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historysisco · 1 year

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On This Day in New York City History March 25, 1911: A deadly fire erupted in the Asch Building located on 23-29 Washington Place which led to the deaths of 146 people (123 women and 23 men.)

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory occupied the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Ashe Building. Blocked stairwells and locked exits hindered the attempts for those trapped by the blaze to be rescued and to escape. The only fire escape collapsed due to the weight of those trying to escape the fire. The Fire Department was also hampered by having ladders that reached up to the 6th floor. Many leapt to the deaths trying to escape the flames.

The Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law was signed in October 1911, which required sprinkler systems to be installed in buildings. The Factory Investigative Committee was also formed whose observations led to 20+ new laws being passed in the areas of building, fire amd workers safety.

With the overwhelming majority of those killed being immigrant women who often worked grueling 50+ hour, six day work weeks, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) saw a rise in both membership and prominence.

While tragic, many of the lessons from that day were learned and applied in safer environments for workers today.

#TriangleShirtwaistFactoryFire #AschBuilding #LaborHistory #SafetyHistory #WomensHistory #WomensStudies #HERStory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

#Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire #Asch Building #Labor History #Safety History #Fire Safety #Women's History #Women's Studies #HERStory #New York History #NY History #NYC History #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

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marzipanandminutiae · 1 month

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thoughts on "tradwives" as a 19th-century social historian

It's great until it's not.

It's great until he develops an addiction and starts spending all the money on it.

It's great until you realize he's abusive and hid it long enough to get you totally in his power (happened to my great-great-aunt Irene).

It's great until he gets injured and can't work anymore.

It's great until he dies and your options are "learn a marketable skill fast" or "marry the first eligible man you can find."

It's great until he wants child #7 and your body just can't take another pregnancy, but you can't leave or risk desertion because he's your meal ticket.

It's great until he tries to make you run a brothel as a get-rich-quick scheme and deserts you when you refuse, leaving your sisters to desperately fundraise so your house doesn't get foreclosed on (happened to my great-great-aunt Mamie).

It's great until you want to leave but you can't. It's great until you want to do something else with your life but you can't. It's great. Until. It's. Not.

I won't lie to you and say nobody was ever happy that way. Plenty of women have been, and part of feminism is acknowledging that women have the right to choose that sort of life if they want to.

But flinging yourself into it wholeheartedly with no sort of safety net whatsoever, especially in a period where it's EXTREMELY easy for him to leave you- as it should be; no-fault divorce saves lives -is naive at best and dangerous at worst.

Have your own means of support. Keep your own bank account; we fought hard enough to be allowed them. Gods willing, you never need that safety net, but too many women have suffered because they needed it and it wasn't there.

#history #women's history #pregnancy mention #my mother (born 1953) drilled this into me from an early age: have a safety net. have a skill and keep it up to date. have your own money #NEVER join bank accounts. keep a hold on your assets.#well and good to be a stay-at-home wife and mother- I know other lesbians who want that even!#but if your partner is your sole financial support...you're courting danger IMO

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alwaysbewoke · 1 month

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My goodness!!!

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comite-de-salut-public · 21 days

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The Committee of Public Safety is a governmental body that deals with matters pertaining to national safety, foreign threats, and administrative duties, based in Paris and under the supervision of the National Convention.

Any questions, topics of interest, or other commentary can be sent in using the Inquiries button. If you require a notice posted, use the Notices button. Remember, by submitting material you are opening yourself to any applicable legal action that such statements could bring you.

If you wish to bring up a topic or dispute surrounding trials, court procedures, or sentencing, please take this matter to the Revolutionary Tribunal. Remember, we are not the ones who decide who gets guillotined!

If you need to report counterrevolutionary propaganda, travel law violations, or falsified papers/passports, please take these matters to the Committee of General Security. If they blow you off (usually saying something along the lines of "let Public Safety deal with it if they're so high and mighty" and/or grumbling about "indirect appointments"), feel free to bring it up in your local section/club meeting and proceed by their advice.

(Please refrain from asking about the "shouts and crashing noises, like things are being thrown" coming from inside our meeting location. It's nothing to worry about. We're dealing with it. We got everybody involved away from the window, it's all under control.)

