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dykesynthezoid · 2 years ago

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“Those historical costuming community weirdos” people on here will say, bc they cannot fathom that someone with formal education as a dress historian might… shockingly… actually know more about historical dress than they do. You know, as an expert. And it’s wild bc it’s ppl who will decry anti-intellectualism in one breath and then demean studied female historians in the next, all bc they??? Presented a piece of clothing history that contradicted your specific layman’s misconceptions????

That’s not to say these historians don’t have their own bias and may interpret the facts of dress history a certain way; but that’s the case in any professional field. There’s always some variation in perspectives and interpretations. That doesn’t change the fact that those professionals still have a much better understanding of the issue than you do as a layman. Also the way people talk about these women is very frequently misogynistic as hell, but I guess that isn’t surprising. Would prefer if it didn’t come from so many people who proclaim to be feminists though

#it’s also so strange to target as a community like… yeah every niche interest like that has discourse. has some mild forms of disagreement #or drama. the historical costuming communtiy is not unique in this #it’s also soooo fucking patronizing to act like people couldn’t already discussing those issues internally #ofc ppl always do that with professional fields… they’ll go ‘well I bet no one in there has considered THIS issue. huh you dummies. I am #very smart’#and the issue in question is something everyone in that community has discussed to death literally 10000 times #‘have you even considered—’ I CAN PROMISE YOU THEY HAVE.#in particular have started to see this in regards to archaeology/anthropology #(bc that’s what I’m studying)#and it’s always people that could not actually tell you what the biggest issues in the field actually are currently. they know nothing and #would just like to do a little performative activism as someone in the global north who’s heard the British museum is bad #yes I’m salty about it. sure I will continue to be

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