#trades

[cowboyjen68]

Hello Cowboy Jen! I was wondering if you had any advice for me

Here’s the situation- I’m a young lesbian (I’ll be 17 going into college) and I’m going to study geology. I’m assuming my classes and later on my work environments are going to be mostly men since geology is a male-dominated field. Any advice for being in spaces without very many women? And picking a different field’s not a very good option either, geology’s been my obsession since I was five and I doubt I could give any other field as much attention and focus.

When I was DEAD SET on being in the DNR or a Forest Ranger or some kind of Park worker I was in my tweens and early teens. I loved the idea of working with people and animals and outside and getting to use my hands and my knowledge of land and history. Then some Jack Ass at the Corps of Engineers station I volunteered at told me women couldn't really do the job right and it was too dangerous and I lost confidence. I stopped going and didn't reapply for the Mayor's Youth Parks program I had worked at for two years. I just left the idea behind. I see now all the older women park rangers that are around and read stories of women like my current boss who was a naturalist for years in our county. I work at a nature center almost entirely staffed by strong women with the exception of the CEO, the marketing guy and one outreach guy. If I had seen any of these women in my teens i would have said "heck yeah women can do this".

You are going to be that leader, that beacon. That is a thought to keep in your pocket on hard days.

The truth about working with men is, in general, they don't really care and they kinda just feel awkward. They lack social skills around women so they end up saying the dumbest stuff. I am not saying men can't be total pains in the ass or feel threatened by you being around, they absolutely can. At the end of the day we are all human and women are 50% of the population so at some point they have dealt with women in class or at a job.

Mostly just start off with giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. Saying stupid stuff to try and be funny is not the same as harassment or hate. If you don't feel offended or insulted or threatened don't try feel like you are because you think you are supposed to be.

Look them in the eye, do listen to those who have good things to share, teach or discuss. Don't dismiss men for being men. Just as many humans, they want to share what they know and tell you what they have learned. I have been taught so much by the men I work with at the farm but I had to tell myself to listen and not just paint them in my brain as being bossy or mansplaining.

Don't shy away from questions when you need help. Ask when you need to ask and thank them for helping when they do. If you are interrupted by them say "I am not finished, please wait your turn" or something similar. Stand up for your right to share what you know or to get more information when you require it.

Basically, think of men as neutrally as possible until one proves he is to be avoided or ignored. Listen to your gut if you feel unsafe or degraded and keep notes on that behavior. If you must, tell your professor or a dept head if you feel like the bad actor will continue or possible endanger you.

Once you learn your trade you can recruit other women and share your love of your job/degree and some day it will not be more men than women around you!

[theatlasofbeauty]

Vanessa, who is a chimney sweep, was coming from work when I photographed her in Cologne, Germany a few months ago. She shared with me her vivid childhood memories, when a chimney sweep would visit her house from time to time to clean the chimneys. His presence fascinated her, and his departure left behind a sense of security within the family. At the age of 13, Vanessa decided to become a chimney sweep as well and began learning the trade. Then she started to work at only 16.

Being a chimney sweep is a hazardous occupation, with Vanesa constantly ascending to great heights on rooftops. It demands strength, courage and resilience. Vanessa has them all, and, moreover, she loves what she does.

Within her closely-knit community, ancient traditions are still held dear. Vanessa’s beautiful uniform not only provides her with fire protection but also serves as a representation of the ancient community she belongs to. As I photographed Vanesa, people from the street would approach her to ask to touch the buttons on her clothing, as it is a local tradition believed to bring good luck

[lambstooth]

prince stefan for my bud @gruvu! this was fun to try a different approach that i wanna keep experimenting with

[vicekillx]

Hyperion

shushup was kind enough to buy me an absolutely delicious robot cowboy adoptable in exchange for a commission. I ended up experimenting a lot and having an absolute blast with it, so now i have another new thing to fuck around with :V hyperion being a total babe is just a nice bonus (cheeky spicy version available on my other platforms) Hyperion © shushup Art © VicekillX

[0atm11k]

I don't know how to fully articulate this without generalizing at the moment but I truly emphatically believe that the main reason there is a huge push to respect trades people while devaluing academia and white collar jobs is because women are now finally roughly equal performers in all of the previously higher-paying white collar jobs.

Any time work is prestigious and women fight to succeed in the field, suddenly the field is seen as useless women's work. What used to be "high school dropouts" now become "rugged men contributing to society" and even post-pandemic people now believe themselves more intelligent and competent than doctors and scientists, whose workforces are largely becoming more and more female.

Of course, the only academic field not facing this critique of being "useless desk jobs" or "overconfident doctors who google everything", is computer science, which is now more overwhelmingly male than ever. Coding, once it stopped being synonymous with a woman's job, became highly regarded as important, society-defining work.

[russet-red]

oooh mr mika oooooh.. my half of a trade with @aukkenopsia !!

[nansheonearth]

Male mechanics are the laziest and dumbest on this planet I swear. And I have multiple in my family. When I tell you we need more women in trades... lord these men are stupid af

[ehghtyseven]

chad too 😔

[januscorner]

Intrulogical Moodboard

Trade With @phantomhunt, hope you like it!

[spookygibberish]

My half of an an art trade with @iguanodont of her DND characters Hesper (halfling vampire, dead tired) and Helmi (MILF), Based on a sketch of hers

[mixtrotabuu]

‘Together, spiraling and wandering freely!’

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Part of a trade for @lexintothenex of Rayman and his OC, Lex!

[mudwerks]

(via BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: The Four Marx Bros-1925-1933)

[vicekillx]

Despondent [ArtFight]

I don't normally gravitate toward anthros for Art Fight but I just fell in love with his colors v_v Character (c) TheKrakenSovereign Art (c) VicekillX

[allthecanadianpolitics]

"Ontario will allow students, starting in Grade 11, to transition to full-time apprenticeship programs while still earning a high school diploma, the government said Wednesday.

The move is part of a wider push to address immense labour shortages as the province looks to build some 1.5 million new homes by 2031, Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said at a news conference in Pickering.

Teens who enter the full-time apprenticeship programs, which take between two and five years, will be able to apply for their high school diplomas as mature students, the province says."

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[appalachianfuturism]

“We’re using machine learning for all the wrong things, as I write about extensively in Ways of Being: to make things that beat us at games, deplete the planets resources more efficiently, confuse images and art, and so on and on. What we need are intelligences that help us do useful things in new and better ways, ways which we could not have imagined alone. AIs which are colleagues and collaborators, rather than slaves and masters.

Here’s one idea: an optimisation engine for woodworking: an AI Carpenter – except that the human is the carpenter, AI is the planner / assistant. (Gepetto? Jiminy Crickett? Kricket, like in Douglas Adams. They could have carved a Wicket and Bails.)

Given the dimensions of some wood – or even of a tree – but preferably a bunch of surplus or recycled wood, whatever materials and shapes and planes you have lying around, and a sketch of the desired structure, the machine outputs a complete guide/spec for building.

Where it gets interesting is when you see it doing some of the deeply weird stuff AI is really good at, optimising for strength and structure no human would conceive of, like (via):”

[cloudedclawz]

Badge trade with @meatvomitt ^_^ really happy with this yippee!!!!! i want to make more badges in the future