Yes, I also have been relying on resale shops for years as I cannot tolerate the chemical smells in department stores. I have also sought out linen tablecloths as much as possible to use as sheets& pillow cases or cut them up for dish towels. Walmart also sells cotton "bar towels" which have a coarse weave and can be used like paper towels ( which I am trying to cut back on). They are very inexpensive and sold in packages of ten My primary cleaning aids are hydrogen peroxide,baking soda and white vinegar. I order food grade H2O2 by the gal online from Guardian of Eden. Uae it for cleaning produce, soaking grains and nuts and seeds for sprouting.
Finally, someone else has brought to the public eye, textile poisoning. Which, by the way does not stop with the clothing one wears - It also extends to the linens in your kitchen and on your bed, towels in your bath, furniture. drapery and the rugs in your home.
Actually, there are many places one can go to discover all of the above, in organic styles. Personally, this has been my preference since the late seventies. Most importantly, the shoes and socks I place on my feet are never full of toxins. No tennis shoes for me!
*As a side note, let us not forget to understand how toiletries are chocked full of poisons. Toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, gel, cosmetics, artificial nails and lashes, the list is endless. Even the cleansers, soaps and detergents are a danger to one's health.
Some years ago, I needed shampoo, and all the health food store brands had toxins in them. My hair grew healthier and shinier when I used 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a 10-oz. jelly jar of water for shampoo, followed by a 3 minute rinse with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar "with the mother" (organic, cloudy) in another little jelly jar of water.
Health food stores, do not always have your best interest in mind...My preference is an organic brand with Argan and Macadamia - My tresses are quite long (past my butt), I like the smell and wash only about 1 or 2 times a month, using the outdoors to dry. Braiding it at night and wearing in a French twist by day, helps to keep the chemtrails and other pollutants at bay.
I've noticed so many hair issues come from over-washing. Scalp massage and limiting how often you wash your hair and scalp (and with what) makes a big difference to problems of oiliness or dryness. Too much disruption to the scalp's homeostasis can cause the very problems people are trying to solve. But I guess the massive hair products industry wouldn't exist if they weren't able to sell more products to 'solve' the problems their other products cause.
And that's not even getting into the environmental issues caused by frequent washing with synthetic chemicals.
Baking soda and apple cider vinegar was awful for my hair. I use raw eggs now. Mix up one-two (depending on how much hair you have) eggs in a glass, slather all over your head, rub into your scalp and wash off with COLD water (the cold water part is really important, otherwise you will be picking cooked egg out of your hair). It leaves my hair clean and in really good condition.
What type of hair do you have (dry/oily/fine/course)? I'm always interested in shampoo alternatives but find that what works for one type of hair often doesn't work for another.
Yea! Me too. A bit of oil and finger combing, does wonders for a gal. Born with stick straight hair - Now my wig is made up of an unruly race of crazy, wanna pull it all out, damn mess! Been fighting it since going thru the war.
BTW: Do not brush that nasty, ever! Air dry, use oil by placing a few drops on the fingertips, rubbing together and penetrating through the hair, while the hands are still warm.
How do you keep toxins out of your shoes and socks? Don't wear them in the garden, and esp. not on the trail where there may be poison ivy? Covers when hiking?
Quite frankly, I am in a position, where I do not wear shoes n sox most of the day. When life requires of me an un-earthing, I place leather sandals or moccasins upon my feet. The best thing in your daily regiment, go to the park, walk the path of the electro-earth.
I purchase only leather, not dyed or synthetic to buy and or make my yearly footwear. It is necessary to use your skills, by placing your head to the ground - Hence forth, bending over to wash your feet, as though you were the messiah.
For this ritual, I have a pumice, 100% organic cotton cloth, olive oil soap, porcelain basin coupled with a bamboo stool for my perch, placed in the bottom of the old claw-footed tub. And of course, there is also a bit of hot water and a drop of jojoba oil - All of this ORGANIC!
I do not towel dry my feet - I step out onto an organic mat, drip for a min. or two. then proceed with my ritual at the time.
Oh, FYI: My sox are also organic. As are my carpets...
I wear sandals to the bitter end, including socks until it gets too cold. My feet react poorly to being enclosed, regardless of the shoe type. Shoes came off even before bras.
