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singing house of the rising sun at the pub last night and when the song ended the musicians just kept playing while people ad-libbed more verses about various pubs they knew

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Forever finding new holes in my mom's favorite sweater

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Going to the vintage market, that means there's a dress code right? 😁

Found a 1940s waistcoat, nothing fancy, but a solid piece. Tie is also true vintage. No idea on the coat - ti's rather odd, with no breast pockets, but the length puts it out of the realm of contemporary.

(I know I'm wearing 5-pocket trousers, ssshhhh, they are still wide legged and high waisted, I have been too lazy to do the turn-ups on my good corduroys.)

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They need to invent more fake celebrities like Hatsune Miku and Gorillaz and the Muppets because it's genuinely the most sustainable way to maintain a parasocial relationship with the entertainer class.

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When Sasha Allen, a trans singer, sat down to write his first release after going independent, he thought he was going to write an “eff-off” song. But the song he ended up writing, with its reflections on religious transphobia, had a different sentiment.

In “When I Forgive You,” which released Saturday (March 29), Allen imagines religious people walking back their beliefs on transgender people “at the pearly gates” and questions the level of vitriol such beliefs have provoked.

“I find it strange to hold such hatred for a stranger,” Allen, 23, sings in a rollicking song with acoustic guitar and harmonica. But then his lyrics take a turn.

“You’ll find it strange when I hold kindness to your anger. I find it strange, this shape you mold me into. You’ll find it strange when I forgive you.” [...]

[RNS:] What was it like for you to find your own relationship with religion? [Allen:] It was really beautiful actually. I think I had the space to do that because I didn’t grow up religiously. I was kind of simultaneously having all of these beautiful blessings in my life and also going through a lot of stress and coming into myself as a person, and I just kind of stumbled upon it and stumbled upon God and prayer and spirituality in general. I found that it really added to my life, and I found a lot of peace and a lot of joy in it. And I think growing up and realizing I can have my own relationship with God that’s not necessarily religious or linked to a church, you know? [...]

In your own relationship with God, faith and even hope in this moment, where are you finding joy? Where are you finding comfort? With releasing this song, I feel like I’m in a place where I’m really thankful to God for my platform and my voice and my ability to write and play music, so I can express myself — because I really, really do believe God made me trans and made me trans for a reason and made me trans so I could have a voice and reach other trans people, specifically those that are hurting or feel unaccepted. I feel a lot of joy in the fact that I’m gonna be able to reach a lot of people with it and maybe impact a few people.

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It makes me indescribably happy that Yamuel is making so many people smile or just feel better about life for a moment. I’m glad he can help. He sure helps me.

Yamburger helper.

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I spent longer than I would care to admit today making tiny corsets from "free" or public domain patterns and construction paper. Each one is about the size of my hand (pattern was sized to fit on an 8 1/2" by 11" piece of paper).

This one is from Tygodnik Mód 1869, pattern floating around on Pinterest. Really interesting three piece design.

This one is from Die Frauenwelt 1874, also floating around on Pinterest. I like the simple two piece body with gores for shaping, much easier to alter than seams. Note how this cups the stomach rather than flaring out? The longer line dresses of the 1870s required corsets to have more structure below the waist, opposed to 1860s styles that ended there.

A little later on, this is from a 1878 patent. I made this mostly because it combines the gores and full length pieces. I love the side profile, front and back, not so much.

These next two are both from "Complete Guide to Ladies Garment Cutting" c. 1883.

I think this one has the "best" shape which is interesting since it specifies it is for stout ladies lol. The back is very flat too which surprises me, I'd expect there to be more volume there to support the bustle.

This one I made mostly because it doesn't have gores and is different for that era. The pieces didn't line up well and it feels almost like this should begin below the bust? That top line is SO ODD.

But! The side profile and volume over the hips is pretty great. Something to revisit eventually, maybe, it will just require more work.

The next three are from the Symington Corset archive which is very fun to look through if you never have before! A hundred+ original patterns from the 1890s.

I picked three, starting with this earlier design which didn't end up being very shapely at all. I wonder if this is for juniors? This was an instant "no" for me, has no redeeming qualities for what I want in an 1890s corset. Maybe for the 1920s, lol...

(edit; I wonder if what I thought were narrow bones in the seams is actually cord? making it even more lightweight in terms of support.)

I love the front and back of this sooo much. It is so waspy and easier than the others to alter IMO given the simplicity of the piecing. It is very straight in the back, though, which probably won't work for me.

Lastly, is this guy. Which I think is the best rounded--this could work for the 80s and 90s. I like the side profile of this a lot but not so much the front. I also feel like the narrow pieces with centered bones will be harder to alter than the wider pieces shown above. But the back slope on this one would be better for me and the rise on the hips looks more comfortable.

This was a fun little test! Some looked very different than I expected based on how they looked flat and gives me some insight on which to use as a base for altering to my measurements.

Which is your favorite?

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it is my cat

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my evil creature (utau voicebank) doodles

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FATAL ERROR

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kevin

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made a bake no hana cover with mai and drew this for the video. it's traced from card art

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argh I hate lineart >:[