#aspiring homemaker

[traditionallyuntraditional]

Willkommen auf meinem Blog!

He/She | (Ex?) Catholic | Canadian / German, French, & Scottish ancestry | 17 | Aspiring homemaker / House husband.

The only “pro European’s moving back to Europe” person who actually has plans to move to Europe.

Tradition ≠ Hate

German tradition ≠ Nazism

Fuck off if you think otherwise.

[witchstone]

tradwife lesbian : cottagecore terf?

LMAO yeah probably, but i wasn't able to get any clarification on what exactly a 'tradwife lesbian' is, so i can't really extrapolate. honestly it's most likely its just someone who's feminine, wants to be a homemaker and who's into cottagecore rather than actual tradwife

[deeperfocusonsocialmedia]

Success in Commonality

Homophily

People naturally look for a community with common status and values. Homophily is seeking interactions with commonality (Gu et al., 2014). Social Media is a great platform that people use to find homophily. Religion, attitudes, education, beliefs, income, aspirations, and occupation can create homophily. 

Marketing

Companies build their advertising using homophily. Marketing requires appealing to a target demographic (Gu et al., 2014). If a marketing team wants to bring middle-class homemakers into their customer demographic, marketers will use an advertisement with commonality to middle-class homemakers. 

Social Media

Social media accounts require targeting an audience. To gain followers, there needs to be a community where people can feel belonging (Gu et al., 2014). Social Media accounts gain followers and likes based on relatability, preference, and people's aspirations. To create an excellent social media account, one has to know the target audience well. Posts need to gain the target audience's attention and have commonality. 

Reference:

Gu, B., Konana, P., Raghunathan, R., & Chen, H. M. (2014). The allure of homophily in social media: Evidence from investor responses on virtual communities. Information Systems Research, 25(3), 604. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2014.0531

[sims-himbo]

THE SIMS 4: BARBIE Legacy Challenge!

oh hi there! i haven't posted here in a while, but i just watched the barbie movie a few days ago and needless to say, it is now my entire personality. so here's my first ever legacy challenge based on barbie's many, many careers and achievements!

apologies in advance, this challenge uses a lot of packs! i'm sorry! i might try to make a base game version at some point

BASE GAME version

portuguese translation by @demaciana-sims

sims 3 version by @appaloosawhims

challenge rules below the cut

All heirs must be female and named Barbie. (non-heir children may have any name)

You may use the freerealestate cheat for your first house, but try not to use money cheats after that!

You are allowed and encouraged to use lot traits and rewards to boost skill gain, anything that’s in-game is fair game.

Packs you will need:

EPs: Get To Work, City Living, Cats & Dogs, Get Famous, Island Living, High School Years

GPs: Spa Day*, Parenthood

Optional packs (for the optional generations):

EPs: University, Cottage Living, Horse Ranch

GPs: Strangerville

*You only need Spa Day for the High Maintenance trait in one of the generations and nothing else, so it's fine to skip out on it.

You've been raised with traditional values: find a good man, start a family, be a homemaker... But you want your children to aim higher, so you'll make sure to set them up for success.

Complete Successful Lineage aspiration

Max Parenting and Cooking skills

Have at least 3 kids and 1 pet, each child must complete at least one child aspiration and they must all max out their grades in school

Must have Family-Oriented trait

Your mother was happy staying at home, but not you. You're ready to fight your way to the top and make enough money to support your family for generations to come.

Complete Fabulously Wealthy aspiration

Max Charisma and Logic skills

Max Business career (Investor branch)

Must have Ambitious trait

Your family is pretty wealthy, so you've used your funds to open up your very own vet clinic and follow your dreams of being surrounded by furry little guys all day! But it might be more difficult than you thought...

Complete Friend of the Animals aspiration

Max Veterinarian skill

Run a 5-star vet clinic

Have at least 3 pets and be good friends with all of them

Must have either Cat Lover or Dog Lover trait

You grew up surrounded by pets, and you now want to explore even more of the animal kingdom... So you're going underwater! What magical secrets will you discover on your journey?