You can call urushiol "medicine" if you like; I consider it a toxin, to which I developed an allergy walking to Pathmark. Don't recall if I'd had any vaccines at the time, but I had to shampoo my apartment's carpet with diluted bleach.
My apologies - I have neglected to read the Authorโs note: This is an abbreviated version of a full-length article which discusses additional options for healthy clothing, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies. Please click here for the entire read with much more specific details and sources.
Regarding: "Something most men have difficulty appreciating (let alone empathizing with) is how much pressure society places women under to conform to specific appearances that largely exist to fund the fashion industry."
Let's stop pretending that it is "society" pressuring women to conform to fashion standards and place the blame where it belongs. The people who apply that pressure on women are other women.
This has been my experience. The pressure definitely comes from other women -- the only people who have told me I'm less attractive to men without make-up or because I wear loose clothing (etc) are other women. If anything, many guys seem to prefer it, most just don't seem to care.
Something the second-wave feminists really got right was the rejection of bras thing. I think that if women-not-wearing-bras actually bothered men more than they bothered other women, that trend might have stuck around. As it is, you don't hear feminists talk about getting rid of bras anymore. Which is too bad.
They don't talk about getting rid of those hideous high-heels either. Or pantyhose, which may just be the most ridiculous article of clothing ever designed.
Ha, if anything women now try to convince other women that wearing high heels and lots of make-up is actually empowering. High heels are another thing I've never found men like. I've even had guys I dated explicitly ask me not to wear them (because they were 5'9-5'10 and I'm 5'5, but even the guys over 6 feet I've dated didn't seem to be into heels).
You do realize that you're making my point, right? One's peers do not represent society. They only represent that segment of society that one chooses to identify with.
On a personal level, the pressure placed on women who have no interest in fashion and who refuse to participate in that nonsense comes from other women.
Well, listen, Iโm not going without a bra out of the house, or when anyone but my husband is in the house. You tell me- are people going to look Anywhere else but our breasts flopping up and down ? No, they wonโt and Iโd never be able to relax. So, donโt wear a bra that is tight or with underwire ( awful) and come up with another fabric. In fact, back in the days when I was young my bra was made of cotton.
I remember watching a buxom woman who didn't wear a bra try to play volleyball. She couldn't do it, so I feel for you. Glad I do not share your burden. There are advantages to being a "carpenter's dream", if you get my drift. :-)
Which is why the AI generated pictures of idealized women made up to the hilt are unpopular with men. Which is why Hollywood's plastic surgeons are out of work and women get gigs with natural looks. Women alone are at fault? Puleeze.
Perhaps you haven't seen the AI program that puts modest clothing on all the duck-faced girlies who post pictures of themselves online while dressed in skimpy outfits. I've noticed a lot of men seem to prefer those gals in the modest outfits. And who is forcing those young women to post those ridiculous pictures and poses in the first place? Answer; no one.
How about those young women going to gyms so they can videotape the "male gaze" while sticking their skimpily clad asses in male faces? The male response to those antics? Walking away, covering their eyes with towels or complaining to the management because they just want to work out in peace.
Likewise, who decided those bee stung lips are attractive? Not men. I haven't run across too many men who find those fake boobs or enhanced butts all that attractive either.
Most fashion designers are heterosexual women and homosexual men... people who are not sexually attracted to the female sex. It is used by women to compete with other women.
On a personal level, the pressure that is applied to those who choose not to enter that competition always seems to come from other women. At least that has been my experience. Of course, women like to blame men for their own foolishness, insisting that they only act like idiots because of The Patriarchy.
I am sick and tired of people who put everything on women. One can make the argument easily that, if men refused to date or marry these women, the practice would end. One can also make the argument that men who think women are stupid and so easily led are themselves morally bankrupt for facilitating such behavior when they should take the high road. So stop the bovine feces. Both sexes are complicit and you are part of it.๐คฎ
I'm sick and tired of women who refuse to accept responsibility for their actions, and I say that as a woman who is not complicit and who has refused to be a part of it.
If women don't want to be perceived as stupid then stop being stupid. It's that simple.
Maybe the Indians and natives of the world knew what they were doing by limiting clothing. We are living in a toxic swamp with some 90,000 chemicals floating around.
