Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 05/05/2026(some knitwear isn't necessarily touched by human hands; things like tube socks are just done on machine. but if it has a seam, it was made by a person, and most of those people in history were underpaid female garment workers) 1333
Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 05/05/2026anyway YOU WOULD NOT HAVE LABOR RIGHTS WITHOUT NEW YORK CITY'S FEMALE GARMENT WORKERS, AND TO HAVE THE BEZOSES AT THE MET GALA IS A DARK STAIN ON THE HISTORY OF APPRECIATION FOR WOMEN'S LABOR, ORGANIZING, AND THE ART OF TEXTILES AND NEEDLEWORKING 06612