Must live in Sulani

Complete Beach Life aspiration

Max Conservationist career (Marine Biologist branch)

Become a mermaid

Max Logic and Fitness skills

Must have Child of the Ocean trait

Your mother had an almost supernatural level of fitness at sea, so now you've been inspired to master fitness on land! You're determined to reach your full potential in physical performance and become a world class champion.

Join Cheer or Football team as a teenager and reach highest level

Complete Bodybuilder aspiration

Max Fitness and Charisma skills

Max Athlete career (Athlete branch)

Must have Active trait

Your family has achieved many, many accolades, and you've set out to capture all of it in an epic Tell-All novel that you spend your entire life writing!

Complete Bestselling Author aspiration

Max Writing skill

Write Book Of Life and bind it to your parent, use it to successfully bring them back from a premature death

Must have Creative trait

Movie stardom is the next logical step for your lineage, so you set out to conquer the silver screen. Will you catapult the family name into even greater heights, or will it now be associated with infamy?

Complete Master Actress aspiration

Max Acting skill

Must reach at least Proper Celebrity status

Must have a secret affair with a fellow Actor!

Must have High Maintenance trait

As the child of a successful actress, people may roll their eyes and immediately write you off as yet another nepo-baby trying to start a music career... So you must prove them all wrong by becoming a proper rockstar!

Complete World Famous Celebrity aspiration

Max Singing skill

Max skill in at least 2 instruments

Max Entertainer career (Musician branch)

Must have Music Lover trait

What's next after conquering so many careers and reaching worldwide fame for the family name? World domination, of course! Become the greatest Leader this nation has ever seen!

Complete Mansion Baron aspiration

Max Politician career (Politician branch)

Max Charisma skill

Must have Self-Assured trait

Now that you've conquered the world, it's time to venture out into Space! There's so much to explore out there, and Barbie must leave her mark all across the galaxy.

Complete Nerd Brain aspiration

Max Astronaut career (Either branch)

Max Logic and Rocket Science skills

Go to SIXAM at least once and bring a souvenir

Must have Genius trait

Still want more? Here's some extra Barbies that you can play with!

Secret Agent Barbie

Complete Bodybuilder aspiration

Must have Active and Geek traits

Complete Secret Agent career (Diamond Agent branch)

Max Logic, Fitness and Charisma skills

Become enemies with a Sim in the Villain branch of the Secret Agent career! (You may need to cheat this career level for sims outside your household)

Countryside Barbie

Complete Country Caretaker aspiration

Max Gardening skill

Must make all money from gardening, farming, wine making, etc. No day job!

Must own a horse and have it max every skill

Must have Animal Enthusiast trait

Army General Barbie

Must live in Strangerville

Complete Strangerville Mystery aspiration

Max Logic and Charisma skills

Max Military career (Either branch)

Must have Erratic trait

Scientist Barbie

Complete Nerd Brain aspiration

Max Scientist Career

Be abducted by Aliens at least once

Must have Genius trait

Ultimate Barbie

Set lifespan to long

Complete at least 2 child aspirations

Complete Renaissance Sim AND Academic aspirations

Max 10 skills

Have 12 or more traits

Graduate from college

Reach the top of any career

Have a house worth 1 Million Simoleons

Have at least 5 kids and max your relationship with all of them

that's about it! if you play this, please use #sims barbie legacy

have fun:)

[xenosagaepisodeone]

aspiring tradwives when they realize that put together men in high earning occupations normally marry put together women in high earning occupations and the only guy in their age range that would seek out a trad wife is Gregor the Keyboard Warrior who boorishly demands but deeply looks down on their femininity and will strip them of all their little decorative homemaker hobbies by forcing them to live in gamer cave squalor

[johnskleats]

is anyone going to tell the kat@angers that it's not feminist activism to argue Katara's arc in LOK is fine on the grounds that "some women want to be homemakers and that's okay!!"

Like you're not helping real women that way. In fact, most antis for the cannon ship ARE women. Many are homemakers themselves.

Katara is not a real woman. She is a fictional woman written by men.

Can the sensibilities and wishes of a girl change by the time she is a adult? Yes!

