{"id":57029,"date":"2023-01-01T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=57029"},"modified":"2023-01-01T18:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T18:03:14","slug":"yao-niang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/yao-niang\/","title":{"rendered":"Yao Niang and feet binding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it the feminine form<br \/>\nAlways has<br \/>\nTo go through such torture<br \/>\nThe razzamatazz<br \/>\nOf foot binding all of that<br \/>\nExcruciating pain<br \/>\nInexplicable really I\u2019d say<br \/>\nIn this day and age<br \/>\nWomen thankfully don\u2019t<br \/>\nHave to suffer inaudible rage<br \/>\nBinding the feet with blood and bandages<br \/>\nWrapping them tightly until<br \/>\nBroken the suffering terrible<br \/>\nLike the new moon shape<br \/>\nReally still<br \/>\nDanced on her toes<br \/>\nFor the great LinYu<br \/>\nAn Emperor who found it all<br \/>\nAmazingly erotic suffering badly<br \/>\nCommon sense really the school<br \/>\nOf thought it caught on<br \/>\nFor  the  feminine charm<br \/>\nYou needed to be crippled and sad<br \/>\nStunted histrionics<br \/>\nAwkward and inelegant<br \/>\nToday it would be totally mad<\/p>\n<p>Disablement disfigurement<br \/>\nTorture and hell<br \/>\nBeing indisposed<br \/>\nUnwilling to spill<br \/>\nSense and true sense of choice<br \/>\nAnd of thought<br \/>\nThe dirtiest trick<br \/>\nThat ever was sought<\/p>\n<p>Angst and discomfort<br \/>\nMisfortune and pain<br \/>\nSo very uncomfortable<br \/>\nUnder such strain<br \/>\nPermanent injurious wounding for what<br \/>\nBecame detrimental<br \/>\nAnd pretty it\u2019s not<\/p>\n<p>Deformed mutilated<br \/>\nLame and infirm<br \/>\nChronically suffering<br \/>\nAnd all long term<br \/>\nA scourge and a festering<br \/>\nIn rapid decline<br \/>\nDeterioration and the most painful sign<br \/>\nBound feet such terror<br \/>\nSuch awfulness they<br \/>\nThe women subjected<br \/>\nTo a perilous way<br \/>\nOf limping and dragging<br \/>\nOne\u2019s feet dangerously<br \/>\nSo Torpid and sluggish<br \/>\nAnd Inactivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it the feminine form Always has To go through such torture The razzamatazz Of foot binding all of that Excruciating pain Inexplicable really I\u2019d say In this day and age Women thankfully don\u2019t Have to suffer inaudible rage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/01\/yao-niang\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,251,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-china-food-obscenity","category-womens-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57032,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57029\/revisions\/57032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}