by the end of this video I got fully convinced that swords and daggers are a perfect fit for the cottagecore aesthetic, can't imagine it any other way now love the sword earrings! look super cool
My job here is done 😎✨⚔️ but honestly I really want to now imagine cottagecore characters for each of these weapons. Imho any aesthetic can be improved with swords. And thank you!! I love these earrings (there again - will improve any look!)
With pleasure! It was interesting working through my own feelings about it especially when it did provide a lot of much needed escapism in 2020 albeit in my garden in the middle of a city in lockdown.
@@joustgalpals But even then there was a weird perfectionism about it. Nobody had a learning curve. And everything fitted together so well. it was kinda Stepford Wives looking back on it.
As a tradwife, I mostly carry an axe and knife outside. It's useful for many tasks around the homestead, however I don't understand why you had the urge to talk down to people like me. There is nothing wrong with choosing this lifestyle if you want to and there is nothing wrong with traditional roles.
First off, power to you for having an axe and knife you use regularly in your homestead, genuinely. I think these are practical skills more people could benefit from having, however they choose to live their life. Given you are engaging politely I will respond in kind and respond in good faith about the things you take issue with and because it does allow me to expand on what I dislike about the tradwife movement. 1. The way the tradwife lifestyle is presented, quite literally in its labelling, as the "traditional" way a wife can be when the idea of a woman staying at home without a job and being entirely focused on raising a family and supporting her husband isn't rooted into historical basis and is a nostalgic fantasy of 1950s American housewife ideology. Look throughout history and you'll find that women across a range of social classes we could consider as being in “traditional” marriages occupied varied positions both within and outside the home as part of their community. I dislike the idea that we should only talk about historical women who challenged gender norms (don't get me started on the "well behaved women seldom make history" slogan which has been so widely misinterpreted) - we should also be talking about those who led rich, varied lives that did not resemble tradwife life in the slightest even if they did not have the widest range of choices (especially working-class women). We should also remember though, that many of these women were actively oppressed by the traditional roles they were placed in without the possibility of choice. 2. So let's talk about choice and the way the tradwife movement in *the way it presents itself in the mainstream, whether you personally adhere to this or not as a person*, rejects feminism in this pursuit of a very narrow view of traditional roles. Like it or not but it pushes ideology that considers men as superior to women at accomplishing certain tasks (like being the breadwinner) and places women in a position where they are at risk of lacking gender equality, independence and self-sufficiency. Feminism is about choice - the choice to get a job, yes, OR stay at home to raise a family. That’s really not the issue for me...I say so in the video! The issue to me is the women identifying as tradwives rejecting feminism while being placed in a role where they are at a very heightened risk of isolation and cannot advocate for themselves. I worry about women placing all their identity and self-worth in their relationship to their home, husband and family and don’t have their own community and life outside of that. I worry about the risk of DV and removal of reproductive rights. I worry for women who think feminism is only about "girlbosses" and not for them (and let’s be honest here, mainstream feminism should also be held accountable for making people feel this way). Feminism is for every single woman to live happily and safely in full control of her body and mind. And women fought hard throughout history for us to have these choices - with the housewife option being one where you are still in control and empowered (give the work of International Wages for Housework Campaign in the 70s a read). So the fact that the tradwife movement is more often than not presented as a rejection of feminism gives me pause. 3. It would be one thing if this was a choice that was privately taken up by a range of women based on their own circumstances and beliefs. But the tradwife movement has been actively promoted across social media and uses attractive propaganda language and imagery such as, yes, cottagecore aesthetics, to promise a deeply nostalgic and cosy life that does not reflect the everyday reality of this kind of life. I think you more than anyone if you’re in a very practical position working on a homestead will recognise this - it’s not always fun. It can be miserable. It can be very hard. It’s not for everyone - or every woman. And yet some will present it as an enviable facet of tradwife life that is somehow a comfortable, inherently natural role for women to embrace. And in the face of a new rise of misogyny and conservative attacks on gender non-conforming people especially in spaces like the US where the tradwife propaganda is strongest, I think we actually should be very critical of this type of aggressive social media messaging. I hope you’re happy in your situation and, genuinely, wish you nothing but the best. I am also making the assumption you do not impose your lifestyle choices onto others. If this is working for you - good for you! But if you do not like the way some people like me may be talking about the tradwife movement and the urge we have to be disparaging about what it represents, take a look at how the tradwife community widely presents itself and question why we have such a kneejerk reaction.