But as this is a textual character who, as per the text, rejects the societal structure of her fictional world (which mirrors our own) that women are and can only ever be docile homemakers (i.e. I don't want to heal, I want to fight; I will never turn my back on people who need me; let's start a prison riot; let's engage in vigilante ecoterrorism; let's pitch an absolute fit because the boys are not pulling their fair weight in the homemaking; let's confront my mother's killer at the absolute rejection and condemnation of the male figures whom I am to respect; etc) it is perfectly reasonable to argue that this end was not a natural course for her character.

Fictional characters are not real people. This means that they do not change their mind off screen. That is not an acceptable argument. That is called a "plot hole", which is a nonsensical change made at the convenience and contrivance of the writer(s), who in this case are men exhibited to not care for women or girls all that much. It is within THEIR character to write this way.

Regardless of who, if anyone, Katara ended up with, Katara tolerating disrespect, neglect, abuse of her children, giving up all of her former aspirations to live in the shadow of men, and dying as a mere footnote in history (and being alright with it!!) is not surprising given the absolute vitriol Bryke has shown toward female fans of their "creation". It was supposed to be a "boy" show. It was always supposed to be a "boy" show. The creators of Supernatural and Game of Thrones did the same thing. ATLA just did it first.

Arguing "not all women" is not activism in the face of what is really happening in this discourse. Sending death threats to real, actual women with feelings in defense of a fake pretend woman's fake pretend autonomy is performative activism, and worse, hypocritical.

Not all women agree with you. Not all women feel represented and find the outcome of Katara's story satisfactory. If y'all care about feminism and respecting women's choices so much, lay off the real life women you're so fond of harassing. Our views and opinions, while opposing your own, don't affect you.

[doubleca5t]

Regarding the theory that hallmark movies are meant to reassure conservative women who stayed in their home towns and already married conservative husbands, rather than to be conservative wish fulfillment/aspirational, it's also important to note that (pre-streaming boom) the way someone would watch those movies was generally because they played on TV in the middle of the day during the work-week, aka the time were the majority of people able to watch TV are homemakers, not people with 9-5 jobs with a commute in the city. So yeah, intended target audience reached.

Yup, 100% checks out

[tameraldeeb]

Hello,

I am Tamer Al-Deeb, a Palestinian dentist from Gaza.

[Picture of Tamer before the war in his clinic]

I have hesitated and delayed for a long time to write these words and create an account on GoFundMe, but the need has become very urgent due to what I see of death approaching myself and my family.

To begin our story, it is important to introduce my family, who are the core of my existence and the source of my strength during these turbulent times:

We are a family of four suffering for over 9 months from a brutal war that spares neither humans nor stones.

Mother: The Heart of Our Home

My mother embodies generosity and kindness as a devoted homemaker, always prioritizing her family's well-being. Her unwavering love remains our sanctuary amidst the chaos.

Father: The Pillar of Strength

My father, Majed, a dedicated professor, faced the destruction of the university he served. Despite this, his commitment to education and society remains unshaken.

Brother: A Beacon of Healing

My brother, Mohammad, a compassionate doctor, confronts the challenges of healthcare amidst dwindling supplies and occupation brutality, showcasing remarkable dedication to healing.

Tamer: A Dream Deferred

As for myself, Tamer, I was on the verge of a new beginning, with aspirations to further my career in Germany. I had saved thousands of dollars for the mandatory block account to support my stay abroad. However, the conflict has not only shattered my professional dreams but also consumed what didn't burn of my savings, compelling me to fight for my family's survival amidst the escalating costs of basic human necessities.

[Picture of the family before the war]

I have lost the lives of my dearest friends, neighbors, and much of what I loved.

We have lost our home with all its dreams and memories. A five-floor house completely leveled to the ground!!

[Pictures of the destroyed house]

I lost my clinic, my only source of livelihood.

[picture of the clinic]

My neighborhood .

[picture of the destroyed neighborhood]

Since the beginning of the war, we were forced to flee our home in the north of the Gaza Strip to the supposed safe area in the south. But unfortunately, this was just the beginning. We have been displaced four times in the same southern area, fleeing from death always surrounding us.

Initially, we fled to a school belonging to the UNRWA in the Nuseirat camp until we were forced to move to another area, and the Maghazi camp was the intended destination. Then a UNRWA school, where we were residing in a tent inside, was targeted, killing 7 civilians. We were forced to flee again to a tent in Rafah, but the scarcity of clean water and the spread of epidemics and diseases forced us to flee again to a UNRWA school in the Deir Al-Balah area until now.

