#material: straw

[glossahistorica]

The Fashions - August 1855

There is this month nothing new in the fashionable world—that is to say, so far as dress is concerned. Things remain exactly as they were, except the introduction of the new broad-brimmed straw hat. It is prettily called the Pamela Hat. Pamela Hats were at first worn only by children and young ladies, but they are now being adopted by ladies of all ages. They (the hats, not the ladies) are generally made of Leghorn, quite flat; the brim broad, and slightly curving down over the forehead. They are trimmed underneath with a profusion of wild flowers, roses, and rosettes of ribbon, with long white strings. The outside is trimmed with a narrow garland, or wreath of flowers, intermingled with bows of ribbon, terminating at the back (generally) with long flowing end. When the hat is brown, the ribbons are, of course, to match, with few flowers, and those red.

The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, August 1855, p.145. [x]

[celexdraw]

Part 8!! (A secret third thing iykyk)

other parts: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

[pinksepia]

I just need franky and Robin to get to get her at the end of one piece

[sluggin-around]

Am I the only person in the world with a sliver of straw body pillow? Probably. Am I ashamed of that? I should be, but I’m not.

God should count his luck that I don’t believe in him, because if I did, I would’ve killed him.

[freaky-flawless]

Well...damn.

I finally watched The Phantom of the Opera, and now I have to grapple with how much Operetta makes absolutely no sense.

Like I'm wracking my brain, and the only conclusion I've come to is that she'd make sense if she wasn't a ghost at all, but a siren.

Maybe after years of being cast out by his fellow humans, Erik finds refuge in the monster world which welcomes him with open arms, and also gives him the chance for a new start.

And given his love of opera, he falls in love with a siren and they have a child together. Thusly making Operetta half human, half siren.

This way, she can keep her hypnotizing voice, since she sure as hell wouldn't have gotten it from Erik.

[shrikeseams]

When you idly think about Celegorm possibly being most like Nerdanel of all the sons of Feanor, and then you start thinking about Nerdanel getting a post-Darkening moral decay arc all of her own to mirror her son(s)'s.

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

okay man i was wanting to do embroidery on a belt pouch i just needed to get round to it, bc such a thing would be convenient to own and fun to make. now ive found a super cool embroidery technique that looks difficult and annoying and might look cool if it's done to a standard im probably unable to reach. lets go

[softr0bot]

after buffy season 3, contrary to popular belief, angel becomes more morally grey and fucked up. he crawls around in the mud and seethes and maybe kills a couple of guys. he certainly does not start a detective troupe or become an awkward dad figure where the hell did that come from

[rose-tinted-vision]

The real question is: Liu Yue's identity

He is somehow excused from expeditions (they're given to Mo Xiaohei instead 👀👀)

(taken from the official Weibo, this was posted before episode 20)

the rest are just basic details like their name, nicknames and current status (in the Academy)

where is he getting all the money for his sedan and sedan bearers from?? What does he even teach at the Academy 😭 we were robbed of teacher Liu Yue

and Ling Su???? How does he have a handmaiden???? Does she also attend the academy???

Is Liu Yue his name or nickname??? look, the other young masters all have at least one other alias but Liu Yue is just. Liu Yue.

i would consult the novel if i could but alas i think my taobao parcel has gone missing

[queenlua]

it's interesting how i'm willing to forgive HUGE continuity/consistency/coherency errors if a book has a pedal-to-the-metal, balls-to-the-wall, bro-i've-just-done-so-many-drugs-get-in-the-fucking-car kinda vibe

but if a book is merely "pretty good" and "pretty normal" but commits one-too-many subtle continuity errors i get irate

[out-of-lucky]

Os zói

The abyss looks back at you.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

"Eco-friendly" paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded. In the first analysis of its kind in Europe, and only the second in the world, Belgian researchers tested 39 brands of straws for the group of synthetic chemicals known as poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS were found in the majority of the straws tested and were most common in those made from paper and bamboo, the study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Food Additives and Contaminants, found. PFAS are used to make everyday products, from outdoor clothing to non-stick pans, resistant to water, heat and stains. They are, however, potentially harmful to people, wildlife and the environment.

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[mindblowingscience]

The paper straws that are currently available are not entirely made of paper alone. Straws made with 100% paper become too soggy when they come in contact with liquids and cannot function as straws. Accordingly, their surfaces should be coated.The most commonly used coating materials for paper straws are polyethylene (PE) or acrylic resin—the same materials used for making plastic bags and adhesives. Paper cups are also coated with the same materials as paper straws. A large number of previous studies have reported that polyethylene coating on discarded paper cups can disintegrate into small particles without being fully decomposed and become microplastics. Moreover, these paper products are made with paper and plastics (two very different materials) and thus it is difficult to recycle them. 