I could never stand tight clothing. I abandoned wearing a bra over a decade ago too haha -- my breasts look better now (even after having a kid) than they did when I was 24! Also, no one seems to care, even though I'm a C cup.
I took several massive doses of magic mushrooms in 2020. The "mushrooms" told me how to avoid Covid -- their advice was excellent. During various trips, I would wander around our apartment and observe what repulsed me. During one trip, I gathered all of the polyester clothing in my husband's and my closest and threw them all out. (Other things purged included fluoride toothpaste, our synthetic yoga mats, the synthetic carpets in our new house (even though this meant taking on 10K in debt, I felt VERY strongly about this!), and sunglasses). Now we both try to buy cotton, especially organic for our daughter. I think it makes a big difference. Post-mushrooms, I'm far more sensitive and aware of what touches my skin. While ON mushrooms, I've actually freaked out when I've accidentally touched something toxic.
It's my understanding that 25% of the world's pesticides are applied to cotton, and some of these chemicals can never be washed out. I hope more consumers seek and support sources of organic cotton clothing, sheets, towels, etc.
Please note that major airlines have had serious health problems from uniforms. The uniforms had to be replaced by new vendors. Problems were thyroid problems,hair falling out, rashes and more.
"Society" doesn't inflict fashions on women. We do it to ourselves. How about the obsession now with plastic surgery? We compete at 50 with our 20 year-old selves by cinching up our cheeks and eyebrows and end up looking like 35 year old lizards. And then there's duck lips. How good can that be for a woman?
I watched a few videos (one from Al Jazeera if I remember right) on butt boosting by fat injection. Ok so fat butts are in favor now with the ladies. Don't the cannula leave holes/scars where they suck out the lard and then blow it back in?
My generation thought stick thin was the way to go: no boobs, no butt cheeks sticking out. And I thought that was sick but was still embarrassed by my natural duck butt. Now it's the opposite. Why do we do this to ourselves?
I am new to this substack and love this article! I learned that anything with smell means there are toxic chemicals. I don't understand using plug ins to make your house smell good. I've learned to use as little products on my body and the ones I use are as natural as I can find them. What is so awful is how little girls think they need facial products on their perfect skin. I am a runner and feel blessed that I have small breasts and can get away without a bra a lot of the time!
Agree! Unfortunately, breast size skipped a generation as my poor daughter is endowed like my mother. I will have to help her navigate the issues brought to my attention with this article. I have found merino wool bras and am going to try one out.
I don't consider myself super sensitive, but when I started getting chronic migraines in 2010 or so, I became very sensitive to smells. In the last few years, I've gotten a lot more sensitive to my clothes, definitely labels, and only wear a bra for exercise or if I'm going to be in public with a lighter weight shirt (I'm in the South - it's hot!). I am slowly going to 100% natural fibers as I weed out my wardrobe each season. It's expensive so I can't replace everything at once. I also use all natural detergent sheets and dryer sheets, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste, make my own tallow face/body lotion, and get all natural makeup (which I don't wear very often anyway!). It's exhausting sometimes, but so worth it.
My migraines suddenly got much worse and far more frequent a number of years ago. I suspect it was exposure to a toxin because it started after I was in a car shop and the worker there was complaining about having a headache at the time.
Anyway, a couple of years ago I was suffering badly with depression and some gifted me a couple of microdoses of psilocybe muchrooms. The depression improved but a side effect of the mushrooms was also that my migraines completely disappeared. For four months they were gone. I got a cluster migraine, took the other microdose and I've now been about a year free of migraines. None at all. Might be worth a try if you haven't already :)
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean about a toxin or blue cheese and Hersheys? What do toxins, Penicillium sp. and Hershey's chocolate have to with psilocybin (other than Penicillium sp. and Psilocybe sp. both being fungi)?
I'm talking about Psilocybe genus fungi aka 'Magic Mushrooms' e.g. Psilocybe cubensis that contains the naturally occurring psilocybin psychedelic compound.
The majority of people using psilocybin in western countries is by consuming dried Psilocybe sp. A microdose is considered to be less than 1g of dried Psilocybe cubensis (and other similar species with a similar concentration of psilocybin). A microdose is commonly around 0.5-0.8g of dried Psilocybe sp.