UNRWA has been providing refuge to hundreds of displaced families for the past six months at schools that have become vital community hubs, offering shelter to thousands of individuals trapped in the southern region.

Women and children sleep inside classrooms, and the men sleep outside in tents set up in the courtyard. Rainstorms recently have flooded our tents, and it's very difficult to take care of our basic needs.

[Pictures of Tamer after the war in the UNRWA school and his tent]

I am currently volunteering at Al-Aqsa Hospital, assisting in the maxillofacial surgery department. However, a sense of helplessness and despair often overwhelms me. It's hard to put into words the horrors and injuries I witness daily. Surrounded by the shroud of death and the cries of the wounded, I feel powerless. "I want to save you, I want you to live," I often think, "I will do everything in my power to make it happen!" Sadly, many times, they become part of the countless casualties from my homeland. The shortages in food, water, and medical supplies are dire, to the extent that we sometimes perform surgeries without anesthesia. The suffering is unimaginable.

Now we hope to escape death, we hope for the end of the war, we hope to leave the Gaza Strip, and we hope to live a decent life away from bombing, occupation, and destruction.

It has been 9 months of hell and horror. This genocide has been too long to bear, and our mental health and lives are in constant danger. (I can’t describe enough what I have been dealing with daily in the hospitals for the past days. We have reached a point where there is no hope left for us here in Gaza, where we are unfortunately just waiting for our turn to die, and even if there is a ceasefire, the destruction in Gaza is beyond prompt repair

Evacuation fees are expensive, especially now that I have no source of income. Once we can evacuate, your donations will cover our travel expenses and help us get immediate support in Egypt. There will be meal expenses, wardrobe expenses, emergency expenses, etc., but no generous contribution will go to waste.

To cross the “Rafah” Gaza-Egypt Borders, you need to have your name listed in the Crossing List (paid permit), and coordinators in Egypt who have the power to add my family’s names to the list at the border are now asking for anywhere from $6-8,000 per PERSON! They will not add the names until we can prove we have the money ready.

I ask for your help because this is not just my battle alone, but a battle in which we seek your helping hand to survive and preserve our families. Any donation, big or small, will have a huge impact on the lives of my family and me. I am grateful to everyone who donates, and I will remain grateful forever for giving hope and opportunity to me and my family to survive and build a better future.

Thank you for reading my story. For sharing my story with your friends and family. I hope, there is a ceasefire, and we can get the rest and safety we deserve to build our lives all over again. ❤️

Tamer Al-Deeb

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[homemakinghippie]

Here's your reminder not to get caught up on labels.

I just watched a YouTube video talking about being a biblical Proverbs 31 woman and wife. She was comparing it to being a 50s tradwife.

To her being a 50s tradwife is being a doormat who's not allowed to make any money herself and allows abusive behaviors. But a biblical wife sells items at the market and invests in land she bought with her own money (see Proverbs 31:10-31). She has some independence and doesn't follow whatever her husband says blindly.

I don't disagree with her definition of a biblical woman or that it's a good thing to aspire to be. What's hilarious to me, is that I've seen people on the internet talk about how it's better to be a 50s housewife than a Christian housewife. They basically swapped the definitions and said a 50s housewife is more liberal and has more freedom, while Christian wives are subjects of abuse. Other times I've seen people say tradwives and biblical wives are the same thing and only Christians are housewives.

In reality, everyone defines being a tradwife/homemaker/housewife/stay at home mom differently, and how someone is actually living their life is more important than what they call themselves. I used to say I'm not a tradwife because I had only seen the Christian housewives who don't believe women should ever work or make money use the term. My husband is Norse Pagan and we listen to heavy metal music and watch horror movies. My closet is more band tees than dresses or skirts (although this is one thing I do want to work on a bit). I don't fit the "tradwife aesthetic" so I didn't think it applied to me despite all of the practical parts being accurate. I don't work and currently don't even have a side hustle (I do plan on selling farm fresh products once we get moved). I started staying home before we even decided to have a baby and now I do the majority of the childcare. I trust my husband's opinion and let him lead and make most of the decisions for our family. We have traditional gender roles. My hobbies include all of the domestic interests you would expect from a housewife.

