I'm not a seamster (yet...), but watching Cathy's skill and passion for her Peacock Dress project serves as an incredible inspiration for my work on my own projects. If you rummage around in her previous videos you'll also find a LOT of general-purpose creative inspiration that isn't directly related to dressmaking. But still brilliant if you're a dressmaker...

Yeah, i get lots of gender and queer theory in my recommendations because I'm...

If you've been on my channel for a while, then you know I try to avoid politics or anything that someone might consider to be politics, even if it doesn't technically fit the description. I'm going to tiptoe over that line a little bit, and just briefly, because I think this video has some interesting points.

I think it's particularly valuable in a space like Telegram, because (generally speaking) this is the kind of place that has lots of dark corners. And, because it offers the opportunity to be both social and anonymous, people who use Telegram as one of their major social outlets could easily fall victim to this kind of manipulation.

With the recent influx of fascists coming to my channel and forwarding my content to their own channels, I think this is a good time to share it.

Watch it, or don't, at your own discretion. Maybe you recognize someone you know in these descriptions. Maybe you recognize yourself.

If you are isolated in the ways this video describes, don't let it turn you into a person of hate. Find the corners where love lives. If you are lonely, reach out here in my comments. There's lots of love here.

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