Most people do not measure the concentration of psilocybin as it's usually unnecessary. People have been using psilocybin like this for thousands of years without needing to measure concentrations in micrograms simply because when microdosing, the dosage is so small and psilocybin has such a good, well established safety profile that getting such an exact dosage is not necessary and just adds complication for no benefit.
I guess if you wanted to be super exact, for Psilocybe cubensis, psilocybin is about 1% by weight so you could use that percentage to calculate out an exact amount in micrograms of psilocybin...
And I have to agree about the odor in the laundry aisle. I hate it. I can feel those nasty smells and chemicals going up my nose. I always buy the โsensitiveโ detergent. My family always thought I was crazy, but now they go along with meโฆ
I had to laugh at that statistic that 52% of women take their bras off within 30 minutes of arriving home. For me, back in the days when I wore bras regularly, it was more like within 30 seconds. There was a table near the door where I'd dump my purse, the mail, the groceries, etc.. -- and my bra, because I had invented a way of quickly wiggling out of a bra without taking off my shirt! My husband would watch and laugh. (You can bet I'm not the only woman who's out of her bra in a flash as soon as the door is closed!)
On a serious note, though, it's no small thing for a woman to go without a bra, even a woman with small breasts. Loose clothes and thick fabrics don't cut it. Unrestrained boobs jiggle. They bounce when you go up or down stairs. They do all sorts of things when you do all sorts of things. And nipples show. So men's eyes immediately zero in on bra-less boobs. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about here. (Very modest boobs under very modest clothing can get you cat-called by a man a block away.)
One other serious issue is fabric softener. Ask anybody who has MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). Fabric softeners are hideously toxic, and they transfer from user's clothes to others' clothes via chairs, bus seats, etc. The fumes pour out of laundromats and dryer vents on houses. When the EPA was working on indoor air quality issues about 1990, they tested fabric softener contents and found all sorts of nasty chemicals that are known to damage lungs, livers, kidneys, the central nervous system . . . chemicals with MSDS sheets that say things like "Avoid skin contact." "Avoid breathing fumes." "Disposal practices must comply with toxic waste regulations." Why the hell is this stuff even legal?
I feel so vindicated. All my life I couldn't stand to wear a tie. When I see the news people on TV, the men are wearing coats and ties, and suffering in my view, while women can wear comfortable sleeveless dresses.
Psychiatrists who work in acute inpatient units in my country tend to wear either a stick on bow tie or a stick on tie in stead of a tie that ties around the neck. They do this because wearing an actual tie is a safety issue in an acute psych ward (re strangulation) but their role requires formal dress. There's no reason why other men who feel the need to wear a tie can't do the same.
Yes YEs YES
Thank You for this article๐
The fabric ( preferably natural) is as important to me as the style.
It is getting harder to find natural.
I am shopping mostly at resale benefit shops ๐๐๐
Ellen
Monterey CA
Yes, I also have been relying on resale shops for years as I cannot tolerate the chemical smells in department stores. I have also sought out linen tablecloths as much as possible to use as sheets& pillow cases or cut them up for dish towels. Walmart also sells cotton "bar towels" which have a coarse weave and can be used like paper towels ( which I am trying to cut back on). They are very inexpensive and sold in packages of ten My primary cleaning aids are hydrogen peroxide,baking soda and white vinegar. I order food grade H2O2 by the gal online from Guardian of Eden. Uae it for cleaning produce, soaking grains and nuts and seeds for sprouting.
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May God bless you, Ellen๐
Blessings.
Finally, someone else has brought to the public eye, textile poisoning. Which, by the way does not stop with the clothing one wears - It also extends to the linens in your kitchen and on your bed, towels in your bath, furniture. drapery and the rugs in your home.
Actually, there are many places one can go to discover all of the above, in organic styles. Personally, this has been my preference since the late seventies. Most importantly, the shoes and socks I place on my feet are never full of toxins. No tennis shoes for me!
*As a side note, let us not forget to understand how toiletries are chocked full of poisons. Toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, gel, cosmetics, artificial nails and lashes, the list is endless. Even the cleansers, soaps and detergents are a danger to one's health.
