Shut up Wesley

a bra and a hijab are the same thing in many ways

Hijab is not much different from many different hair coverings which used to be extremely common throughout the world. All of those had their own religious connections with them. Hair coverings were often a tool of both religion and "modesty", the loaded gendered concept. Nowadays it's most commonly associated with Islam therefore it strikes out as Abnormal. A bra too serves the same purpose, yet its considered the "acceptable" tool of Modesty with no loaded baggage whatsoever while Hijab is the "backwards" tool of modesty with Evil Baggage. The same concept, when it's Muslim racialized, is Backwards and Violent, yet the violence of the bra, because it is accepted among White people too, is acceptable and invisible

Can you imagine if tomorrow wearing a bra was seen as completely backwards, but nothing else changed socially for women, yet the new policy was to force women to take their bras off in public? What, that sounds like the wrong way to go about it to you because it would be humiliating and misogynistic? Now lets apply that humanity to other people's cultures

#i firmly believe that the reason why concussions and brain damage in general#are not taken nearly as seriously as they should be#is because of football#if we take concussions and brain trauma seriously then we have to acknowledge the risks that children are undertaking at even#high school level football#but we can't do that#because the kids need to play football in high school so they can play football in college so they can join the NFL#This time I'm really gonna queue it.

I heard that one of the actual reasons that organizations like the NFL have tried so hard to downplay CTE and other injuries like it is because they’re terrified that moms will refuse to let their children play football anymore and that entire massive industry will come collapsing down because of it.

That fucking scans.

in a world where Every Single GodDamned Thing is wrapped in like, oil and blood and cruel tangles of consequence that baffle the mind I think it IS healing to see the male goldfinches at my new apartment ravenously eating the seeds off my upstairs neighbor’s sunflowers. what if you came and ate my many seeds and in exchange I maybe grew in more places. it is ancient and elegant and all parties consent upfront except my neighbor, who is very excited to see the goldfinches but was kind of hoping to eat some sunflower seeds this season

in a world where Every Single GodDamned Thing is wrapped in like, oil and blood and cruel tangles of consequence that baffle the mind I think it IS healing to see the male goldfinches at my new apartment ravenously eating the seeds off my upstairs neighbor’s sunflowers. what if you came and ate my many seeds and in exchange I maybe grew in more places. it is ancient and elegant and all parties consent upfront except my neighbor, who is very excited to see the goldfinches but was kind of hoping to eat some sunflower seeds this season

And also the indestructibility of that woman's ankles

hey bestie i think ur post might be charmed 'cause you aren't gonna fuckin believe what happened today

awesome how you can just have ocs and they live in your brain forever and torment you

There's also this resource on historical fashion: Claire’s Historical Fashion Reference & Resources

another addition as far as physical media goes there is the encyclopedia of national dress (that i still need to buy myself bc this kind of thing is super important to my sort of fantasy designing) but yes i do agree i wish there was EVEN MORE documentation on this

Reblogging to spread awareness

the goldmine folks

i'm getting the sense some of you are not actually forklift certified.

well damn . egg on my face

Update: I took a certification class in shipboard Material Handling Equipment at my federal job. *now* I'm forklift certified, but only on ships and piers and only for this company, but also rated to forklift explosives and hazardous materials. Also I'm a woman now.

thanks to someone in the replies Oscar Yaquian, a chicago based sculptor and stop-motion animator https://www.instagram.com/oscaryaquian/reel/DXw3PZoRehv/