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Yes I know we have all probably seen the declarations of how all us “little people” (read: working class non billionaires) are gonna get gaslit as soon as the pandemic is “over” and maybe sooner.
“it wasn’t that bad” “do your part for america” bla bla bla
thing is I was a historical costumer for YEARS
and i hear so many women and femme-identified people talking about what bliss it is to go days without wearing a BRA
(and it is. I go without as often as I can because I’ve had a breast biopsy and I prefer to let my lymphatic system have as much freedom to circulate in that tissues as possible)
Do y’all know what happened post WWII? For five or more years, all the women went into the workforce to support the war effort. Women in factories, women as doctors, nurses, mechanics, farmers, everything that was needed. Women were told to do it! told how this was patriotic, doing the right thing et cetera.
But after the war? a) the men wanted their jobs back after they came back from the warfront and the warships, and b) the PTB (powers that be) wanted everything to “Go Back To Normal” and they sculpted The New Normal with aggressive advertising and restrictive fashion.
(you can google post WWII women’s fashion)
women went from Rosie the Riveter to Coco Chanel. From overalls and do-rags to stiletto heels, pencil skirts, and bullet bras.
Think about how much work it is to perform THAT kind of femininity.
The whole 1950′s Housewife schtick was partly advertising copy commissioned by the various influential governments to discourage women from doing these “unwomanly pursuits”...that had been crucial to defeating the Nazis and the Axis powers.
what I’m saying is, among many other things. FUCK wearing bras. And if you hate them like I do, if they hurt you, if they’re expensive, if you’re Realizing Things about Performing Femininity and/or you’re Le Tired of all that patriarchal gender roles bullshit... Wear What’s Comfortable, wear what you LIKE and feel Good In. Wear makeup, don’t wear makeup, wear makeup that disturbs Boomer Men in Conservative Suits, YOU choose what you want to wear.
And if they push back by fashion mavens telling us Buy More Stuff You Need to look like THIS and your tits need to look like THIS not THAT, tell ‘em to go piss up a rope.
“it wasn’t that bad” “do your part for america” bla bla bla
thing is I was a historical costumer for YEARS
and i hear so many women and femme-identified people talking about what bliss it is to go days without wearing a BRA
(and it is. I go without as often as I can because I’ve had a breast biopsy and I prefer to let my lymphatic system have as much freedom to circulate in that tissues as possible)
Do y’all know what happened post WWII? For five or more years, all the women went into the workforce to support the war effort. Women in factories, women as doctors, nurses, mechanics, farmers, everything that was needed. Women were told to do it! told how this was patriotic, doing the right thing et cetera.
But after the war? a) the men wanted their jobs back after they came back from the warfront and the warships, and b) the PTB (powers that be) wanted everything to “Go Back To Normal” and they sculpted The New Normal with aggressive advertising and restrictive fashion.
(you can google post WWII women’s fashion)
women went from Rosie the Riveter to Coco Chanel. From overalls and do-rags to stiletto heels, pencil skirts, and bullet bras.
Think about how much work it is to perform THAT kind of femininity.
The whole 1950′s Housewife schtick was partly advertising copy commissioned by the various influential governments to discourage women from doing these “unwomanly pursuits”...that had been crucial to defeating the Nazis and the Axis powers.
what I’m saying is, among many other things. FUCK wearing bras. And if you hate them like I do, if they hurt you, if they’re expensive, if you’re Realizing Things about Performing Femininity and/or you’re Le Tired of all that patriarchal gender roles bullshit... Wear What’s Comfortable, wear what you LIKE and feel Good In. Wear makeup, don’t wear makeup, wear makeup that disturbs Boomer Men in Conservative Suits, YOU choose what you want to wear.
And if they push back by fashion mavens telling us Buy More Stuff You Need to look like THIS and your tits need to look like THIS not THAT, tell ‘em to go piss up a rope.
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