Thank you for your wonderful article.
Some years ago, I needed shampoo, and all the health food store brands had toxins in them. My hair grew healthier and shinier when I used 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a 10-oz. jelly jar of water for shampoo, followed by a 3 minute rinse with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar "with the mother" (organic, cloudy) in another little jelly jar of water.
Health food stores, do not always have your best interest in mind...My preference is an organic brand with Argan and Macadamia - My tresses are quite long (past my butt), I like the smell and wash only about 1 or 2 times a month, using the outdoors to dry. Braiding it at night and wearing in a French twist by day, helps to keep the chemtrails and other pollutants at bay.
I've noticed so many hair issues come from over-washing. Scalp massage and limiting how often you wash your hair and scalp (and with what) makes a big difference to problems of oiliness or dryness. Too much disruption to the scalp's homeostasis can cause the very problems people are trying to solve. But I guess the massive hair products industry wouldn't exist if they weren't able to sell more products to 'solve' the problems their other products cause.
And that's not even getting into the environmental issues caused by frequent washing with synthetic chemicals.
Right!
Blessings ~
Baking soda and apple cider vinegar was awful for my hair. I use raw eggs now. Mix up one-two (depending on how much hair you have) eggs in a glass, slather all over your head, rub into your scalp and wash off with COLD water (the cold water part is really important, otherwise you will be picking cooked egg out of your hair). It leaves my hair clean and in really good condition.
What type of hair do you have (dry/oily/fine/course)? I'm always interested in shampoo alternatives but find that what works for one type of hair often doesn't work for another.
Celtic style thick curly hair which when brushed (dry) turns into a cloud of frizz but if left to dry naturally turns into ringlets.
Yea! Me too. A bit of oil and finger combing, does wonders for a gal. Born with stick straight hair - Now my wig is made up of an unruly race of crazy, wanna pull it all out, damn mess! Been fighting it since going thru the war.
Blessings ~
BTW: Do not brush that nasty, ever! Air dry, use oil by placing a few drops on the fingertips, rubbing together and penetrating through the hair, while the hands are still warm.
Everyone should watch the documentary "Stink!"
Link please???
It's free on youtube
gotcha - thnx
How do you keep toxins out of your shoes and socks? Don't wear them in the garden, and esp. not on the trail where there may be poison ivy? Covers when hiking?
Quite frankly, I am in a position, where I do not wear shoes n sox most of the day. When life requires of me an un-earthing, I place leather sandals or moccasins upon my feet. The best thing in your daily regiment, go to the park, walk the path of the electro-earth.
I purchase only leather, not dyed or synthetic to buy and or make my yearly footwear. It is necessary to use your skills, by placing your head to the ground - Hence forth, bending over to wash your feet, as though you were the messiah.
For this ritual, I have a pumice, 100% organic cotton cloth, olive oil soap, porcelain basin coupled with a bamboo stool for my perch, placed in the bottom of the old claw-footed tub. And of course, there is also a bit of hot water and a drop of jojoba oil - All of this ORGANIC!
I do not towel dry my feet - I step out onto an organic mat, drip for a min. or two. then proceed with my ritual at the time.
Oh, FYI: My sox are also organic. As are my carpets...
Hoping this helps.
I wear sandals to the bitter end, including socks until it gets too cold. My feet react poorly to being enclosed, regardless of the shoe type. Shoes came off even before bras.
Lol - I have been naked since birth!
Forgot to mention - Poison Ivy, is just a name. Plenty of medicine in that one.
You can call urushiol "medicine" if you like; I consider it a toxin, to which I developed an allergy walking to Pathmark. Don't recall if I'd had any vaccines at the time, but I had to shampoo my apartment's carpet with diluted bleach.
My words never included - WALK THRU IT!
My apologies - I have neglected to read the Authorโs note: This is an abbreviated version of a full-length article which discusses additional options for healthy clothing, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies. Please click here for the entire read with much more specific details and sources.
Regarding: "Something most men have difficulty appreciating (let alone empathizing with) is how much pressure society places women under to conform to specific appearances that largely exist to fund the fashion industry."
Let's stop pretending that it is "society" pressuring women to conform to fashion standards and place the blame where it belongs. The people who apply that pressure on women are other women.
