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[suitsyoumaam-blog]

Sophie Elodie, part 4

Source: Her instagram

Some earlier post of Her

[marzipanandminutiae]

speaking of history myths, "fireplace fenders were developed because women's skirts catching on fire was the third-leading cause of death for women and they were trying to prevent that" was a new one I heard at work today

not the Skirts Catching Fire thing; that statistic is batted around a lot. usually they say it was just the most common, so maybe whoever this person was trying to make it sound more believable

(protip: disease was the most common for centuries, followed by other notables like cancer, heart failure, childbirth, accidents, etc.)

but the fender aspect is new. fenders- a very low metal "bumper" of sorts around the fireplace area -just existed to keep logs or coals from rolling out onto flammable flooring/carpeting, the same as the stone floor section around the hearth. nothing about women's skirts involved

I swear people just want to believe that clothing-related deaths were insanely common for women because their outfits look so foreign to us nowadays that we need more fuel for our own "fire" of superiority

[luckyhoney444]

story repost 🤍🤍

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[hornysideblog99]

So turns out a corset doesn't pass the bounce test either

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

"corsets are only surrounded by stigma because MEN demonized them" you can say it's because of the feminists. it's okay. sometimes feminists were wrong and did bad. it's okay to admit that.

[mothers-corset]

[danni-gurrl]

Walking the grounds of the Mystery Castle while contemplating my wonderful life, in glorious metallic gowns from @dryndelicate

[ducktaildl]

Curves.

[martaklinta]

Oh what's that?

Did you notice it on the first watch? Published my latest video!!

[suitsyoumaam-blog]

Miss Fetilicious, part 1

Source: Her Instagram

[waistaddictedgent]

[marzipanandminutiae]

most clothing historians: hey so corsets weren't actually the unilateral torture devices they get portrayed as in fiction. most women wore them in a comfortable, or at least tolerable, manner on an everyday basis and it's kind of messed up that we're ignoring their lived experiences to promote a false narrative

too many people online: UM BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL GOOD THEY WEREN'T PERFECT AND WONDERFUL FOREVER. THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. YOU LOVE CORSETS SO SO MUCH AND THINK THEY COULD NEVER BE HARMFUL AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY TORTURE DEVICES SOMETIMES. WE'RE LOSING SIGHT OF THAT. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE BAD SOMETIMES. AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AND PATRIARCHAL. DON'T FORGET THAT!!! DID YOU FORGET IT? I WILL REMIND YOU SINCE YOU SEEM TO WORSHIP CORSETS OR SOMETHING

Edit: while I appreciate people weighing in on their corset thoughts in the notes, this isn’t really meant to be about whether corsets are good or bad, or comfortable or not. It’s about people inventing this mostly-strawman character of “historical costumer who thinks corsets are the best thing ever with no nuance“ and responding to it

[luckyhoney444]

bunnyyyy 🐇🌺✨️

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[hornysideblog99]

What you see here is me desperately trying to make my most hated corset fit

Hope you had a nice Christmas 🎄

[littlevisiteur]

Polishing time...