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"Spinster" denoted unmarried women who spun wool. Highly skilled spinsters were paid enough to afford not to marry. Despite later applied derogatory connotations, it's origin is a word that included independent women who rejected marriage and male partners entirely.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-did-spinster-and-bachelor-come-180964879/

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photo: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/where-did-spinster-and-bachelor-come-180964879/

An unknown woman spinning with a wooden wheel, circa 1900. Her hair is in a bun and she wears an apron over her long skirt. A younger, barefoot woman, wearing a shorter dress, is standing in the background.

‘Spinster’ and ‘Bachelor’ Were, Until 2005, Official Terms for Single People

Being single is hard enough without these pejoratives.
Kat Eschner (Smithsonian Magazine)
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#introduction

Hi!

I'm Jules or Elya and I'm new on .art but you might know me already from other fedi places. This is me trying a more public artsy account. I'm not very comfortable sharing my work publicly on social media but want to give it another try.

Things I'm into:

#photography #filmPhotography #landscape #streetPhotography

#printmaking #linocut #woodcut

#fountainPens, #ink and #paper

#fibreArts like #dyeing #spinning #knitting and sometimes #weaving

#watercolor #sketching
Photograph of a ruin of an old lighthouse on a stone beach with graffiti on it
#watercolor #photography #Ink #introduction #streetphotography #landscape #spinning #knitting #fountainpens #filmphotography #weaving #sketching #dyeing #fibrearts #paper #woodcut #linocut #printmaking

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