@@joustgalpals thank you for the thourough and polite response, I hope I cananswer accordingly once we fixed our internet outage because I am terrible at typing on the phone. long story short: I think I misinterpreted the term "tradwife". As a European and a historian myself I didn't think of this USA-centric 1950s "tradwife", I interpreted it more loosely as in the man being the protector and provider due to his natural inclination towards excess labour and the wife being the head of childrearing and domestic affairs due to her excess fertility (if you think of the relationship as mostly transactional).
...and now you've got me off on how this intersects with native ecology, and to what extent doing cottagecore (responsibly? at least, without excessive irrigation) in my area would impinge on indigenous practices.
Yes!! A "cut for time" part of this video was about the hypocrisy/irony of fast fashion companies like SHEIN producing "cottagecore" outfits - a polluting unethical simulacra of something meant to reflect a slower-paced, sustainable lifestyle. But it is interesting to think about what a "responsible" and "self-aware" practice of cottagecore would look like that is truly ethical, ecological and rooted in decolonisation and anticapitalism (outside the purely image-based social media form of it). The native ecology aspect is really interesting to think about.
Cottage core + swords pretty much describes the Celts.
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by the end of this video I got fully convinced that swords and daggers are a perfect fit for the cottagecore aesthetic, can't imagine it any other way now
love the sword earrings! look super cool
My job here is done 😎✨⚔️ but honestly I really want to now imagine cottagecore characters for each of these weapons. Imho any aesthetic can be improved with swords. And thank you!! I love these earrings (there again - will improve any look!)
It’s always a treat to see sword earrings that don’t look like crosses from more than an inch away.
I have been trying to work out why I feel ick about Cottage Core, thank you!
With pleasure! It was interesting working through my own feelings about it especially when it did provide a lot of much needed escapism in 2020 albeit in my garden in the middle of a city in lockdown.
@@joustgalpals But even then there was a weird perfectionism about it. Nobody had a learning curve. And everything fitted together so well. it was kinda Stepford Wives looking back on it.
I recognise a feather small sword if not mistaken
It is! I've had her for a couple years now
You're FRENCH!?!? 😂
Surpriiiiise! 🎵😂
@@joustgalpals Magnifique!
It explains so much, right? Especially all the hypothetically-homicidal flair.
As a tradwife, I mostly carry an axe and knife outside. It's useful for many tasks around the homestead, however I don't understand why you had the urge to talk down to people like me. There is nothing wrong with choosing this lifestyle if you want to and there is nothing wrong with traditional roles.
First off, power to you for having an axe and knife you use regularly in your homestead, genuinely. I think these are practical skills more people could benefit from having, however they choose to live their life. Given you are engaging politely I will respond in kind and respond in good faith about the things you take issue with and because it does allow me to expand on what I dislike about the tradwife movement.
1. The way the tradwife lifestyle is presented, quite literally in its labelling, as the "traditional" way a wife can be when the idea of a woman staying at home without a job and being entirely focused on raising a family and supporting her husband isn't rooted into historical basis and is a nostalgic fantasy of 1950s American housewife ideology. Look throughout history and you'll find that women across a range of social classes we could consider as being in “traditional” marriages occupied varied positions both within and outside the home as part of their community. I dislike the idea that we should only talk about historical women who challenged gender norms (don't get me started on the "well behaved women seldom make history" slogan which has been so widely misinterpreted) - we should also be talking about those who led rich, varied lives that did not resemble tradwife life in the slightest even if they did not have the widest range of choices (especially working-class women). We should also remember though, that many of these women were actively oppressed by the traditional roles they were placed in without the possibility of choice.
