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Well this is just entirely in character for both of them.

I honestly always find the term ‘spinster’ as referring to an elderly, never-married woman as funny because you know what?

Wool was a huge industry in Europe in the middle ages. It was hugely in demand, particularly broadcloth, and was a valuable trade good. A great deal of wool was owned by monasteries and landed gentry who owned the land.

And, well, the only way to spin wool into yarn to make broadcloth was by hand.

This was viewed as a feminine occupation, and below the dignity of the monks and male gentry that largely ran the trade.

So what did they do?

They hired women to spin it. And, turns out, this was a stable job that paid very well. Well enough that it was one of the few viable economic options considered ‘respectable’ outside of marriage for a woman. A spinster could earn quite a tidy salary for her art, and maintain full control over her own money, no husband required.

So, naturally, women who had little interest in marriage or men? Grabbed this opportunity with both hands and ran with it. Of course, most people didn’t get this, because All Women Want Is Husbands, Right?

So when people say ‘spinster’ as in ‘spinster aunt’, they are TRYING to conjure up an image of a little old lady who is lonely and bitter.

But what I HEAR are the smiles and laughter of a million women as they earned their own money in their own homes and controlled their own fortunes and lived life on their own terms, and damn what society expected of them.

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i cant wait until future dolphin archaeologists draw shrink wrapped human paleoart

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[10 million A.D. dolphin voice] behold, a man!

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[other dolphin voice] i cant believe we’re still pretending humans were hairless. give humans hair you cowards!!!

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Favourite Disney Characters - Lady Adelaide Bonfamille

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I remember seeing her for the first time as a child and her grace and beauty blew my mind and that’s when I knew I wanted to be like her when I’m her age

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okay but, Adelaide is seriously one of the most gorgeous Disney ladies ever to be created. Look at this effortless grace and style, look how elegantly she carries herself, and how she’s always smiling and being kind.

Her beauty isn’t just about her looks (which are killing too) but the fact that she has utter elegance and grace. Also the fact that she was a former opera singer, and I’m naturally attracted to theater people.

And she also builds a shelter for all stray cats in Paris and this woman is seriously the best.