OOC:

this is an intentionally humorous blog, in the style of other corporate/organization gimmick blogs. historical events that were serious/influential may be discussed flippantly as part of the bit. specific events referenced in posts may or may not have actually occurred in real life as described in the post. if you are unsure whether or not a post is about an actual event, are curious about what it is referencing, or just want to chat french revolution, feel free to hmu at my main @transrevolutions.

there's no fixed timeline for this blog. events and people may be referenced out of order. just don't think too hard about it.

I doubt this needs to be said, but just in case: neither I nor this blog are actually affiliated with the french government. the committee of public safety was disbanded in 1795. as such, any references to legality/arrest warrants/surveillance are tongue-in-cheek.

#ooc explanation/disclaimers under the cut #french revolution #frev #committee of public safety #french history #pinned #gimmick blog #unreality #history #frevblr #frev community #intro

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aworldofpattern · 3 months

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Miley Cyrus at the Grammys 2024, wearing Ancient Egypt-inspired net dress by John Galliano for Maison Margiela, constructed entirely from safety pins.

It took 675 hours of craftsmanship, using 14,000 safety pins.

This dress refers back to one from Galliano's Fall 1997 ready-to-wear collection.

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kodachrome-net · 3 months

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The 400 Theatre, Chicago, 1982

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usnatarchives · 10 months

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Fire Safety in the U.S.: The Story Behind the Posters 🔥🧯

Fire safety in the United States caught fire (not literally!) after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. This event prompted the creation of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 1896, laying the groundwork for fire safety regulations.

However, it wasn't until the mid-20th century that federal agencies really stoked the flames of fire safety education. During World War II, the U.S. Forest Service, in collaboration with the Ad Council, introduced Smokey Bear, whose "Only you can prevent forest fires" message would later become iconic.

So, why posters? Well, they're a visually striking way to catch people's attention and convey important messages succinctly. They use a combination of strong imagery and memorable slogans to imprint key safety messages into the public consciousness. These images and words, once seen, can be recalled in crucial moments, aiding in both fire prevention and appropriate response.

Through the years, the government and various organizations have leveraged the power of posters to reinforce fire safety principles. From the 1970s' "Learn Not to Burn" program by NFPA aimed at children, to modern campaigns focusing on smoke alarms and fire escape plans, posters have been instrumental in these educational drives.

The history of fire safety programs in the U.S. is a testament to the power of public education. And the posters? They're the colorful champions, the unsung heroes, carrying the vital messages of these programs to the public eye. Because, after all, prevention is the best firefighting strategy!

#national archives #posters #propaganda posters #propaganda #history #forest fires #smokey the bear #fire safety #fires

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maddiviner · 1 year

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A person can worship a goddess and still be a raging misogynist.

I see this all the fucking time, too, and the "b-but I'm pagan!" line does get trotted out.

Yeah, no. I don't care how devoted you (claim you) are to Hecate/Freya/Babalon etc, I care how you treat flesh-and-blood people.

You can't pretend that "worshiping a goddess" makes someone, by default, not a misogynist. I see guys who have a (weird) notion of "divine femininity;" a perfect nurturing caregiver of sorts. They then get irate when a woman won't take that role for them.

They expect a (very narrowly-defined) goddess, and when they don't get one, they get mad. I end up reading their rants online as a bystander. A lot of these guys will claim the woman has somehow betrayed them, isn't pagan enough, or is an evil supernatural being?! Vampire? It's sometimes something like that.

On another note? Many transphobes are also very loud about how they "worship goddesses." They're, of course, equally loud about their disrespect for women, though. There's some "trad pagan" types, too (or whatever they're now called) who believe in goddesses - but also believe that women belong in the kitchen.

So yeah. Don't assume someone's safe and not bigoted simply because they worship Demeter or whoever. Don't let them claim that their goddess patron absolves any shitty behavior. This is a thing that keeps popping up, and I think people should be mindful of it. Don't let people like the above act as if worshiping Minerva, Aphrodite, or Juno (or whoever) gives them a free pass to be a bigot.

Also? A whole fucking civilization can worship goddesses and still be a terrible place for women.

That doesn't mean that those pantheons are misogynistic. It also doesn't mean that those reconstructing the religions are misogynists. It means that it's possible to have systemic goddess worship and misogyny together.

Don't give me that "b-but in some very specific scenarios, rich women could even *gasps of joy* own property!" either. Don't act like the mere existence of priestesses meant women there held great power, or even that the priestesses themselves necessarily did.

