I HAD THE BEST WEEK (11/28/22)

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #4 variant cover by Joelle Jones and Jordie Bellaire

loom: warped and genders: transed 👍🏳️‍⚧️

Amazon’s casting choices don’t reflect the true racial diversity in Tolkien’s works and are focused on tokenism over real efforts to tackle the flaws in the text and make an inclusive vision of Arda

Amazon’s one major POC actress is playing a role that canonically involves her throne and her power being stolen from her by a genocidal colonizer who wants to exterminate the religious minority she’s part of

Amazon fired their Tolkien consultant and their unsafe set conditions caused the injuries of stuntpeople

Amazon as a company is unethical, directly opposed to progressive causes, and openly emotionally manipulating viewers to get them to watch the show

Amazon has done more real harm to actual people of color and other marginalized groups than their efforts to include nonwhite actors in relatively small or stereotypical roles can address

Amazon’s promotional materials for this show treat fans of color as props to further their agenda

REPOST THIS ANYWHERE YOU LIKE AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE.

im not crying u are

So…how was ur day ?

The ring might’ve switched owners :D

1/9/23

yay happy new year. oopsies i havent updated in forever lol. anyway. i feel insanelt bad about not practicong over winter break so imma be practicing alot tryna do better. im gonan bake a cake as asoon as i get home. my bf is coming over too so yayy :))).

so i didnt bake a cake slay. it was so nice being with him. i love him so much. im glad i got to spend time with him. i dont have a lot of homeworrk so yay. anyway i think this is it 4 2day

12/13/22

11:50: in my debate class. i got some work done so very happy. on the verge of failing 4 of my classes for the semester but i got this. i just have to talk to my teachers. im going to tutorials

2:51: bruh. i went to tutorials i basically have to write an essay for one class and teacher fixed my grade for english whoooo!!! i have to fix 2 more of my grades so i think ill be fine :)). i sprained my ankle this weekend at a christmas party while playing tag with my friend. i blame him so now its his job to tie my shoes. lmfao. my bf didnt come because he cant handle being around my family. he gets really annoyed and all pissy about it. it really disappoints me and my family absolutely hates it. i wish he didnt get so nervous around people and i wish he didnt get so annoyed around my familY AND MY FRIENDS. its just stresfull, but i know its gonna be okay. anyway ttyl ill update laterrrr

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Tailoring your own clothes

So a little while back, I reblogged a post about tailoring your own clothes. The gist of it was this (IIRC):

Someone was wondering why even people on TV with non-mainstream-TV-approved body shapes always look so good in their clothes. 

The long and short of it is: their bodies aren’t better than yours. They just have people tailoring every single piece of clothing they wear to flatter their figures. 

Off-the-rack clothes aren’t made to look good on most people’s bodies. The advice in the post was buy clothes that fit the largest part of you, even if they’re too big elsewhere, and have them altered to fit. 

That post hit me like a lightning bolt. I have a curvy figure. I’m not plus-sized, but I’ve got a small waist and large hips. Which is great in certain types of clothes (dresses, mainly), but means that if I don’t wear fitted t-shirts or blouses–if they fall straight–I just look sort of… boxy. I need clothes that go in at the waist. 

My grandma was an amazing seamstress, so when I needed clothes fixed, she was around to tailor them. When she got into her 90s and her eyesight was too diminished for her to sew, we started going to a woman in our neighborhood who’d lost her husband and had started doing alterations to bring in some extra income. OF COURSE I looked good back then. I had a tailor.

Then I moved away from my parents without really knowing How To Adult and would go to Target to get clothes and just get depressed by them and never realized how much of an advantage having people who could tailor my clothes (and, you know, parents to pay for having them tailored…) had been. 

So. I have a 1970s Singer Fashion Mate sewing machine that is designed to weather the apocalypse–I got it at Goodwill for $20. 

And I have begun researching how to tailor your own clothes. If anyone else was wondering about that after that last post, here are some helpful links I’ve discovered. 

When and Why to Get it Tailored - This article is (annoyingly) set up as a slideshow, and focuses on getting a professional to do your alterations rather than doing them yourself, but it’s got some good advice nonetheless, such as:

Basic alterations that can make a huge difference, such as adding lingerie loops to keep bra straps in place (SERIOUSLY MY FAVORITE DRESSES FROM HIGH SCHOOL ALL HAD THESE AND WHY DID THEY DISAPPEAR IN EVERYTHING I WEAR NOW?), adding snaps between the buttons on button-down shirts for larger-busted women (you know how sometimes they gap? there’s help for that), etc.