My point is don't get too caught up in labels and stereotypes. Don't let other people tell you how your marriage works or should be working.

[jazzytrait]

Did I just spend all day turning Oasis Springs pink? Yes. Yes, I did.

I'm going to be doing the Barbie Legacy Challenge by @sims-himbo! I'm still working on getting my graphics settings and presets to where I like again. BUT I'll get there. Gen 1: Housewife Barbie

You’ve been raised with traditional values: find a good man, start a family, be a homemaker... But you want your children to aim higher, so you’ll make sure to set them up for success.

Complete Successful Lineage aspiration

Max Parenting and Cooking skills

Have at least 3 kids and 1 pet, each child must complete at least one child aspiration and they must all be A+ students

Must have Family-Oriented trait

[brightgnosis]

|| Earth ⬩ Wife ||

My name is Anna Katherina. You may call me Anna- or you can call me either Birb or Frog; my pronouns are It / Its.

☕ 34 year old full-time «Multi-Neuroatypical & Multi-Disabled» «Queer (Femme)» «Childless» «NonTrad» Homemaker ⬩ Avid Tea Hoarder ⬩ Vintage & Antique Enthusiast; from «North Central Oklahoma»

🌿 ~16+ years working with plants in Zone 7A as a Former OK-9.4.2 Civilian Conservationist ⬩ Current OK-R2 Master Gardner ⬩ Training Rosarian ⬩ Lay Herbalist ⬩ Avid Gardener ⬩ Hobbyist Nature Photographer ⬩ and Aspiring Perfumer & Incenser.

🕊️ 23 years variously Pagan — (Ex-Reconstructionist) Dual Faith «(Converting) Masorti Jew + Traditional NeoWiccan» practicing as a Hearthkeeper ⬩ Verderer ⬩ Healer ⬩ Shadow Worker ⬩ and Diviner; «Ancestor Veneration» & «Ancestral Folk Magic» on the side; emphasis on Water Priestessing ⬩ Tree Speaking ⬩ and Prairie Medicine & Magic.

This is a Desktop-Only personal blog, thus it is best viewed properly from a desktop computer (or equivalent).

As a personal blog I obviously talk openly about my life- both positive and negative; topics encountered here may include my Physical Health & Disabilities ⬩ Mental Health ⬩ Sexuality ⬩ Cooking & Baking ⬩ Tea ⬩ Homemaking ⬩ Religion & Magic ⬩ Gardening ⬩ Herbalism ⬩ Foraging ⬩ Ecology ⬩ various Notes & Quotes & Thoughts from Personal Studies ⬩ Different forms of Entertainment I enjoy ⬩ Vintage shop & Antiquing Finds; and whatever else is relevant to my daily life, thoughts, and so on — and sometimes that may include triggering content.

I tag liberally. Ongoing Sagas are frequently given their own unique tag to blacklist in case you get tired of or can no longer handle seeing that topic ... Reasonably potentially triggering content is tagged generally as [Trigger Warning] while body specific issues are also tagged [Body TMI] ... Be aware that I will not tag specific triggers on request unless you're a mutual.

Because this is my personal diary / journal blog (and not a content blog here to be mindlessly consumed from): No, you don't have to interact with me before following me ... But yes, I do expect those who follow me to actually interact with me in some form while following me ... Introduce yourself to me and say hi. Like or Comment on my posts (not Reblogs). Send me Asks (please do not DM me). Tag me in things you think I'll like, or Tag Games. Be a Human Being and interact with me like another Human Being.

Otherwise what's actually the point of even following a (real) Personal Blog in the first place?

