I love this--your article on kitchen design was fire--it's so important that we know those stories, how our lives are engineered by design (I'd put that in italics if I could). It's not just happenstance, there is so much purpose to what gives structure to our lives. Can't wait to read the new article.
First of all, I love your work and everything you do. But, I do want to say that I'm currently getting my degree in southern US history and I can tell you that from my research I believe that most, if not all, white women that are getting married at plantations do it for the architecture and beauty and aren't even remotely thinking about what happened there much less thinking that the southern belle was innocent and her home was too. They are so removed from that and I daresay it hasn't crossed their mind. It should cross their minds but it isn't.
I fully get that by dressing in hoop skirts it is attempting to portray a Southern ideal but all women wore hoop skirts no matter their race/culture. Mammies, prostitutes, poor, rich, etc. It would be like 150 years from now women wearing pantsuits and it being portrayed as a feminist costume when all women of all races/cultures in reality wear them.
Am I wrong about these points? What are your thoughts on my comments? I'm completely open to your feedback on them and being educated. :)
Another massively thought provoking, insightful piece.
I love this--your article on kitchen design was fire--it's so important that we know those stories, how our lives are engineered by design (I'd put that in italics if I could). It's not just happenstance, there is so much purpose to what gives structure to our lives. Can't wait to read the new article.
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First of all, I love your work and everything you do. But, I do want to say that I'm currently getting my degree in southern US history and I can tell you that from my research I believe that most, if not all, white women that are getting married at plantations do it for the architecture and beauty and aren't even remotely thinking about what happened there much less thinking that the southern belle was innocent and her home was too. They are so removed from that and I daresay it hasn't crossed their mind. It should cross their minds but it isn't.
I fully get that by dressing in hoop skirts it is attempting to portray a Southern ideal but all women wore hoop skirts no matter their race/culture. Mammies, prostitutes, poor, rich, etc. It would be like 150 years from now women wearing pantsuits and it being portrayed as a feminist costume when all women of all races/cultures in reality wear them.
Am I wrong about these points? What are your thoughts on my comments? I'm completely open to your feedback on them and being educated. :)