This has been my experience. The pressure definitely comes from other women -- the only people who have told me I'm less attractive to men without make-up or because I wear loose clothing (etc) are other women. If anything, many guys seem to prefer it, most just don't seem to care.
Something the second-wave feminists really got right was the rejection of bras thing. I think that if women-not-wearing-bras actually bothered men more than they bothered other women, that trend might have stuck around. As it is, you don't hear feminists talk about getting rid of bras anymore. Which is too bad.
They don't talk about getting rid of those hideous high-heels either. Or pantyhose, which may just be the most ridiculous article of clothing ever designed.
Ha, if anything women now try to convince other women that wearing high heels and lots of make-up is actually empowering. High heels are another thing I've never found men like. I've even had guys I dated explicitly ask me not to wear them (because they were 5'9-5'10 and I'm 5'5, but even the guys over 6 feet I've dated didn't seem to be into heels).
My wife has never worn high heels and I hate seeing them. The sharp points make me mentally wince at the thought of them.
And then because I am aware of the damage to the back I think of them as instruments of torture.
I think youโre correct. Some women who chronically wear them report discomfort when they wear flat shoes due to shortened calf muscles.
I think high heels are literally disabling, and were invented to prevent fight or flight.
It is not yet Friday but "Whatโs the difference between a brasserie and a brassiere?"
https://baldmichael.substack.com/p/friday-fun-whats-the-difference-between?utm_source=publication-search
Both of them hold food. ๐
Society doesn't include women now?
Does society only include women?
Don't you think social pressure on anyone comes primarily from their peers?
You do realize that you're making my point, right? One's peers do not represent society. They only represent that segment of society that one chooses to identify with.
Just look at the Tiktok selfies and try not to puke. Yeah, we do it to ourselves.
The pressure to comply comes from the profit-makers in the fashion and fabric industries.
On a personal level, the pressure placed on women who have no interest in fashion and who refuse to participate in that nonsense comes from other women.
Well, listen, Iโm not going without a bra out of the house, or when anyone but my husband is in the house. You tell me- are people going to look Anywhere else but our breasts flopping up and down ? No, they wonโt and Iโd never be able to relax. So, donโt wear a bra that is tight or with underwire ( awful) and come up with another fabric. In fact, back in the days when I was young my bra was made of cotton.
I remember watching a buxom woman who didn't wear a bra try to play volleyball. She couldn't do it, so I feel for you. Glad I do not share your burden. There are advantages to being a "carpenter's dream", if you get my drift. :-)
Youre one of the lucky ones. I couldnt wait to get the boobs..... I cant stand the boobs now that Im 53. LOL
Be careful what you wish for? :-)
Which is why the AI generated pictures of idealized women made up to the hilt are unpopular with men. Which is why Hollywood's plastic surgeons are out of work and women get gigs with natural looks. Women alone are at fault? Puleeze.
Perhaps you haven't seen the AI program that puts modest clothing on all the duck-faced girlies who post pictures of themselves online while dressed in skimpy outfits. I've noticed a lot of men seem to prefer those gals in the modest outfits. And who is forcing those young women to post those ridiculous pictures and poses in the first place? Answer; no one.
How about those young women going to gyms so they can videotape the "male gaze" while sticking their skimpily clad asses in male faces? The male response to those antics? Walking away, covering their eyes with towels or complaining to the management because they just want to work out in peace.
Likewise, who decided those bee stung lips are attractive? Not men. I haven't run across too many men who find those fake boobs or enhanced butts all that attractive either.
Most fashion designers are heterosexual women and homosexual men... people who are not sexually attracted to the female sex. It is used by women to compete with other women.
On a personal level, the pressure that is applied to those who choose not to enter that competition always seems to come from other women. At least that has been my experience. Of course, women like to blame men for their own foolishness, insisting that they only act like idiots because of The Patriarchy.
I am sick and tired of people who put everything on women. One can make the argument easily that, if men refused to date or marry these women, the practice would end. One can also make the argument that men who think women are stupid and so easily led are themselves morally bankrupt for facilitating such behavior when they should take the high road. So stop the bovine feces. Both sexes are complicit and you are part of it.๐คฎ
I'm sick and tired of women who refuse to accept responsibility for their actions, and I say that as a woman who is not complicit and who has refused to be a part of it.