Average prices (at least on the East Coast) for basic alterations: replacing a zipper will run you about $20, while tailoring pants or a skirt to fit your hips and butt will be about $35.

If you want to get a garment made of special materials (leather, fur, beaded/embroidered silk) altered, go to someone who specializes in working with that material.

What NOT to try to alter.

How to find a tailor.

Having that perfect dress that you love so much duplicated and how much that will cost.

Learning Alterations - Great step-by-step tutorials on basic alterations like how to take in the waist of jeans (essential if you have a smaller waist and larger hips, because it’ll stop them from riding down every time you bend over or sit down).

Tailoring Ready-to-Wear - A full-on online course from Craftsy (costs $24.99) with videos and individual lessons on everything from hemming pants to lengthening them to altering shoulders and armholes to adding hidden zippers.

Plus-Sized Fitting and Design - Another online course (this one’s $34.99) that looks like it focuses both on alterations and on actually making clothes that are flattering to plus-sized forms.

Alterations and Tailoring 101 - Not a how-to post, but this one has a lot of useful information and ideas, such as identifying which garments to alter.

Alterations Needed blog - A whole blog on this stuff, with a lot of detailed how-tos. It focuses on fixing things to fit if you’re shorter than average/petite, but contains a lot of great advice for anyone (like an entry on why button-down shirts often bulge in back and how to fix it). 

Pinch and Pin your Shirt - Super-quick video tutorial (aimed at gentlemen), but useful for anyone who wears button-down shirts on how to fix a baggy shirt. 

If I find other helpful tutorials, I’ll add them. If you know of any, please let me know!

10:42 : i woke up like 2 hours ago maybe? i cant keep time hahaha. anyway imma go and eat a little and then start practicing. i cleaned up my room a bit thank god lol. i also practiced for like 2 1/2-3 hours i didnt keep specific time but i am so proud of myself because i am getting close to mastering the part, which is really hard for me so YAY. :)) . also btw if anyone wants to send asks that would be awesome; ill answer anything (except personal stuff im not dumb lol) im trying to be stealthhhhh like a spyyyyyyyy :) . ive been working on my music too and i gotta study my music theory and do my laundry ( and clean some more -_-) anyway i should probably go and eat lmfao. alright laterrrrrrrrr (also i got the day OFFFFFFFFFFF YUHHHHHHHHH)

12/14/22

9:18 : i cant tell if the accounts that r following me r bots or not so. welcome bots and humans alike idk. anyway in class and having a good time reviewing (kidding obviously) im so tired . i fell asleep late last night , very nap time 

2:39 : I GOT A FREE LAPTOP!!!!!!!IM NOT EVEN KIDDING. its a dell one but its still fucking awesome i was like crying. i need some indepence from my parents. especially my mom. she is super overbearing and i am so happy i got this. i got a SHIT ton of candy too :DDDDDD. im having a pretty good day. started off tired but my grades r doing better and im just so happy. i also have my finals this week starting soon and i am just trying my hardest to prepare so i dont fail. i think ill be fine. my hardest one will probably be either AV or math :P. also i do the wordle everyday but today i FUCKED up by not figuring out that it was the word “usual” ._. i was actually livid in class bc i got it on the very last try and i needed help to figure it out. :’( but wtv at least i got it. studying rn for chem 

15 minutes later

i just went and took a fat shit bc i had too. it was taking forever but i finally finished and went out to wash my hands. then my mother texted me and said i love you. i didnt even respond and started to put it in my pocket.... THEN MY FUCKING TEACHER WALKED IN AND SAW ME PUTTING AWAY MY PHONE AND SAID. dont ask to use the bathroom again. MOTHERFUCKER I WAS PUTTING IT AWAY!!!! ISTFG I HATE THIS GODDAMN LADY SHES SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!!

anyway. i have my concert tonight. i think i got this. i hate this one freshman in band bro she makes me so mad. istfg imma punch her in the face if she makes another face at me for no reason. but wtv. anyway i should probably post this now but i might update later so lol