnemeryemcolakoglu7838]

I clicked on this video because I'm a history nerd. But the moment you said "Assalamunalaikum" I immediately subscribed! I love finding fellow muslim women who are also interested in history and vintage fashion🫶🏻💕