#i hate primark it's evil

[bisquid]

Clothing repair is not a moral imperative and you shouldn't feel bad for not doing it

One of the most frustrating things about the whole 'just repair your clothes!' thing is that so many clothes just aren't easily repairable, and yet so many of the takes I've come across act like anyone not repairing their stuff are either lazy or stupid and Contributing To Climate Change.

My favourite pair of jeans was three years old when they ripped along where the back pocket was attached. I darned it. The first time I wore them again they ripped along the edge of the darn line.

I patched and redarned them. They ripped along the other pocket. Patch and redarn. They ripped where I'd sewed the patch on, even though I'd tried to weave in every stitch from more than an inch away

Every time I tried to repair them the denim basically disintegrated, because it was incredibly cheap and thin, so the repairs were stronger and just ripped free

One of my favourite dresses got mangled in a washing machine incident because it was a jersey knit stretch fabric and I have no idea how one goes about patching something that needs to stretch in every direction

I wanted to lightly modify the pocket situation on a denim jacket but couldn't, because I physically couldn't get a needle through the four layers of denim I needed to

One of my favourite t-shirts failed at the underarm seam and I couldn't fix it because they'd cut off and overlocked the majority of the seam allowance, and that had frayed when the seam failed

Another pair of trousers came entirely unseamed up one leg the first time I wore them because the (almost certainly overworked and underpaid) person who sewed it had failed to catch the thread in the hem, so the whole thing just unraveled. I did manage to resew that seam, but it took four weeks and three tries, and it's a bit wonky to this day

I have a favourite hoodie that's hanging up, unwearable, with almost an entire sleeve missing, because it got eaten by mice but I'm too attached to it to bin it, but I have no idea how to even START fixing damage like that.

'Twelve cool visible repair designs!' cool cool so that four colour embroidery over a one inch hole is going to cost approximately as much as just replacing the item cheaply and take how many hours to complete? And how many hours to develop the skills to make it look good?

I don't own a sewing machine. I don't particularly want to own a sewing machine, because they're expensive and take up space and require an entire skillset to use effectively. I have to repair or modify everything by hand. I don't have time for that, generally.

There's so much out there that's treated like a moral choice (clothing repair! Food delivery!Plastic straws!) without any examination of the barriers preventing people from doing the (please note the quote marks) '''right thing'''.

The people who most need to be able to repair their clothing are also the people most likely to only be able to afford the cheapest and therefore least repairable clothes. And also least likely to have the time and/or equipment to do so.

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So, you're going to hear from an actual Harry Potter fan now, one who participates actively in the fandom, both by fan activity and financially, as I think it's important to state why fans like myself are doing what we're doing: Which is why we still support Harry Potter when we FULLY understand what's going on.

So in all honesty? I see the anti Harry Potter crowds on here screaming at people to boycott Harry Potter, and for me at least, its falling on deaf ears. The truth is, yes I am a Harry Potter fan and when people say being a fan contributes to JK Rowling's campaigns again marginalised groups, it doesn't really mean anything to me. Jkr can use the money how she pleases, its her money.

I'm not trans, I am LGTBA+ and as a Brit, the Harry Potter series is deeply ingrained in my cultural identity and personal history; my involvement in the fandom spans over two decades, beginning when the fifth book came out. My parents took me out as a child to the midnight releases, we see the movies on opening day or advanced screenings. I am younger than Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint, but Because I was raised in a household that loves Harry Potter, it's always there. At Christmas, it's there; at birthdays, it's there. Nothing on TV? Stick Harry on.

When these blogs scream that if you pick Harry Potter, it means you don't care about trans lives? I personally don't know any trans people, but its their choice to what lifestyle they lead that makes them happy. Its my choice to be happy too and Harry Potter is that happiness. So Harry Potter or random trans people ive never met? Well im going to pick the fandon obviously.

Disclaimer here too: If I did know them personally, its still not my problem. Other people's happiness isn't my responsibility.

Harry Potter is deeply engraved in everyday life. The movies stream on their own channel during school holidays, our supermarkets and retail stores alike sell Harry Potter merchandise, from Pyjamas to food. Do you know how fast Harry Potter Pyjamas sell out at Primark here? Faster then blinkingnl.

The casting for Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagal, Hagrid... it was on the evening news as a main story. Harry Potter is not going away. There is a very, very, very large silent majority who love Harry Potter, regardless of their feelings forwards JKR, they are both anti and pro, but they all love Harry Potter just the same. Its these people who are behind the studio tour being booked out months in advance, its these people who keep Cursed Child running, its these people who visit the Univeral Harry Potter land.

