<description>&lt;html&gt;&lt;p&gt;Straighten that tie, lower that hemline, and cover your shoulders listeners because this week we're being very strict about what is proper attire and we even asked Queen Elizabeth I to weigh in. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join Andrew and &lt;a href="https://www.aliciabrittpuppetry.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Alicia&lt;/a&gt; alongside our special guest &lt;a href="https://christiabrown.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dr. Christia Spears Brown&lt;/a&gt; for this medieval adventure through the dangerous dynamics of uniforms and dress codes including questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are school uniforms just for poor people? How long does it take for gender roles to settle into a child's mind? What Emo song best represents the lament of having to wear the same boring outfit every single day? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plus, our guest interview manages to recreate the conversation we have on the podcast with chilling accuracy despite never being able to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check your school regs and don't step out of line or else...this week on Seemingly Unrelated. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bibliography:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;BBC News&lt;/em&gt;. “Islamic Headscarf Debate Rekindled in France.” Europe. April 1, 2013. &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;BBC News&lt;/em&gt;. “School Uniforms: A History of ‘Rebellion and Conformity.’” England. 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Government Accountability. “K-12 Education: Department of Education Should Provide Information on Equity and Safety in School Dress Codes | U.S. GAO.” August 16, 2023. &lt;a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105348" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105348&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OHCHR. “Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mauritius on Intercontinental Slavery Museum, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing for Migrant Workers and the Treatment of the Chagossian People.” Accessed June 12, 2026. &lt;a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/meeting-summaries/2025/04/experts-committee-elimination-racial-discrimination-commend-mauritius" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.ohchr.org/en/meeting-summaries/2025/04/experts-committee-elimination-racial-discrimination-commend-mauritius&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Polite, Well-Dressed and on Time: Secondary School Conduct Codes and the Production of Docile Citizens *. - Document - Gale Academic OneFile.” Accessed June 12, 2026. &lt;a href="https://go-gale-com.ezproxy1.lib.gla.ac.uk/ps/i.do?p=AONE&amp;amp;u=glasuni&amp;amp;id=GALE%7CA131235584&amp;amp;v=2.1&amp;amp;it=r&amp;amp;sid=summon&amp;amp;asid=eb9c3118" target="_blank"&gt;https://go-gale-com.ezproxy1.lib.gla.ac.uk/ps/i.do?p=AONE&amp;amp;u=glasuni&amp;amp;id=GALE%7CA131235584&amp;amp;v=2.1&amp;amp;it=r&amp;amp;sid=summon&amp;amp;asid=eb9c3118&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pomerantz, Shauna. “Cleavage in a Tank Top: Bodily Prohibition and the Discourses of School Dress Codes.” &lt;em&gt;Alberta Journal of Educational Research&lt;/em&gt; 53, no. 4 (2007). &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v53i4.55303" target="_blank"&gt;https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v53i4.55303&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Raby, Rebecca. “‘Tank Tops Are Ok but I Don’t Want to See Her Thong’: Girls’ Engagements With Secondary School Dress Codes.” &lt;em&gt;Youth &amp;amp; Society&lt;/em&gt; 41, no. 3 (2010): 333–56. &lt;a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X09333663" target="_blank"&gt;https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X09333663&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ribeiro, Aileen. &lt;em&gt;Dress and Morality&lt;/em&gt;. With Internet Archive. London : Batsford, 1990. &lt;a href="http://archive.org/details/dressmorality0000ribe" target="_blank"&gt;http://archive.org/details/dressmorality0000ribe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Riello G, Rublack U,. &lt;em&gt;The Right to Dress: Sumptuary Laws in a Global Perspective, c.1200–1800&lt;/em&gt;. Cambridge University Press, 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shakespeare’s Globe. “Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws: Fashion Policing in Shakespeare’s England | Blogs &amp;amp;amp; Features.” Accessed June 12, 2026. &lt;a href="https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2019/04/16/elizabethan-sumptuary-laws-fashion-policing-in-shakespeares-england/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2019/04/16/elizabethan-sumptuary-laws-fashion-policing-in-shakespeares-england/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“The Time Traveler’s School Uniform.” Accessed June 12, 2026. &lt;a href="https://www.museumoflearning.org/stories/the-time-travelers-school-uniform/." target="_blank"&gt;https://www.museumoflearning.org/stories/the-time-travelers-school-uniform/.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</description>