You can't take that kind of thing to mean that your average woman had basic rights in some of these pagan societies. In some cases, that was the case, yeah, but it's hardly been the majority. From what I've read over the years, a lot of it depended on wealth and status.

Even in Ancient Athens (pre-Pericles), women weren't considered citizens, exactly. They could take part in some religious ceremonies, but not most. While they had some financial freedom, they were generally relegated to domestic roles.

Colette Hemingway from the Metropolitan Museum describes this as "extreme social restraint." It doesn't sound like I'd want to live in that kind of civilization, even if I had modern creature comforts. It's similar elsewhere in the ancient world. Not everywhere, but enough places. Don't pretend otherwise.

Much of our history has included misogyny. This isn't a new thing. It was part of paganism. It unfortunately still is. Pretending "we were all considered equal before the Christians came" is disingenuous. And yeah, I've heard people make that exact claim in pagan places.

#pagan #paganism #witchblr #witchcraft #witch #eliza.txt #occult #misogyny #feminism #goddess #goddess worship #diana #history #gender #ugh #be aware and beware #safety #assumptions

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adya-k · 1 month

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Rosewater in my hands, you slip through my fingers like fog on a Sunday morning. Tell me, if i got a little closer, would you let me? Would you let me cling to you the way dew clings to our ankles as we walk, grass damp beneath our feet. Would you let me die for you? Would you live for me?

Right now we're two stars in each other's orbit, dizzily spinning around. Exhilarating, confusing and so so lovely. I think I'd let you catch me if I fall. I think I'd fall asleep next to you with no fear.

Tell me, if I kissed you right now, would you kiss me back? Or would leave me with nothing but cotton candy melting on my tongue, alone?

-Adya K, excerpt from The Heart is a Beast

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mitchmrner · 3 months

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morgan rielly should be suspended, there’s no question about that. however, getting an in-person hearing with dops when you’re a first time offender with a clean history (like the spezza situation a few years back) is kind of ridiculous. considering this season, we’ve had: gallagher getting a phone hearing when he lifted his elbow (5-game suspension), dillon getting a phone hearing for an illegal check to the head (3-game suspension) and trouba full on baseball swinging his stick at someone’s head ($5000 fine)…it just doesn’t seem like there is much consistency with the dpos

#and this is not me being ‘an angry leafs fan’. it’s me saying that the dpos…really doesn’t care about player safety. hope this helps!#and i don’t want to scream leafs bias but…there’s a history of george paros and his distaste with the leafs #and don’t say i’m trying to downplayed mo’s actions #it’s was fucked go crosscheck his neck #but you have players with histories and are known as ‘gritty’ players and they don’t get in person hearings like #i believe gallagher never had a suspension in the past but correct me if i’m wrong #but his blindside was also fucking awful #anyways. i’m angry lol #morgan rielly #lee.txt #leafs lb

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bogdansavchenko · 21 days

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38 років пам'яті: Чорнобиль

Сьогодні ми відзначаємо сумні роковини однієї з найбільших трагедій в історії людства. Чорнобильська катастрофа не просто змінила світ, вона назавжди закарбувала в нашій колективній свідомості важливість безпеки та поваги до сили природи. Нехай цей символ слугує попередженням і уроком для всіх нас, закликом до дії, щоб запобігти майбутнім катастрофам і зберегти історію для прийдешніх поколінь. Пам'ятаємо, вчимося, діємо.

38 Years of Remembrance: Chernobyl

Today marks the sombre anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in human history. The Chernobyl disaster didn’t just change the world, it permanently etched into our collective consciousness the importance of safety and respect for the power of nature. Let this symbol serve as a warning and a lesson to us all, a call to action to prevent future catastrophes and to preserve history for generations to come. We remember, we learn, we act.