↠ Tags Here ↞⬩↠ Asks Here ↞⬩↠ Book of Shadows ↞

[silver-wield]

hi, hope you are doing well. I noticed you are very well versed in the lore of ffvii, and I wanted to ask about Tifa, in rebirth she comment on how she always felt the need to be liked, and generally behaved in a way that pleases others. in other words internalize what she really think and feel and put on an act that suit the expectations of the other person. when she reveal that in nibelhime I thought yeah thats what we have seen from her thus far, but usually, at least in my knowledge people pleasing behavior come from low self esteem? What could have happened in child tifa’s life to cause her that supposed low self esteem? low self esteem can also manifest in perfectionism, and becoming an over achiever too, which we see highlighted in costa del sol. She was loved by her dad as far as i know? I probably don’t have all the infos here so im asking you, but also I might have completely misread her character

Societal expectations and internalised misogyny and sexism are to blame for her lack of self esteem. She grew up in a very repressed village where women go from their parents homes to their husbands and have no job besides being a wife and homemaker.

Tifa has higher aspirations and she feels pressure to repress that and conform to how the village expects her to behave. That makes her angry, which we see in ToTP when she gets letters and declarations about how she'll be saved by the boys and they'll take care of her like she isn't capable.

So part of her knows she's better than what she has, but she's been taught that's a bad thing, which makes her a bad person and a bad daughter. And that results in her modifying her behaviour to please others and keep her true thoughts and feelings to herself so people don't hate her, even though she's genuinely kind and thoughtful and there's no reason for anyone to hate her.

Tifa's psychology as a character is really interesting, grounded and relatable ❤️

[incandescentsims]

BARBIE Legacy Challenge!

by @sims-himbo

Generation one: Housewife Barbie

You’ve been raised with traditional values: find a good man, start a family, be a homemaker... But you want your children to aim higher, so you’ll make sure to set them up for success.

Must have Family-Oriented trait

Complete Successful Lineage aspiration

Max Parenting and Cooking skills

Have at least 3 kids and 1 pet, each child must complete at least one child aspiration and they must all be A+ students

[sims-himbo]

THE SIMS 4: BARBIE LEGACY CHALLENGE (BASE GAME EDITION!)

ever since i posted the original challenge, i have been getting asked to come up with a base game version, and it is finally here! i'm really sorry that it took this long but i have no concept of time lol, anyways, i hope even more of you can enjoy it now!

challenge rules below the cut

All heirs must be female and named Barbie. (non-heir children may have any name)

You may use the freerealestate cheat for your first house, but try not to use money cheats after that!

You are allowed and encouraged to use lot traits and rewards to boost skill gain, anything that’s in-game is fair game.

You’ve been raised with traditional values: find a good man, start a family, be a homemaker... But you want your children to aim higher, so you’ll make sure to set them up for success.

Complete Successful Lineage aspiration

Max Cooking and Charisma skill

Have at least 4 kids, each child must complete at least one child aspiration and they must all max out their grades in school

Must have Family-Oriented trait

Your mother was happy staying at home, but not you. You’re ready to fight your way to the top and make enough money to support your family for generations to come.

Complete Fabulously Wealthy aspiration

Max Charisma and Logic skills

Max Business career (Investor branch)

Must have Ambitious trait

Your family is wealthy and you were pretty popular growing up. You’ve always been a trendsetter, pushing the limits and breaking the mold, so now it’s time to take the fashion industry by storm!

Complete Friend Of The World aspiration

Must have Materialistic and Creative traits

Max Style Influencer career (Trendsetter branch)

Max Photography and Charisma skills

Have a gallery wall with all of your friends and family

Your mom has made a name for herself on social media, and she's used her platform to promote your cooking talents! Empowered by this positive attention, you decide to follow your dreams of becoming a world-renowned chef!

Complete Master Chef aspiration (Chef branch)

Must have Foodie trait

Max Cooking and Gourmet Cooking skills

Die by fire, then make Ambrosia to bring yourself back from the dead! (You may cheat for the ingredients, but not for the skills; you may also cheat to add your ghost to your household, here's how)

When you were a lass, your mom made you four dozen eggs every morning to help you get large! Now, you’re determined to reach your full potential in physical performance and become a world class champion!

Complete Bodybuilder aspiration

Max Fitness and Charisma skills

Max Athlete career (Athlete branch)

Must have Active trait

Your mother was physically gifted, but you’re more brainy than brawny. You spend hours at your computer everyday, there’s so much information to absorb!

