<![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place.]]>A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8815ce1c-c5e0-43b4-a0e9-4c921f646c89/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-i-bought-a-great-pair-of-shorts-from-a-charity-shop-then-wore-them-for-the-first-time-and-immediately-realised-why-someone-donated-them-in-the-first-place.RSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 07:24:39 GMTSat, 30 May 2026 16:09:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 20:28:08 GMT]]>@afewbugs oh, interesting. I always ask my dad for sewing advices ๐Ÿ˜‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jasette.facil.services/users/dermoth/statuses/116671072750572059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://jasette.facil.services/users/dermoth/statuses/116671072750572059Sun, 31 May 2026 20:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 15:45:21 GMT]]>@afewbugs @CiaraNi Someone I once knew in the climbing scene did that. He made all sorts of little gadgets for us in their workshop. I still have one of his chock tockers (like this: https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/dmm-nutbuster-nut-removal-tool/ )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/baoigheallain/statuses/116669960808802511https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/baoigheallain/statuses/116669960808802511Sun, 31 May 2026 15:45:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 15:41:21 GMT]]>@baoigheallain @CiaraNi I briefly worked in a hospital that had a prosthetics manufacturing workshop in the basement with some extremely cool custom sewing machines for weird materials like foam and silicone, and am still disappointed I never got a proper chance to get a look at them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116669945048358299https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116669945048358299Sun, 31 May 2026 15:41:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 15:15:25 GMT]]>@afewbugs @CiaraNi Yeah sewing and stereotypes, I never got it. I've been sewing my own tents, sleeping bags, rucksacks, bike bags since I was a school kid unable to afford new.

I worked a summer (as a designer) in a outdoor goods factory. When the machinists went home in the evening I would make my own stuff. Industrial machines for the win: knee-operated foot-lifts and some had foot-operated reverse; you never had to take your hand away from the material.

Excellent results Jules. ๐Ÿ‘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/baoigheallain/statuses/116669843075410578https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/baoigheallain/statuses/116669843075410578Sun, 31 May 2026 15:15:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:45:57 GMT]]>@avuko @afewbugs as Iโ€™ve repeatedly pointed out. In the time the government sits on the terrible guidance - the so called trans toilet ban - 80,000* rapes will happen. Overwhelmingly by men. Overwhelmingly not in toilets. Not by trans people.

Women wonโ€™t be any safer. Men remain the problem in the absolute majority and overwhelmingly so. Creepy is the โ€œbetterโ€ end of the horror of an alarming number of men.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://know.me.uk/users/vikki/statuses/116668547539034763https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://know.me.uk/users/vikki/statuses/116668547539034763Sun, 31 May 2026 09:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:28:57 GMT]]>@avuko @afewbugs @vikki and still blokes turn up to make it about them.

Itโ€™s a good article and really well argued. But alwaysโ€ฆalways there will be a massive cohort of insulted, small men who cannot accept the truths stated and evidenced so clearly here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/JimmyB/statuses/116668480690236541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/JimmyB/statuses/116668480690236541Sun, 31 May 2026 09:28:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 08:44:38 GMT]]>@afewbugs

Pockets big enough to hold a wine bottle...

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A moment that changed me: I began wearing skirts with pockets big enough to hold a wine bottle

Sick of impractical or nonexistent pockets on womenโ€™s clothes, I started making my own historical garments. Now I feel liberated, chat to strangers โ€“ and never lose my belongings

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/prl/statuses/116668306487631002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/prl/statuses/116668306487631002Sun, 31 May 2026 08:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 08:25:17 GMT]]>@avuko @vikki meanwhile this recent case in the UK shows just how much we value teenage boys vs teenage girls

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Teenage boys avoid jail after rape and sexual assault of girls in north-east England

Exclusive: Calls for urgent change after rehabilitation orders and โ€˜laughableโ€™ ยฃ26 in court fees in three separate cases

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116668230394829791https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116668230394829791Sun, 31 May 2026 08:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 07:43:35 GMT]]>@Sine_Nomine If I remember correctly, I think the original culprit was the purse becoming fashionable. Women don't need pockets, they have purses! ๐Ÿ™„
And then the fashion industry has just stayed in that mindset because of patriarchy bullshit.

