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Spring in Kalinin Oblast (USSR, 1970s)

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laundry is the worst task sometimes because of all the downtime between loads and waiting for shit to dry

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(via Pinterest)

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Airing our Dirty Laundry by Rachel Dworkin, Archivist

“Washed in the forenoon and sowed till night then ironed the white clothes.  George a went to the Corners with Jacob Enat.”  - Kate Synder diary, February 4, 1880. 

Laundry.  It’s a dull but necessary task and one traditionally assigned to women.  In the days before electricity and washing machines (days still ongoing in many parts of the world) cleaning clothing was both time consuming and backbreaking.  Water had to be boiled and clothes had to be soaked, scrubbed, rinsed, wrung out, hung out to dry and, if you were feeling ambitious, ironed.  It was a process that could literally take all day and give a housewife muscles like a longshoreman. (READ MORE)

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Pat Perry, Recital XIII, 2020

Acrylic on panel, 49 x 49 in

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That's fukken IT. I'm tired of all these different clothes that need washing and drying and folding in all their special little princess ways! Gotta pair the socks, hang the dresses and the nice shirts, gotta iron the nice shirts, gotta attemp to do something about these weird little baby clothes. NO MORE. From now on we all wear chiton and NOTHING ELSE. "OOOOOOH BUT I'M COOOOOOOLD" FUKKEN WEAR A DUVET ABOUT YOUR SHOULDERS, IDGAF. I HATE LAUNDRY. FUCK.

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Detail from a 1950 Oxydol ad by totallymystified

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Lisbon, Portugal.

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Taking warm, dry clothes out of the dryer: Enchanting. Peaceful. Blissful. The world is new and soft and beautiful

Taking cold, wet clothes out of the washer to put into the dryer: evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil e

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Ruben Müller - I Remember Touch, 2024 - Oil on canvas

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Pressing: vintage ironing.

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Moments ...

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Are these the shirts you just washed?

Oh, yes... they smell fresh and clean.

You know, it'd be a shame if someone...

Happened to get cat fur all over them...

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