The truth is, we know what being in the fandom means, and… we just don't care, and we continue anyway. Does that shock you? This is why Darry or the Marauders can trend even above trans issues in here. That's just the way it is. You can screaming yourself horse but nothing is going to change that. Sending hate to fandom

I'm a Hufflepuff, the good house so to speak, and when I wear any Harry Potter merch in public, I feel no shame. I never have people screaming at me or giving me evils. Im just a person wearing Harry Potter merch, its more likely I'll be complimented and asked where I brought it from. I think the anti Harry Potter crowd likes to believe we are in the outskirts of society, like people coming out in public with something unclean and unholy, but the reality of the situation is this: Harry Potter is still very accepted and normal.

I know the majority of people actually feel this way. In Discord groups and on Harry Potter fan pages on Facebook, many fans share these views but won't say anything publicly on a Tumblr blog. I myself have reported back a number of Anti Harry Potter content to my fellow Potterheads on these groups, some which have thousands of members. They get laughting faces and we have admins running the page, these posts don't ever get deleted, but anti Harry Potter ones do.

I know this may not suprise some and shock others, but its the honest truth.

🐛

[yubathegnome]

british school au

can someone do an sge highschool au but set in england. instead of the school for good and evil, it’s just posh boarding school and the local state school.

tedros - posh eton tory white boy / daddy will get me to oxford / fences in his spare time and wears signet rings and rolexes when going to waitrose / yah its croquet on saturdays with the boys / his dad is a lord or an earl so nepotism / jack wills 

beatrix - a horse girl / joni jeans and pretty little thing dresses / mini cooper for her 18th / goes to climate change protests just to miss school / tries to make having a fake id a personality trait / “i don’t get what’s wrong with being a tory, i love the nhs” / holiday home in cornwall

sophie - i’m a manchester gal don’t hate me / wears victoria secret spray but owns this one louis vuitton bag which she uses as a school bag so she thinks she is superior to everyone else / has a baby pink fiat 500 / queued up to go to primark after lockdown restrictions were eased / thirst trap snapchat stories / wants to marry a semi professional football player or a rich boy she finds at uni so she can drive the kids to hockey practice in a land rover / only drinks dark fruits or malibu / knows the perfect way to self tan and full face of makeup every morning / rolls up her school skirt 6 times 

agatha - labour supporter and feminist who stands up to her tory parents at the dinner table / dragged to seshes in the local park by sophie but would rather be at home reading pride and prejudice / freely uses the middle finger / denies being a tory when someone sees her eating microwave pasta meal from m&s / 'eat the rich’ and writes a blog abt how much she hates the bourgeoisie when she is literally middle class / loves tea / lowkey likes her school uniform

hort - a pseudo roadman / puffer jacket, adidas tracksuit and 3 inch butter knife hidden under his shirt / buys ‘weed’ off older years to look hard but really it’s just crushed up grass and posts him smoking it on his story / catcalls girls in the streets and then calls them ugly when they reject him / listens to stormzy and liberally uses the phrase “i will shank you” / slides into dms with ‘wagwan’ 

nicola - listens to 80s bands, shops at urban outfitters and has a kanken or doc martens / waitress at her dad’s pub or fish and chips shop / born in the wrong decade / that one vocal girl in humanities lessons that has to deal with boys (like hort) make jokes abt sending girls to the kitchen to make a sandwich whenever a feminist debate comes up

hester - does ketamine in the bathroom stalls (which has no effect on her at all) and fills her water bottle with vodka / the drug dealer which sells crushed up paracetamol and grass to year 7s / u wouldn’t expect her to be smart but she got all a*s at gcse / secretly dates anadil bc if she came out publicly, the fiat 500 girls would definitely make comments at her in the changing rooms or say being a lesbian is a phase (ah we love england) / famous on tiktok as an alt girl

dot - still stuck in her zoella year 7 phase / thinks being catcalled is a compliment and becomes a pick me girl / pregnant at 16 bc she trusts the first roadman who pays her attention / extreme lightweight and blacks out after a bottle of smirnoff ice

just realised that noone will understand this if u aren’t british. soz luvs :)

also idk if someone has already done this.

[sui-generis-nullus]

churgerbeeze

thanks i hate it

Santa makes toys. Or does he?🤨 In fact he has elves that make them for him. Now if we were to assume elves had freedom like humans, they would be allowed to leave his workshop and live a life they want. BUT NO😱. Do you ever see elves walking around?!!!! I think not. Santa owns a sweatshop😰 where he has masses of elf slaves that he uses to make toys for children😱🤯. Forget Amazon😒, forget Primark🤮. SANTA HAS A SLAVE FARM😡🤬😤. He imprisons them in the north pole. Freezing🥶🥶 cold temperatures and no escape🚫🚫🚫. This is evil. #cancelSantaAsap 😡😡😡🤬🤬👎🚫😤🤮🎅🎅🎅