Plus smaller pockets means less fabric used, which means they can save money on fabric, and fast fashion will gladly cut every corner to save a few pennies per garment.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Gulleko/statuses/116668066414456210https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Gulleko/statuses/116668066414456210Sun, 31 May 2026 07:43:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 07:22:33 GMT]]>@Su_G @afewbugs yeh, doesn't really take much, just using the right materials and seams. Levi Strauss seemed to have figured that one out in the 1800's ๐Ÿ˜–

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667983663590748https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667983663590748Sun, 31 May 2026 07:22:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 07:10:31 GMT]]>@Su_G @afewbugs hehehe, yeh, she knows what's good. Picked out some second hand country road the other day at St Mark's ๐Ÿ˜†

It sucks, kids "girls" all has pockets, but once you start buying teen shit it's all "hahaha, pockets? You thought!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667936392521524https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667936392521524Sun, 31 May 2026 07:10:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:51 GMT]]>@Gulleko @afewbugs
It seems to be an institutional bias / misogyny! Why wouldn't women (all of them inc trans) want regular sized pockets?
Is it so, they have to carry things & as such have to be "helped" w doors etc?
Or is it so, that because they are carrying things they're then "vulnerable" to predators?
Good Krap almighty! Do we really need a campaign to fix an issue that should not fucking exist? Whats wrong w the clothing mnfrs?
This form of misogyny is contemptuous.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Sine_Nomine/statuses/116667870812659291https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Sine_Nomine/statuses/116667870812659291Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:41 GMT]]>@afewbugs @Su_G Iโ€™ve sewn them into jackets, and even once paid a tailor to change faux pockets on a vintage blazer into real ones!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116667870186085907https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/116667870186085907Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:47:56 GMT]]>@Su_G @afewbugs my daughter is already raging against the lack of pockets for women. It's half the reason she wears Dangerfield and the like ๐Ÿ˜†

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667847601774228https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/sortius/statuses/116667847601774228Sun, 31 May 2026 06:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:47:42 GMT]]>@Su_G yes he looked to be in his fifties or sixties, which was ample time on this planet to have done a bit of research if he genuinely wanted to learn to sew rather than, say, spotting a target woman on her own and spontaneously developing an interest in whatever she was doing to give him an excuse to hassle her ๐Ÿ˜‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667846661231791https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667846661231791Sun, 31 May 2026 06:47:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:44:56 GMT]]>@afewbugs Great job! I've seen decorated ones before but yours is particularly nice.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/ConnyChiwa/statuses/116667835788463373https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/ConnyChiwa/statuses/116667835788463373Sun, 31 May 2026 06:44:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:44:12 GMT]]>@vikki @afewbugs

On men being creepy: No need to belief, the data proofs it. https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-not-safe-around-men

And on a more happy note: great work on the pockets! I never got into sewing (or knitting) as the learning curve has always felt quite steep to me.

But looks like one of those things that is both useful and very satisfying.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/avuko/statuses/116667832908748879https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/avuko/statuses/116667832908748879Sun, 31 May 2026 06:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:37:17 GMT]]>@Betty @jgrg @NilaJones came up with a plausible explanation in another branch of this thread https://zeroes.ca/@NilaJones/116665018097227860

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667805691801429https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667805691801429Sun, 31 May 2026 06:37:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:34:06 GMT]]>@ConnyChiwa thank you! The front just snaps off so is very easy to paint - I sprayed it with primer and used acrylic paint pens

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667793193396131https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116667793193396131Sun, 31 May 2026 06:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:21:24 GMT]]>@afewbugs Argh, the fake tiny pockets!

I have done similar pocket surgery on jeans, and while it sucks that we have to make our own pockets, it's so satisfying when they're done. ๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Gulleko/statuses/116667743232361164https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/Gulleko/statuses/116667743232361164Sun, 31 May 2026 06:21:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 01:32:36 GMT]]>@afewbugs This is a brilliant idea! I have some pants with frustrating fake demi-pockets, and it never occurred to me to try adding extensions. Thank you for the inspiration!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/jendefer/statuses/116666607608184180https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/jendefer/statuses/116666607608184180Sun, 31 May 2026 01:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sun, 31 May 2026 00:06:38 GMT]]>@afewbugs @Unixbigot
Smart

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MedeaVanamonde/statuses/116666269570601168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/MedeaVanamonde/statuses/116666269570601168Sun, 31 May 2026 00:06:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sat, 30 May 2026 23:37:49 GMT]]>@afewbugs So cool!! Nice work ๐Ÿ˜„

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/pqqq/statuses/116666156288500089https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/pqqq/statuses/116666156288500089Sat, 30 May 2026 23:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A couple of weeks ago I bought a great pair of shorts from a charity shop, then wore them for the first time and immediately realised why someone donated them in the first place. on Sat, 30 May 2026 21:42:34 GMT]]>@afewbugs @TimWardCam
Thanks for the info.

I have seen them before, but never understood them. Now, I do.

You rock!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://im-in.space/users/Chip_Unicorn/statuses/116665703112447816https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://im-in.space/users/Chip_Unicorn/statuses/116665703112447816Sat, 30 May 2026 21:42:34 GMT