Seemingly Unrelated Podcast

Seemingly Unrelated Podcast

Do School Dress Codes Tell Us What Makes Someone A Boy or a Girl? S3E2

JUN 30, 202658 MIN
Seemingly Unrelated Podcast

Do School Dress Codes Tell Us What Makes Someone A Boy or a Girl? S3E2

JUN 30, 202658 MIN

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<html><p>Straighten that tie, lower that hemline, and cover your shoulders listeners because this week we're being very strict about what is proper attire and we even asked Queen Elizabeth I to weigh in. </p><p>Join Andrew and <a href="https://www.aliciabrittpuppetry.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alicia</a> alongside our special guest <a href="https://christiabrown.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Christia Spears Brown</a> for this medieval adventure through the dangerous dynamics of uniforms and dress codes including questions like:</p><p>Are school uniforms just for poor people? How long does it take for gender roles to settle into a child's mind? What Emo song best represents the lament of having to wear the same boring outfit every single day? </p><p>Plus, our guest interview manages to recreate the conversation we have on the podcast with chilling accuracy despite never being able to hear it.</p><p>Check your school regs and don't step out of line or else...this week on Seemingly Unrelated. </p><p>Bibliography:</p><p><em>BBC News</em>. “Islamic Headscarf Debate Rekindled in France.” Europe. April 1, 2013. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21997089</a>.</p><p><em>BBC News</em>. “School Uniforms: A History of ‘Rebellion and Conformity.’” England. September 5, 2014. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29047752" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29047752</a>.</p><p>“Beyond the Suit: Contemporary Menswear from the Collection of Alexandre Marr and Dominic Iudiciani | Kent State University Museum.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.kent.edu/museum/event/beyond-suit-contemporary-menswear-collection-alexandre-marr-and-dominic-iudiciani" target="_blank">https://www.kent.edu/museum/event/beyond-suit-contemporary-menswear-collection-alexandre-marr-and-dominic-iudiciani</a>.</p><p>Breward C, Lemire B, and Riello G, eds. <em>The Cambridge Global History of Fashion: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present.</em> Cambridge University Press, 2023.</p><p>EBSCO. “Dress Codes and Uniforms in Public Schools | Education | Research Starters | EBSCO Research.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.ebsco.com" target="_blank">https://www.ebsco.com</a>.</p><p>Great Britain. <em>The Statutes of the Realm: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain. From Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts</em>. Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1810. <a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012297566" target="_blank">https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012297566</a>.</p><p>King’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. “Elementary Education Act 1880.” Https://Www.Legislation.Gov.Uk/Projects/Controllers-Library#item_651859. Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/43-44/23/contents/enacted" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/43-44/23/contents/enacted</a>.</p><p>Lewis, Ramon. “Preparing Students for Democratic Citizenship: Codes of Conduct in Victoria’s ‘Schools of the Future.’” <em>Educational Research and Evaluation</em> 5, no. 1 (1999): 41–61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1076/edre.5.1.41.3886" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1076/edre.5.1.41.3886</a>.</p><p>Office, U. S. Government Accountability. “K-12 Education: Department of Education Should Provide Information on Equity and Safety in School Dress Codes | U.S. GAO.” August 16, 2023. <a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105348" target="_blank">https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105348</a>.</p><p>OHCHR. “Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mauritius on Intercontinental Slavery Museum, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing for Migrant Workers and the Treatment of the Chagossian People.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/meeting-summaries/2025/04/experts-committee-elimination-racial-discrimination-commend-mauritius" target="_blank">https://www.ohchr.org/en/meeting-summaries/2025/04/experts-committee-elimination-racial-discrimination-commend-mauritius</a>.</p><p>“Polite, Well-Dressed and on Time: Secondary School Conduct Codes and the Production of Docile Citizens *. - Document - Gale Academic OneFile.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://go-gale-com.ezproxy1.lib.gla.ac.uk/ps/i.do?p=AONE&amp;u=glasuni&amp;id=GALE%7CA131235584&amp;v=2.1&amp;it=r&amp;sid=summon&amp;asid=eb9c3118" target="_blank">https://go-gale-com.ezproxy1.lib.gla.ac.uk/ps/i.do?p=AONE&amp;u=glasuni&amp;id=GALE%7CA131235584&amp;v=2.1&amp;it=r&amp;sid=summon&amp;asid=eb9c3118</a>.</p><p>Pomerantz, Shauna. “Cleavage in a Tank Top: Bodily Prohibition and the Discourses of School Dress Codes.” <em>Alberta Journal of Educational Research</em> 53, no. 4 (2007). <a href="https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v53i4.55303" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/ajer.v53i4.55303</a>.</p><p>Raby, Rebecca. “‘Tank Tops Are Ok but I Don’t Want to See Her Thong’: Girls’ Engagements With Secondary School Dress Codes.” <em>Youth &amp; Society</em> 41, no. 3 (2010): 333–56. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X09333663" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X09333663</a>.</p><p>Ribeiro, Aileen. <em>Dress and Morality</em>. With Internet Archive. London : Batsford, 1990. <a href="http://archive.org/details/dressmorality0000ribe" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/dressmorality0000ribe</a>.</p><p>Riello G, Rublack U,. <em>The Right to Dress: Sumptuary Laws in a Global Perspective, c.1200–1800</em>. Cambridge University Press, 2019.</p><p>Shakespeare’s Globe. “Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws: Fashion Policing in Shakespeare’s England | Blogs &amp;amp; Features.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2019/04/16/elizabethan-sumptuary-laws-fashion-policing-in-shakespeares-england/" target="_blank">https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2019/04/16/elizabethan-sumptuary-laws-fashion-policing-in-shakespeares-england/</a>.</p><p>“The Time Traveler’s School Uniform.” Accessed June 12, 2026. <a href="https://www.museumoflearning.org/stories/the-time-travelers-school-uniform/." target="_blank">https://www.museumoflearning.org/stories/the-time-travelers-school-uniform/.</a></p></html>