I have really deep thoughts on this but I just got dropped off at home by my boyfriend after a trip to the ER and I'm on enough muscle relaxants and pain meds to knock out a horse but like... I've been saying since the Supreme Court case that decided corporations are people (Citizens United (?)) That we were headed out of the realm of capitalism as we knew it, and certainly out of the prime capitalism that was Fordism (standardized low cost goods and decent enough wages for workers that allowed them to purchase those goods) and into an era of some form of nuveao (neuveau? That same fucker that that shit art movement was art neuveau) feaudalism, monopoly, oligarchy, and hegemony. I think those are the right words. Someone... like this so I can revise while not out of it.
How do they keep making later and later stages of late-capitalism
- Earthy Mama
Went to church today on a very wet, snowy Sunday morning, took care of one of my comfort care patients with some antinausea meds and SQ fluids, then ran to the grocery store, now I'm cuddled in with my Critters for the Eagles game. Go Birds!
Outfit is:
- Ralph Lauren Cotton Cardigan circa 2019, similar to This cotton blend Cardigan they currently offer.
- Tommy Hilfiger Imina boots in Saddle Brown thrifted you can find them on poshmark Here
- Wool & Cotton Skirt by Ann Taylor, Circa 2016, unfortunately they don't have anything similar anymore and have largely switched to synthetic blends in their knits
- Thrifted, tagless top of some sort of synthetic stretch blend, bought at my local goodwill for $7
- 100% cotton leggings from fair indigo size XS find them Here
- Scarf head covering for church is a flax bandana I bought from an Amish vendor at my local farmers market, you can find a similar one here on etsy.
All of this! I love natural materials; they last beautifully, are easy to mend on your own, and don't look dingy after 3 washes. The only real problem is you must learn how to do laundry properly rather than dump all of your clothes together into the washer with 2 tide pods and then blast them with the dryer 1-3 times. Like... A waxed cotton canvas barn coat is significantly warmer than my polyester polyfill jackets on drippy dark hikes, wool & cotton socks don't give me blisters, silk (actual silk, not nylon and elastane) stockings don't give me rashes on the backs of my thighs. Natural materials are your friends!
Idk exactly how to explain this but the softness of real wool and real linen is very different from the artificial softness of polyester “sherpa”, fuzzy faux-fur, spongey acrylic knits and people have gotten too used to the soft plastics and now associate wool with “itchy” and linen with rough and cotton with “too heavy” and then go and wear 100% polyester fleecy sweatshirts and say it’s so warm and cozy but actually they’re just staticky cooking in their sweat locked inside a plastic membrane and you are paying too much to be wearing filaments of petroleum products and the money isn’t going to the people sewing them either. I’m saying you all need to touch grass and the grass in this situation is good quality textiles made of natural fibres.
This is a huge win in the fight against marital rape.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has just made a major ruling in favor of a French woman who was blamed for her divorce because she refused to have sex with her husband.
The woman, whose identity is kept private, had been married since 1984, but her relationship took a dark turn when her husband started abusing her in 2002. Then, she stopped having sex with him.
By 2012, she wanted a divorce, but her husband argued that she was the one at fault for not having sex.
The French courts initially sided with him, but the ECHR finally stepped in, ruling that this was a violation of her rights. The court made it clear that women cannot be treated as "faulty" for choosing not to have sex in a marriage.
Women are not objects in relationships —they are equal partners with the right to consent or refuse. This ruling challenges the harmful belief that marriage comes with a sexual "obligation" and affirms that everyone deserves respect, freedom, and the right to live free from sexual pressure or violence.
It's Tech Week and Doc's Dog got into the tech week brownies so I'm stuck on Clevor Baby Sitting Duties
It's Tech Week! Feed your veterinary support staff, send them a nice little note, and as always, be kind to your vet staff.