Post by @blogdiva@mastodon.social

2026-10-04 18:27 UTC

everything i know about tech i owe it to the skills i learned from "women’s work": #sewing #patchwork #embroidery #beading. let’s make sure the chitlins learn about how without women’s work there is no #NASA » NASA's Female Pioneers - Rocket Women From History You Should Know - Rocket Women https://rocket-women.com/2016/03/nasas-female-pioneers-women-from-history-you-should-know/ once heard a woman say, "make your own clothes, wear your own culture". imagine a USA of people who made their clothes? i want a Butlerian Jihad in bespoke, home-made clothes. /🧵

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@farah@beige.party 2026-10-04 18:42

@blogdiva@mastodon.social Thanks for sharing a bit of you and your mami! I think I love you even more now

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@401matthall@mastodon.xyz 2026-10-04 19:25

@blogdiva@mastodon.social You 'member ye'terday when I said yous was the best person on the interwebs? _THIS._ Is what I'm talk'n about. <3

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@Cheeseness@mastodon.social 2026-10-04 20:39

@blogdiva@mastodon.social I love this thread. Thank you for sharing! Is that meant to be "without women’s work" in this post? ("with" -> "without")

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@fullywoolly@mastodon.social 2026-10-05 14:21

@blogdiva@mastodon.social speaking of fiber arts and NASA, we wouldn't have space suits without incredibly skilled women https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-bra-and-girdle-maker-that-fashioned-the-impossible-for-nasa/

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@mmb@subdued.social 2026-10-06 00:50

@blogdiva@mastodon.social Thank you for weaving this herstory with your story. It’s powerful. As are you in the telling. 💐

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@moeria@norden.social 2026-10-06 10:06

@blogdiva@mastodon.social You make all of this so vivid, tangible, and palpable, almost as if your words were garments, each with its own wearability. I'm touched and angry and I feel deeply respect for your mother. Thanks for spreading the untold not only #NASA history. As a teenager, I, too, dreamed of making my own clothes, but I never got past using scissors and fabric glue. Your words inspire me to learn how to do it after all—at least the basics.

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