I do find the cottagecore aesthetic visually pleasing and dream of being kinda self-sufficient someday, but people need to stop and think about what kind of values their ‘aesthetic’ implies for a minute.

  • originalucifer
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    If zooey deschanel has taught us anything, it’s that you can dress period-cute without suffering the period

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      And with modern fabric, most of period-cute is a lot more comfy than pre-industrial revolution.

  • @Catoblepas
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    I agree with the post with one caveat: maybe it’s because I was raised on one, but I don’t think farm smell is that bad* (on the cottagecore level, anyway). I also grew up near a lot of factory farms and that shit REEKS.

    *Unless it’s pigs. There’s probably nothing that will make the smell of pig shit bearable.

    • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      I grew up in a farm and hearing city people complaining about farm smells just makes me role my eyes. I go to NYC and everything just smells like piss, car exhaust and micro plastic from all the tires.

    • @ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      Cows, goats, and chickens also can stink. Not always, but my government removed any regulations regarding of that, because they needed the votes of “small farmers” (who then got immediately betrayed).

    • @Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      Nostalgia can bring the pig shit smell from “unbearable” to “unpleasant but bearable”. Though that is from a distance, like existing within sight of a farm, rather than visiting or working on a farm.

  • Cassa
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    Idonno, most of the content I’ve gotten around cottage aestethics has been labor focused - in small farming and renovating houses

    and the value of “trad” is just a correlation, not inherent.

    • @spujb@lemmy.cafe
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      i get what OP is saying but yes they are identifying correlation and calling it cause and effect.

      i appreciate the level of criticism OP brings to the table, but there is plenty of opportunity to adopt such a lifestyle while still being vehemently anti-racist, anti-misogynist, etc etc.

  • @Ranger
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    I guess it’s not stolen land if it’s urban.