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a phrase that kinda bothers me when talking about women's historical roles in europe is "cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children." you hear it so often, those exact words in the same order even. and once you learn a little more you realize that the massive gaping hole in that list is fiberwork. im not an expert and have no hard numbers, but i wouldnt be surprised if fiberwork took up nearly as much time as the other three tasks combined, so it's not a trivial omission.

it's not a hot take to say that the mass amnesia about fiberwork is linked to the belittlement of women's work in geneal, but i do think there's a special kind of illusion that is cast by "cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children." you hear that and think "well i cook and clean and take care of children (or i know someone who does) and i have a sense of how much work that is" and you know of course that cooking and cleaning were more laborious before modern technology, but still, you have a ballpark estimate you think, when in fact you are drastically underestimating the work load.

i also think that this just micharacterizes the role of women's work in livelihoods? cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children are all sisyphean tasks that have to be repeated the next day. these are important, but not the whole picture. when we include all kinds of fiberwork—and other things, such as making candles or soap—women's work looks much more like manufacturing, a sphere we now associate more with men's work. i feel like women's connection to making and craftsmanship is often elided.

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Also I had a dream last night that involved the production of a pornographic film, where a cute girl goes to a waxing professional who confirms "um you do know this is exclusively a Wax Your Dick And Balls facility" and she's like "yeah I know :)" and he puts two and two together and that's fine too. Then something else happens and he says that he's closing shop and his girlfriend is getting here soon so they can get home together, how about all three of them go home together? :)

And there's a whole cute happy upbeat montage scene of the three of them on their way back to this couple's place, the sun is shining, they laugh at antics of some pigeons while waiting for the bus, almost Ghibli movie style uplifting piano music playing softly in the background, while these people make their way on their little slice-of-life ordinary adventure.

Then it cuts to someone on the production team explaining this to everyone else involved in the film, enthusiastically going "yeah that's the point! It's going to be hilarious, making the whole thing such a high quality, high-effort artistic cinema the viewers forget they're watching porn and get whiplash so hard when they just straight-up start fucking."

And then I woke up before they got to that part.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-22/food-plant-solutions-malnutrition-farming-edible-plants/12580732

https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World

This guy is my new hero. I LOVE learning about native food plants that just grow everywhere without human help.

The database is a little clunky to use (especially on a phone), but still loads of excellent information.

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No sexual organs at all? Can I have that condition too? please?

They/them pussy

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i luv dis drawing

also lowkey me

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I can't belive I have to teach my cats to play with his food, but it's good enrichment.

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"ohh my god you can't just-"

Am I yours to command? Does the collar 'round my neck have your name on it? I kneel to no king nor god, and I see no crown on you.

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the real challenge of adulthood that no one tells you about in advance is how many goddamn pieces of paper you have to keep up with that are never important until they are suddenly VERY important

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we need more cutesy fake-innocent doms. giggly, hair-twirly, "but puppyyyyyy i wanna playyyy :3" with a shock collar remote in its hand

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Older robotgirl: frankly, if she's got a USB-C port, she's too young for me.

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Big day for deranged evangelical freaks

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Need this as my ringtone

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