[ SECRET POST #5523 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5523 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to "yeah, but" you, even though that is a gorgeous piece of embroidery. Yeah, but a lot of fantasy writers/readers grew up in a period when girls were literally told the *only* thing they were allowed to do were feminine arts, and they continue to perceive the unfairness of not being allowed to do both. I know it pissed me the fuck off that I had to help my mom in the kitchen constantly and do other housework when my brother (the first born, slightly older) got to run off and do fun stuff that was not even slightly chore-like, because most of the work keeping the house in order landed on my mom, and when my dad was home, he only rarely made my brother do anything.

Reading fantasy novels where the girl got to kick the embroidery to the curb and go sword fighting was my favorite reading material as a result, and I didn't see it as misogyny but rather bucking the patriarchy. I'm older now and I recognize the importance of women's crafts, but until the day there is equality in the home, there will probably continue to be this unfair treatment of embroidery and women's arts.