#Chernobyl #History #Remembrance #Safety #Environment #Poster #ukrainian art #art #graphics #ukraine

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marzipanandminutiae · 2 years

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thinking about the museum guests who get surprised by our photo of an Irish-Canadian immigrant maid on her wedding day, because she’s dressed indistinguishably from a wealthy woman of the same era (to modern eyes, at least)

and the thirtysomething Black femme sapphic couple I talked to at another museum who had never seen extant images of Black women in fashionable Victorian clothing until that week, and were absolutely delighted by them

thinking about how empowering it can be for historically oppressed people to learn that, no, beauty and elegance and artistic expression within this specific cultural framework were not the exclusive purview of wealthy whites until like 1920

(thinking about who it serves to erase those images and that knowledge from the public consciousness)

#dress history #history #art history #historical fashion #my favorite example is the hoop skirt #because guys those were UBIQUITOUS #cheap to make and cheap to buy #Queen Victoria wore them. Irish immigrant servants wore them. factory workers had to be expressly banned from wearing them #for safety reasons but still- that indicates that they WERE following the fashion #there are even accounts of enslaved women wearing them to church and such #and yet nowadays most Americans associate them exclusively with white Southern Belles(TM)#I've even been asked at events (while wearing 1860s) if northern women in general really wore hoops too

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imagionary · 10 months

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could we get some spruce? hes Such a character and needs a whole lotta love

I love Spruce! He and Chip have known each other for so long, and count each other like brothers. Spruce misses their old cabin that they built together,,

#Spruce misses working at D. Foresting and Logging Co.; he misses Chip #In our AU both Spruce and Chip worked with D. Foresting and Logging Co. for quite a bit #Although Chip worked has a consultant (safety primarily) over with S.C.R.E.W.; B.E.L.T.; and C.R.A.N.K. as well #Spruce is 9 years older than Chip and counts him like a little brother #Spruce is 55 and Chip is 46 rn in our AU; they've known each other since Spruce with 27 and Chip was 18 #So quite a bit of history between the two of them #Spruce works with logging and deforsting with Alton and the both don't know much about what goes on inside C.O.G.S. Inc #since their positions are outside #Spruce has been told by Misty about what C.O.G.S. Inc has done to Chip... and what the firing process is like inside #Spruce misses Chip.. he wishes he never took up the offer and winding up cursing Chip too #imagionary rambles #I think imma write lore and stuff in the tags instead of the main posts #I feel better doing so idk why xD #I hope that's okay!#ttcc #toontown corporate clash #toontown: corporate clash #toontown #spruce campbell #treekiller #chip revvington #chainsaw consultant

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miguel-owhora · 3 months

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if KOSA passes it'll be like the burning of alexandria all over again

#kosa bill #stop kosa #block kosa #internet censorship #internet freedom #internet safety #censorship #library of alexandria #burning of alexandria #talk about history repeating itself

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meyerlansky · 4 months

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baby gays will reblog six different pieces of art with "you construct intricate rituals to touch the skin of other men" plastered on them and turn around and get huffy when a show from the 2010s keeps its queer subtext subtextual and wrapped in violence

#like i don't know what to tell you man #for most of our history we've had to live in the realm of subtext for safety reasons #therefore a lot of the media that resonates with us reflects that #and can be affirming in its own way #not everyone has had the experience of coming out to acceptance and safety #ETA. NOT SHERLOCK. TRUE DETECTIVE.

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corvidaedream · 1 year

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this is your semi-regular reminder, especially now that people are going on vacation and may find themselves somewhere like disney or a living history site or any sort of attraction where you may encounter an employee in a costume:

If You Wouldn't Touch Someone You Just Met In A Certain Way, Don't Touch An Employee In A Costume That Way Either

i don't mind when im offered a handshake or a little kid hugs me at the end of a tour. hell, i don't even mind if your bachelorette party asks if i want to join a group hug for a photo.

but im a person! the tinkerbell you see at disney is a person! the milliner at colonial williamsburg is a person! my coworker portraying an enslaved woman is a person! the clothes we are wearing are our work outfits, our bodies are our bodies. you do not get to treat us differently because of the photo op you want, or because you caught a glimpse of historical undergarments that intrigues you, or because you think that we, as workers, cannot say no to you without getting in trouble.

Treat Everyone You Encounter As A Person, And Don't Touch My Fucking Stomach

#messages from the ouija board #sadies day job #living history #i just hate that i have to give safety tips and reassurances to new coworkers about how to handle these things #i recently mentioned it offhand to some people from maintenence and they were horrified and i was like oh yeah thats not a normal issue #one of our shift managers who is black also just gave her own talk to a new black employee about dealing w harassment from guests #and it just makes me so mad the way tourists behave sometimes

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