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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:14:37 JST AI6YR Ben

   BBC: 'Girls need to carry things too!': How women's pockets became so controversial

   https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250909-how-womens-pockets-became-so-controversial

   #fashion #pockets

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     realcaseyrollins ✝️ (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:15 JST realcaseyrollins ✝️

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     • Femme Malheureuse
     @femme_mal @ai6yr @femme_mal @ai6yr I'm a male, but one of my favorite types of pants, tend to have larger pockets than usual. Are those pockets usually of a decent size for women as well?
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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:16 JST AI6YR Ben

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     ***I'm not female, but my fix for this would be to thumb your nose at society, be a rebel, and add pockets... lots of pockets... to your clothing. (I know women just buy men's clothing to get over this issue).

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     Femme Malheureuse (femme_mal@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:16 JST Femme Malheureuse

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     @ai6yr We had a long ongoing discussion across the now-dead bird app about women's clothes and the lack of pockets. It's probably time to launch another such discussion here given the slow turnover in couture designers.

     I remedy the lack of pockets a few ways:
     - work aprons with pockets (I've added pockets on a few)
     - tool pouches tied at the waist
     - small molle tool holsters

     And yes, modded puny fake pockets into functional pockets.

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     Climate Jenny 2.1 (climatejenny@biodiversity.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:25 JST Climate Jenny 2.1

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     @ai6yr If you're more into function than fashion, there's a niche brand of women's workwear called Dovetail that does this nicely.

     And I'm feeling stupidly pleased because I just snagged a pair of their pants USED. Not only do they have the deepest front pockets I've ever seen (halfway down to the knees!), they have some weird, practical tailoring that I've never seen before. Like a double layer of fabric in the front (thornproof!) and darts (?) around the knees.

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     Sara (sarae@ecoevo.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:41 JST Sara

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     @ai6yr this is why we carry purses

     what I've never understood is why men don't

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:16:47 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @sarae AHA! But men do now! That is probably why some of the pants I have have such LOUSY pockets, they expect you to be carrying a murse.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:17:09 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @womble Wow, false pocket!!! Terrible!

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     wombatle wombatle (womble@nullpointer.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:17:10 JST wombatle wombatle

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     @ai6yr usually I make my clothes and always add large pockets. Recently, when travelling I needed clothing in a hurry. Bought some ladies jeans. They were not cheap.

     Put them on, went to put hand in pocket, it was sewn shut. On investigation, not even a tiny useless pocket. Just a seam shaped to look like a pocket. No pockets whatsoever.

     Who wants jeans without pockets??

     I will be unpicking and adding pockets as soon as I have time.

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     realcaseyrollins ✝️ (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 01:18:55 JST realcaseyrollins ✝️

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     @ai6yr @ai6yr You know, I thought the advent of the supersized phone would have inspired apparel companies to give women bigger pockets.
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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:29:29 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @realcaseyrollins Yeah, I have female family members complaining about this one all the time.

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     anguinea (anguinea@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:30:25 JST anguinea

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     @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr
     Nope. It only inspired people to wear fannypacks again, only across their chest.

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     Femme Malheureuse (femme_mal@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:31:45 JST Femme Malheureuse

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     @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr Can you put your phone in your pocket? Your wallet?

     I can't think of many pants/skirts/jackets/vests I've bought right off the rack into which I could put my smartphone (since about Android 6).I don't carry a large smartphone, either, because I've got small hands.

     Most could handle my wallet in which I rarely keep more than a credit card, healthcare insurance card, folded cash, driver's license.

     All I want is pockets big enough for the phone and wallet.

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     realcaseyrollins ✝️ (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 03:32:15 JST realcaseyrollins ✝️

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     @femme_mal @ai6yr @femme_mal @ai6yr they're actually kind of absurd, I usually put my stuff in both pockets (phone, wallet, keys, wireless earbuds), but cargo pant pockets tend to be so big my stuff often slips and slide out without me noticing. I could probably fit two pockets' worth of stuff in one cargo pant pocket, and that doesn't even factor in the knee-level pockets those pants usually have either.
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     Femme Malheureuse (femme_mal@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 04:31:51 JST Femme Malheureuse

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     @antdude @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr I hear you on that. My first Android was an LG that wasn't more than 4 x 2.5 inches. Loved it to death, was only slightly bigger than my wallet.

     But the rest of the market insisted on following Apple, making phones with displays big enough to have movie night with your seat mates on a plane. Nope.

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     🐜 (antdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 04:31:52 JST 🐜

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     @femme_mal @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr Also, I want small and light iPhones like 4S and minis but Apple stopped making those. I'm a small weak guy too. :(

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     Steve (scm@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 04:34:05 JST Steve

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     @antdude @femme_mal @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr I’m still hanging on to my 13 mini

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     Femme Malheureuse (femme_mal@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Sep-2025 04:39:34 JST Femme Malheureuse

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     @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr The only place I can regularly find working togs with rationally-sized pockets is Duluth Trading.

     I like how they tell men looking for more cargo pocket space than they offer, "If you run out of room, you might just have too much stuff." LOL

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     Darwin Woodka (darwinwoodka@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 01:32:38 JST Darwin Woodka

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     @realcaseyrollins @ai6yr

     well that's the other thing, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE PHONES THAT FIT IN OUR HANDS?

     oh BECAUSE MEN DESIGN THEM

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     realcaseyrollins ✝️ (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Saturday, 13-Sep-2025 01:33:52 JST realcaseyrollins ✝️

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     • Darwin Woodka
     @darwinwoodka @ai6yr @darwinwoodka @ai6yr Well, what sells better:
     
     "This is our biggest phone yet"
     
     Or
     
     "This is our smallest phone yet"
     
     #Apple has experimented with keeping small phones alive but those models don't tend to sell very well.