[dogpuppy]

[a-state-of-bliss]

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Wint 2009

[pagewoman]

Sheepdogs enjoying the sunshine

by James Rebanks

[no-ones-stupid-gallery]

Walrus With Ivory Tusks, c. 1950. Inuit Culture. Stone, Ivory and Pigment. 8,3 cm x 17,8 cm x 13,3 cm.

[vintagehomecollection]

Stencilling - A Design and Source Book, 1987

[avianawareness]

Wild Lovebirds of Maui

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

Evening primroses in a park of Jiangsu by 懒惰的小蜜疯

[cosmicanger]

Kribo ( Curly ) Orchid — West Papua + Solomon Islands

[aprisora]

Halawa House designed by Egyptian architect Abdel Wahed-El Wakil Agami, Egypt, c. 1975

[ahmed-ziiaad]

Please don't let money decide whether my mother gets a chance at treatment.

Every day her condition grows worse, and we are left feeling helpless because we are missing just $500 to pay for the care she urgently needs. There is nothing more painful than watching your mother suffer while knowing the treatment exists, but being unable to reach it because you cannot afford it. Please don't pass by our plea in silence. If you are able to help, this is the moment my mother needs your compassion the most. Just 10 people giving $50 each would cover what we still need. Your donation today could give my mother a real chance to receive the treatment she has been waiting for.

Donate Here - Vetted#658

[closett-breaker]

Ahmed's family is holding on to hope, but time is running out. If you can help, please donate now. Every contribution could bring their mother closer to the treatment she needs.

Help My Mother Receive Life-Saving Treatment

Help My Mother Get Urgent Medical Treatment Abroad

[mj-moments]

Doctors have warned that delaying their mother's treatment increases the risk to her life, Time is running out, and her family is still trying to raise the cost of her treatment. Donate now, your support could help her receive the care she urgently needs

[silverrdagger]

whatever 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

[dozydawn]

anorthoclase

[kindheartedhog]

August 2025

[banhmigoddess]

My one boring tip to anyone in their 20s is to resist the temptation to rot in your room every time you get a free moment. Dismiss any neuroses you have about going outside and "being perceived". Be a dictator about it, plan your hangouts like they are binding commitments. No excuses! Go to the bar with your friends. Be kinda hungover at work. Socializing is like exercise; even if you don't feel like you want to, you should still do it because it's good for you.

[weweantica]

wind by the east bog

[gothhabiba]

see this is exactly what I'm talking about. this labour is so incredibly invisibilised that there are real human beings, walking about amongst us, leading normal lives, etc., who earnestly believe that machines can make an item of clothing from start to finish.

[rowanrightalong]

Hey just in case someone on here doesn’t quite understand how labor intensive making a garment is, here is a list of things that (to the best of my knowledge) cannot be done by machine alone, from a costumer/tailor in training

Cutting - in my opinion, the most labor intensive part of the process. The amount of time/effort needed varies depending on the pattern and if seam allowance is included or marked separately, but no matter what this process can not be done by machine. Each and every panel and piece of fabric that goes into a garment must be cut by hand by a person.

Pinning/clipping - pinning (or clipping) is the stage at which you align the pieces you are going to be stitching together and hold them together with — you guessed it! — either pins or clips. This can not be done by machine.

Stitching - the actual sewing. This can be done by a sewing machine, but that machine still needs to be operated by a human being.

Ironing/pressing - two words that mean the same thing. The iron itself is a machine, but once again, it needs to be operated by a human being.

Finishing - depending on the technique you use, there are certain finishing techniques that can only be done by hand. But, let’s assume we’re talking about fast fashion, which is usually just finished with a simple overlock/serger. Once again: these machines need to be operated by people.

These are just the basic steps to making a garment, and don’t include textile arts that I am not as knowledgeable about, such as weaving, knitting, and crochet. Also, it is important to note that there are a lot of things that can only be done by hand, such as certain stitches and decorative techniques.

Also, the machinery being operated in textile factories is not equivalent to a domestic sewing machine. We’re talking about one of these guys:

See that gray cylinder under the table, behind the knee pedal? That’s the motor. These machines can sew through your fingers bones and all and not even stop. The people in these factories and sweatshops are operating heavy machinery, and are subject to all the risk that comes with that in addition to all of the work I mentioned above.

Please respect textile workers and continue the fight to eliminate the use of sweatshops and exploited labor in the fashion industry!

[uninterruptednonsense]

Reblogging with some additions from a different post o'mine:

" I'm taking a sewing class and I asked my teacher about how much machines can actually do. She said that while a lot of actual fabric we use in our projects is machine-woven, and sometimes there are machines for particular knitting patterns or for the same small thing over and over and over (i.e. socks), the overwhelming majority of pieces of clothing are in fact just sewn together by humans. Usually women. Underpaid and overlooked. Thousands and thousands of them, working 12 hours a day or more in huge warehouse-factories. You're probably wearing something one of those women created right now.

Most of the students (including me) were horrified. We had *no* idea. We figured that, given that we have supercomputers and massive industrial systems for almost every type of product you can buy, surely we would have figured out a better way? Surely there are machines that can put a t-shirt together by now?

She said, no, that's why fast fashion is really so bad. It's not simply about the quality of the product, it's about the human cost.

When you buy a cheap tee that says "Made in Bangladesh", this is where your clothing came from (and these are from one of the nicer factories):

(By Fahad Faisal. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89582692)

Don't want to believe it? I understand. Here is the wikipedia page, you can read it in your own time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_industry_in_Bangladesh#Readymade_garment_(RMG)_industry

[queeranarchism]

This isn't just true of clothes either. There's an astonishing amount of human labor behind most of our products. Even the steps that are automated are only possible because humans are constantly cleaning, maintaining, repairing, adjusting and fine tuning the machines.

I've noticed that the media that educates us often edits that out on purpose. In 'how its made' type videos, steps humans do by hand are often skipped because they don't make as smooth a video as watching machines do the parts of the production process that can be automated.

[julytrees]

Famous painter Bosco Holder and model. David Alan Harvey, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ca. 1993.