2. So let's talk about choice and the way the tradwife movement in *the way it presents itself in the mainstream, whether you personally adhere to this or not as a person*, rejects feminism in this pursuit of a very narrow view of traditional roles. Like it or not but it pushes ideology that considers men as superior to women at accomplishing certain tasks (like being the breadwinner) and places women in a position where they are at risk of lacking gender equality, independence and self-sufficiency. Feminism is about choice - the choice to get a job, yes, OR stay at home to raise a family. That’s really not the issue for me...I say so in the video! The issue to me is the women identifying as tradwives rejecting feminism while being placed in a role where they are at a very heightened risk of isolation and cannot advocate for themselves. I worry about women placing all their identity and self-worth in their relationship to their home, husband and family and don’t have their own community and life outside of that. I worry about the risk of DV and removal of reproductive rights. I worry for women who think feminism is only about "girlbosses" and not for them (and let’s be honest here, mainstream feminism should also be held accountable for making people feel this way). Feminism is for every single woman to live happily and safely in full control of her body and mind. And women fought hard throughout history for us to have these choices - with the housewife option being one where you are still in control and empowered (give the work of International Wages for Housework Campaign in the 70s a read). So the fact that the tradwife movement is more often than not presented as a rejection of feminism gives me pause.
3. It would be one thing if this was a choice that was privately taken up by a range of women based on their own circumstances and beliefs. But the tradwife movement has been actively promoted across social media and uses attractive propaganda language and imagery such as, yes, cottagecore aesthetics, to promise a deeply nostalgic and cosy life that does not reflect the everyday reality of this kind of life. I think you more than anyone if you’re in a very practical position working on a homestead will recognise this - it’s not always fun. It can be miserable. It can be very hard. It’s not for everyone - or every woman. And yet some will present it as an enviable facet of tradwife life that is somehow a comfortable, inherently natural role for women to embrace. And in the face of a new rise of misogyny and conservative attacks on gender non-conforming people especially in spaces like the US where the tradwife propaganda is strongest, I think we actually should be very critical of this type of aggressive social media messaging.
I hope you’re happy in your situation and, genuinely, wish you nothing but the best. I am also making the assumption you do not impose your lifestyle choices onto others. If this is working for you - good for you! But if you do not like the way some people like me may be talking about the tradwife movement and the urge we have to be disparaging about what it represents, take a look at how the tradwife community widely presents itself and question why we have such a kneejerk reaction.
@@joustgalpals thank you for the thourough and polite response, I hope I cananswer accordingly once we fixed our internet outage because I am terrible at typing on the phone.
long story short: I think I misinterpreted the term "tradwife". As a European and a historian myself I didn't think of this USA-centric 1950s "tradwife", I interpreted it more loosely as in the man being the protector and provider due to his natural inclination towards excess labour and the wife being the head of childrearing and domestic affairs due to her excess fertility (if you think of the relationship as mostly transactional).
...and now you've got me off on how this intersects with native ecology, and to what extent doing cottagecore (responsibly? at least, without excessive irrigation) in my area would impinge on indigenous practices.
Yes!! A "cut for time" part of this video was about the hypocrisy/irony of fast fashion companies like SHEIN producing "cottagecore" outfits - a polluting unethical simulacra of something meant to reflect a slower-paced, sustainable lifestyle. But it is interesting to think about what a "responsible" and "self-aware" practice of cottagecore would look like that is truly ethical, ecological and rooted in decolonisation and anticapitalism (outside the purely image-based social media form of it). The native ecology aspect is really interesting to think about.
I feel you are cruelly overlooking the potential of billhooks and balehooks, particularly poled ones, and pitchforks.
I feel like I need a new video that is entirely based around ranking the best peasant weaponry!
@joustgalpals as Terry Pratchett said, the working man can be quite heavily armed in the course of their work
Theres a sickle-derived sword called a falx, from Dacia (modern day Romania) very scary weapon, might be worth a google.
Oh very interesting. Somewhat reminiscent of a khopesh!