...

The joint research team of Dr. Oh Dongyeop and Dr. Kwak Hojung of KRICT and Professor Park Jeyoung of Sogang University have developed eco-friendly paper straws that are 100% biodegradable, perform better than conventional paper straws, and can be easily mass-produced. The research is published in the journal Advanced Science.

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[e-i-l-f]

"it's just a style"

hmmmm okay so then why do so many female characters get designed wearing lingerie, while their male counterparts get to wear real clothes that make sense for their role?

"you know there are women irl who dress and look just like that"

yes actually! that's so true, and that is 100% obviously fine and cool when those women DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES to dress that way! this character we are critiquing the design of is not a real living woman! she is fictional. someone ELSE designed her, decided this outfit for her, she is often literally a fetish being realized in a character, either for personal pleasure of the artist (best case scenario), or for sales bc the creators know cheap sexualization will appeal to the masses (gross case scenario).

"let us have our sexy characters!"

you fucking HAVE them! you have SO many of them! holy shit, there doesn't need to be a sexualized character in every single piece of media! there is so much watchable, playable, readable, and audible porn content, plus everything else that is not porn but contains hypersexualized characters and ecchi shit and fanservice, literally what are you fighting for?

listen. people. i LIKE sexy characters, i really do. i am simply tired of them being shoved down my throat with every new game, the same way the members of the other side of this conversation claim to be tired of the "woke" designs being shoved down their throats. but... do they not see how much they have? for every character--especially in the realm of fem characters--that they find "unattractive" there are two or more characters surpassing an impossible level of doll-like beauty, often in the exact same piece of media.

a reminder to literally everyone: shows, games, books, and ALL other media and EVERYTHING is for all adult people if they are interested to partake. the fanbases for all media are growing and diversifying, and this means that character designs will keep changing, so that every demographic of the fanbase has something for them, and a place to escape to in their media interests. aka, the luxury that most straight cis men have had for so long and LITERALLY ALWAYS WILL HAVE. there is so much media made specifically with straight cis men in mind. when it comes to games, especially straight cis white and east asian men.

i KNOW cis men are tired of being told that everything is already made for them and it's time to let the rest of us have some fun, and i *understand* but if you let it happen and reign in your boys who dish out so much backlash, everyone else will finally start to ease up on you! we all want to have fun ALONGSIDE YOU, not *instead* of you. we just want to have communal spaces where we can all enjoy media together, and for some reason, a lot of men do not take kindly to that.

you will always have your sexualized characters. let us have a place to escape from them, because yes, the rest of us also enjoy playing games, watching shows, etc.

[ichthyorelationships]

ideas: i didn't really think of him being underwater but they deserve to have drama by crying there too so i just think you could say something about the composition being denser than water or w/e. proteins

i'm always like good thing he didn't try to exit asap via swimming in ciao alberto But What If He Did lol. just swim Somewhere else along the coast, maybe panic about [money??] & whether somehow this ruins school for luca, whether he can get in touch w/o it being On Sight b/w him & all marcovaldos, consider just kind of trying out other places, traveling after all...fascinating considering the other povs on the issue like: now there's the paguros to sympathize w/a kid vanishing, luca however in a somewhat more novel position there, giulia's throwback to alberto being a bit perplexing lmao, kind of thinking the best massimo could do is have a prewritten letter for luca to give to alberto If Possible, conveying something like i know you didn't set my livelihood on fire on purpose but even if you did i'd want you to stay. and luca in a position to do all of "maybe give the island fun facts so someone can check if he's there" & "wait & hope alberto can/does get in touch" & "have a lot of feelings"....not even the context of what this drawing is about necessarily, just tacking it on here anyways. ahead of time i went "heh now i Know they're gonna have it get little Real here b/c it's really about alberto wanting the security of feeling he can 'earn' a sustained relationship" then the short cleared & i was lying completely dead on the pavement

[songofstrawhats]

I made a hat!!!!

This is a rye straw hat ✨imported from Portugal✨ (aka I bought it off Etsy for a very reasonable price and was willing to wait for shipping lmao- shoutout to mariameliahome, the quality is lovely!)

I unstitched the brim to a smaller size, then trimmed it and stitched it back down. Then I installed a hatband and a chin strap on the inside, and of course the red ribbon to top it off!

The ribbon is tied at the back to create a little accent because this isn't a cosplay hat, this is simply me taking advantage of already wearing a sunhat 90% of the time to try to discretely evoke One Piece vibes in public. I'm very excited to wear it out and about!!!!