In August, a group of eighth grade girls took part in an unusual protest in the American state of Maryland. The girls are students at Urbana Middle School in Frederick County, Maryland. When they walked into Urbana’s dining room in yellow, baggy t-shirts, everyone cheered. The top school official required the group to wear the shirts after violating Urbana’s dress code. But the girls added large lettering to their clothing. It read: “I am more than a distraction.” The t-shirt punishment is not written in Urbana’s dress code; the school official made it up. That is one reason why the girls carried out their protest. The girls are part of a larger group of students in Frederick County who believe dress codes unfairly target girls. Also in Maryland, a young woman named Rachel Zuniga launched what became a popular student petition at Linganore High School. Her campaign questioned why many of Linganore’s dress code policies required girls to cover up too much of their bodies.