definitely not a one piece reference

Using your fabric efficiently? Makes total sense. No objection to that.

But specifically designing patterns such that every single part of a length of fabric is consumed by it? You're setting people up to fail. For one, you can really only do this with patterns made mostly of rectangles and right triangles, which can only make a very narrow range of garments that simply do not play nice with many people's bodies (especially bodies with lots of curvature). For another, a zero-waste pattern is also a zero-error-tolerance pattern. One wrong cut or measurement and the whole thing's toast. The wiggle-room that a more standard pattern allows also allows you to fix problems when they occur.

If you make a zero-waste garment and never wear it because it looks bad on you? That's not actually zero-waste. If you start a zero-waste garment and can't complete it because you made one little mistake? That's not actually zero-waste.

But more importantly, the whole idea of 'zero-waste' as a desireable outcome is antithetical to the methods and traditions of sewing. It's a form of functionless, guilt-driven, aesthetics-first minimalism that has no place in actual sewing practice. The scraps of fabric left over from cutting a pattern are incredibly useful. Larger pieces can become parts of new projects. Smaller pieces can become patchwork. Even really tiny scraps can become stuffing or batting or kindling or any number of other things. Home sewing has always been about not wasting things, but the way to not waste things is not by piously making only garments that suck, it's by repurposing, reusing, and recycling everything you buy. Once that fabric reaches your house, 98% of its environmental impact has already happened.

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Sike the reason why the straw hats can never get with one another is that they will be fighting over Luffy the whole time (they will never get him)

+ Sanji getting some cuteness aggression

Trans mascs have our own experiences and unique systemic issues too. We aren't asking to be first in line or saying we have it the worst, we're just tired of fawning and walking on eggshells when discussing our material needs and restrictions.

Turns out you can roll a 7 on a d6

The MCR fans that are being extremely parasocial and gross about Gerard Way's gender fuckery to the point of calling him a "transfem egg" and responding to people pointing out the reality of Gerard the real person with things like "oops I don't care she's a woman to me teehee!" are genuinely just as lost as the swifties who think Taylor Swift is a lesbian and her straightness is a conspiracy dispite her engagement to a man.

I wish I could respond to everyone but I have to work with so many plants today and that's my priority rn.

But I'm just popping in to add something in the wake of more posts I've seen on my dash.

I really cannot emphasize enough that calling Gerard, a person who is label free, "she/her/baby girl/girlboss" for the act of being effeminate and wearing dresses and heels without clear and explicit consent from the performer is an act of exorsexism.

And actually It doesn't even really matter if G came out and said "I don't mind this, meh" because the problem is bigger than this specific instance. The problem is you seeing a dress and thinking "baby girl". the problem is you erasing a genderless person's identity as soon as they wear what you consider to be gendered clothing.

It's hard to deconstruct gender but you need to try harder if you actually care about non binary people

What makes me want to say this is seeing a post responding to posts like mine about misgendering Gerard with "y'all clearly don't get drag culture"

Excuse me?

For the record. I am a 33 year old two spirit and I've worked in a gay bar and in LGBT orgs. I'm not a baby gay, I'm not a young fan. I've Seen MCR 4 times and I lived during the hay day of ignoring Non binary people. I'm not some kid. I worked among drag queens and you are talking out of your ass.

It disgusts me deeply to hear someone using the same exact excuse to call G "she/her" that cis men used to misgender me and other non-binary folk.

You don't realize it but calling that "drag culture" is basically like saying "if you wear feminine clothing you are asking to be misgendered if you don't use she/her" and that's really not drag culture.

I know some white upper class cis gay men have made a toxic form of drag culture and maybe it falls in line with THAT drag culture, but it doesn't fall in line with respectful and inclusive drag culture.

Pronoun assumption based on appearance is a no no. It has been for a long time. I know it's a no no because old gays apologize when they accidentally do it to me, a person with a mixed gender expression.

The thing is, generally drag culture is- sure, that he is she when the wig is on(or dress whatever), but that's something the performer has already made clear. If you don't know a persons pronouns in a queer space, you ask. Period. You ask because you don't tie gender to the clothing. I know drag queens that prefered he/him or they/them or it/it's EXCLUSIVELY even when in full make up and heels.