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I do find the cottagecore aesthetic visually pleasing and dream of being kinda self-sufficient someday, but people need to stop and think about what kind of values their 'aesthetic' implies for a minute.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 64 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If zooey deschanel has taught us anything, it's that you can dress period-cute without suffering the period

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 43 points 10 months ago

And with modern fabric, most of period-cute is a lot more comfy than pre-industrial revolution.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I agree with the post with one caveat: maybe it’s because I was raised on one, but I don’t think farm smell is that bad* (on the cottagecore level, anyway). I also grew up near a lot of factory farms and that shit REEKS.

*Unless it’s pigs. There’s probably nothing that will make the smell of pig shit bearable.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I grew up in a farm and hearing city people complaining about farm smells just makes me role my eyes. I go to NYC and everything just smells like piss, car exhaust and micro plastic from all the tires.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Cows, goats, and chickens also can stink. Not always, but my government removed any regulations regarding of that, because they needed the votes of "small farmers" (who then got immediately betrayed).

[–] nickwitha_k 4 points 10 months ago

Ducks are pretty bad too.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Nostalgia can bring the pig shit smell from "unbearable" to "unpleasant but bearable". Though that is from a distance, like existing within sight of a farm, rather than visiting or working on a farm.

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Idonno, most of the content I've gotten around cottage aestethics has been labor focused - in small farming and renovating houses

and the value of "trad" is just a correlation, not inherent.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i get what OP is saying but yes they are identifying correlation and calling it cause and effect.

i appreciate the level of criticism OP brings to the table, but there is plenty of opportunity to adopt such a lifestyle while still being vehemently anti-racist, anti-misogynist, etc etc.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate that OP wants to provide a framework for what women should and shouldn't wear.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 points 10 months ago

oof yes that is a concern as well

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Are you proposing we move from cottagecore to goblin core?

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Goblincore >>> cottagecore.

That said, I hate how most of the images that pop up when you search for goblincore looks like cottagecore but more earthy. Goblincore should be pictures of people living in caves and shit, not "cottagecore with skulls".

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

TORILLE PERKELE

[–] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I guess it's not stolen land if it's urban.