Complete Computer Whiz aspiration

Max Video Gaming and Programming skills

Win a Professional Tournament in ALL the games

Must have Geek trait

Your family has achieved many, many accolades, and you’ve set out to capture all of it in an epic Tell-All novel that you spend your entire life writing!

Complete Bestselling Author aspiration

Max Writing skill

Write Book Of Life and bind it to your parent, use it to successfully bring them back from a premature death

Must have Creative trait

Being from a successful lineage, people may roll their eyes and immediately write you off as yet another nepo-baby trying to start a music career… So you must prove them all wrong by becoming a proper rockstar!

Complete Party Animal aspiration

Max Entertainer Career (Musician Branch)

Must have Music Lover and Outgoing traits

Max Guitar, Violin and Piano skills

The success of your ancestors has set you up to comfortably follow your dreams. You love the arts, and you want to become an accomplished painter living in a beautiful palace, surrounded by the beauty you’ve created!

Complete Mansion Baron aspiration

Max Painter career (Either branch)

Max Painting skill

Have an Art Gallery and display all of your masterpieces

Must have Art Lover trait

Now that you’ve conquered the world, it’s time to venture out into Space! There’s so much to explore out there, and Barbie must leave her mark all across the galaxy.

Complete Nerd Brain aspiration

Max Astronaut career (Any branch)

Max Logic and Rocket Science skills

Build and fully upgrade a Rocket Ship

Explore Space and bring a souvenir

Try for a baby on the ship!

Must have Genius trait

[philosophicalconservatism]

On your post on female ambition, would you consider child rearing the greatest achievement a man can do?

My point is some women will want to be mothers but not all women are wired this way. Same with fathers. Some men and women want to be stay at home parents. Others don’t.

No use in shaming women who want to rise to their top of their professions, just as you wouldn’t shame a man for doing likewise.

I do believe that rearing decent and responsible children is the highest aspiration that a man can have. Both parents are to play a role in raising the children. One parent may play a more focused or consistent role than the other. And my point is that the one who does choose to play the more focused role should be highly appreciated for this rather than being labeled as "feeble-minded" (Betty Friedan) a "parasite" (Simone de Beauvoir, Robin Morgan) or as a practioner of an "illegitimate profession" (Vivian Gornick) as the founding mothers of so called Second Wave Feminism insisted. This person is choosing to specialize in the most important thing that most human beings do.

Now I have never suggested that everyone should have children. However I am concerned that as a consequence of the influence of modern Feminism, many women who might have otherwise been naturally inclined to have children are drifting in the opposite direction.

Additionally, women who might have been happy as homemakers have been shamed out of choosing that course. And so it is not a vision that these women actively cultivate when they are young. As a consequence, when they are older all they know is that they are miserable working in the world. And because they never cultivated the aspiration of being a homemaker, they probably also never cultivated the capabilities which only adds further to their confusion about their calling and purpose in life. Contrary to what many revisionists like to claim, late 20th century Feminism did not sell "choice" it sold a very specific vision to women. Homemaker did not fit that vision. Here is yet another statement about it from another one of Feminism's founding mothers

"Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization." -Susan Sontag.

[thesmolgoblingf]

I find it really annoying when people assume that I am a hyper-Christian oppressed nut because I aspire to be a homemaker and homesteader, and it’s usually from the same type of people who get upset when people say Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays during December.

Wanting to be a good mother and wife, wanting to provide nutritious food for your family— these are not strictly religious aspirations. Does the Christian faith preach that these are important and righteous desires? Yes, but so do many other religions.

But no one tells the animals it is godly to rear their young and feed their families and stand by their mates. Humans are not unlike animals.

I feel it is in my nature to raise my children, to pass on as much good as I can to them, and to make sure they have all the nutrition they need to grow and skills they need to thrive. One thing I hear repeatedly from parents is “they grow up too fast” and “I don’t know who my kid is”. Why wouldn’t I take the opportunity to be with my children as much as possible?

I also feel it is in my nature to be a source of love and support for my partner when they come home from a grueling day at work. Why wouldn’t I want to make life easier for my partner by providing him the knowledge that he has a clean home, warm food, and a happy family to come home to?

So… No, I’m not a Christian or monotheist of any sort. I’m just a woman with core values that center around my dream of raising a family.