If women don't want to be perceived as stupid then stop being stupid. It's that simple.
Maybe the Indians and natives of the world knew what they were doing by limiting clothing. We are living in a toxic swamp with some 90,000 chemicals floating around.
We can certainly learn a thing or two from our ancestors!
I could never stand tight clothing. I abandoned wearing a bra over a decade ago too haha -- my breasts look better now (even after having a kid) than they did when I was 24! Also, no one seems to care, even though I'm a C cup.
I took several massive doses of magic mushrooms in 2020. The "mushrooms" told me how to avoid Covid -- their advice was excellent. During various trips, I would wander around our apartment and observe what repulsed me. During one trip, I gathered all of the polyester clothing in my husband's and my closest and threw them all out. (Other things purged included fluoride toothpaste, our synthetic yoga mats, the synthetic carpets in our new house (even though this meant taking on 10K in debt, I felt VERY strongly about this!), and sunglasses). Now we both try to buy cotton, especially organic for our daughter. I think it makes a big difference. Post-mushrooms, I'm far more sensitive and aware of what touches my skin. While ON mushrooms, I've actually freaked out when I've accidentally touched something toxic.
It's my understanding that 25% of the world's pesticides are applied to cotton, and some of these chemicals can never be washed out. I hope more consumers seek and support sources of organic cotton clothing, sheets, towels, etc.
Lol - True that a good trip can influence better behavior. Personally, I use the out of body (Astral projecting) type of tripping.
Blessings - Be safe in your travels.
What kind of โshrooms were you taking? Just one species, or a mixture?
Mostly Golden Teachers!
Please note that major airlines have had serious health problems from uniforms. The uniforms had to be replaced by new vendors. Problems were thyroid problems,hair falling out, rashes and more.
I completely forgot to mention that one. I will in the next version of this article.
"Society" doesn't inflict fashions on women. We do it to ourselves. How about the obsession now with plastic surgery? We compete at 50 with our 20 year-old selves by cinching up our cheeks and eyebrows and end up looking like 35 year old lizards. And then there's duck lips. How good can that be for a woman?
The lip surgeries are a big fail. And we had butt surgical patients in the ICU. Even more tragic is failed bariatric surgery.
I watched a few videos (one from Al Jazeera if I remember right) on butt boosting by fat injection. Ok so fat butts are in favor now with the ladies. Don't the cannula leave holes/scars where they suck out the lard and then blow it back in?
My generation thought stick thin was the way to go: no boobs, no butt cheeks sticking out. And I thought that was sick but was still embarrassed by my natural duck butt. Now it's the opposite. Why do we do this to ourselves?
Aww the freedom of coming home and first the shoes then the bra comes off. ๐
I am new to this substack and love this article! I learned that anything with smell means there are toxic chemicals. I don't understand using plug ins to make your house smell good. I've learned to use as little products on my body and the ones I use are as natural as I can find them. What is so awful is how little girls think they need facial products on their perfect skin. I am a runner and feel blessed that I have small breasts and can get away without a bra a lot of the time!
Agree! Unfortunately, breast size skipped a generation as my poor daughter is endowed like my mother. I will have to help her navigate the issues brought to my attention with this article. I have found merino wool bras and am going to try one out.
I don't consider myself super sensitive, but when I started getting chronic migraines in 2010 or so, I became very sensitive to smells. In the last few years, I've gotten a lot more sensitive to my clothes, definitely labels, and only wear a bra for exercise or if I'm going to be in public with a lighter weight shirt (I'm in the South - it's hot!). I am slowly going to 100% natural fibers as I weed out my wardrobe each season. It's expensive so I can't replace everything at once. I also use all natural detergent sheets and dryer sheets, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste, make my own tallow face/body lotion, and get all natural makeup (which I don't wear very often anyway!). It's exhausting sometimes, but so worth it.
My migraines suddenly got much worse and far more frequent a number of years ago. I suspect it was exposure to a toxin because it started after I was in a car shop and the worker there was complaining about having a headache at the time.
