Inside Out & Back Again Women and Femininity Quotes

Many girls in many cultures have the task of learning to sew and to make decorative embroidery.

This seems to be a superstition that excludes women, but instead of teaching us much about what femininity means to Hà's family, it tells us more about what it does not mean. And unfortunately, lady feet aren't associated with luck.

Interestingly, in Saigon Hà and her mother seem to handle the shopping and cooking, but once they are refugees, Hà's brother cooks the food.