Anyway, a couple of years ago I was suffering badly with depression and some gifted me a couple of microdoses of psilocybe muchrooms. The depression improved but a side effect of the mushrooms was also that my migraines completely disappeared. For four months they were gone. I got a cluster migraine, took the other microdose and I've now been about a year free of migraines. None at all. Might be worth a try if you haven't already :)
How do you even tell you took 4ฮผg of psilocybin?
Was the toxin something in blue cheese or Hershey's (yes, that specific brand) chocolate? Those did it to me!
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean about a toxin or blue cheese and Hersheys? What do toxins, Penicillium sp. and Hershey's chocolate have to with psilocybin (other than Penicillium sp. and Psilocybe sp. both being fungi)?
I'm talking about Psilocybe genus fungi aka 'Magic Mushrooms' e.g. Psilocybe cubensis that contains the naturally occurring psilocybin psychedelic compound.
The majority of people using psilocybin in western countries is by consuming dried Psilocybe sp. A microdose is considered to be less than 1g of dried Psilocybe cubensis (and other similar species with a similar concentration of psilocybin). A microdose is commonly around 0.5-0.8g of dried Psilocybe sp.
Most people do not measure the concentration of psilocybin as it's usually unnecessary. People have been using psilocybin like this for thousands of years without needing to measure concentrations in micrograms simply because when microdosing, the dosage is so small and psilocybin has such a good, well established safety profile that getting such an exact dosage is not necessary and just adds complication for no benefit.
I guess if you wanted to be super exact, for Psilocybe cubensis, psilocybin is about 1% by weight so you could use that percentage to calculate out an exact amount in micrograms of psilocybin...
Hemp clothing would be a wonderful choice.
Buckskin too!
And I have to agree about the odor in the laundry aisle. I hate it. I can feel those nasty smells and chemicals going up my nose. I always buy the โsensitiveโ detergent. My family always thought I was crazy, but now they go along with meโฆ
I had to laugh at that statistic that 52% of women take their bras off within 30 minutes of arriving home. For me, back in the days when I wore bras regularly, it was more like within 30 seconds. There was a table near the door where I'd dump my purse, the mail, the groceries, etc.. -- and my bra, because I had invented a way of quickly wiggling out of a bra without taking off my shirt! My husband would watch and laugh. (You can bet I'm not the only woman who's out of her bra in a flash as soon as the door is closed!)
On a serious note, though, it's no small thing for a woman to go without a bra, even a woman with small breasts. Loose clothes and thick fabrics don't cut it. Unrestrained boobs jiggle. They bounce when you go up or down stairs. They do all sorts of things when you do all sorts of things. And nipples show. So men's eyes immediately zero in on bra-less boobs. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about here. (Very modest boobs under very modest clothing can get you cat-called by a man a block away.)
One other serious issue is fabric softener. Ask anybody who has MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). Fabric softeners are hideously toxic, and they transfer from user's clothes to others' clothes via chairs, bus seats, etc. The fumes pour out of laundromats and dryer vents on houses. When the EPA was working on indoor air quality issues about 1990, they tested fabric softener contents and found all sorts of nasty chemicals that are known to damage lungs, livers, kidneys, the central nervous system . . . chemicals with MSDS sheets that say things like "Avoid skin contact." "Avoid breathing fumes." "Disposal practices must comply with toxic waste regulations." Why the hell is this stuff even legal?
Why do all sorts of companies and agencies demand Social Security numbers? Not only is the demand a felony, so is complying.
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I feel so vindicated. All my life I couldn't stand to wear a tie. When I see the news people on TV, the men are wearing coats and ties, and suffering in my view, while women can wear comfortable sleeveless dresses.
Psychiatrists who work in acute inpatient units in my country tend to wear either a stick on bow tie or a stick on tie in stead of a tie that ties around the neck. They do this because wearing an actual tie is a safety issue in an acute psych ward (re strangulation) but their role requires formal dress. There's no reason why other men who feel the need to wear a tie can't do the same.
Great point I forgot to mention!
As a , bottom, side note, caring a bulky wallet in a rear pocket is not good to sit on.
my husband switched to a "front loader" about a year ago following my sons' lead. He claims a lot of back pain has gone away.
Anyone who ever sat on one ought to know that!