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Filed under: Uncategorized — Giulianna Maria Lamanna @ 6:03 PM
“Nasty, brutish, and short”—long after Thomas Hobbes’ gloomy view of uncivilized human life has been disproved by modern anthropology, people continue to believe that people in hunter-gatherer societies live without art, music, medicine, comfort, or even a moment’s rest. Even “rewilders” who quote Marshall Sahlins on “the original affluent society” often believe that living primitively somehow requires things like not shaving your legs. Well, the Prissiest Primitivist is here to dispel all such absurd notions!
Did you know that oyster shells were the original tweezers? Or that bear fat and olive oil can both be used to make your hair shiny, sleek, and more healthy? Or how to make your own perfume from plants you see every day? Have you ever wondered how people kept cool before air conditioning? I’ve got news for you: life before civilization was way cushier than you think. We’re talking about people who regularly draped themselves in luxurious furs and glistening beads.
If you want to know how to look fabulous without drenching yourself in chemicals you can’t pronounce, or just if you appreciate an anthropological perspective on fashion and beauty, The Fabulous Forager is the blog for you! Rewilding: it’s a good thing.
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Comment by LLB — 29 October 2007 @ 1:22 PM
Sorry, LLB, I’m spoken for!
Comment by Giulianna Maria Lamanna — 7 November 2007 @ 8:41 PM
Hi. My name is J.P., and I’ve been reading your blog for a short bit now - passing your web address on to my friends whom I think would benefit from it. I saw this article today, and thought that you would like it and that it was in line with your blog’s subject.
http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/
It is about how shoes are wrecking our feet.
Thank you,
JP
Comment by J.P. Johnson — 23 May 2008 @ 10:25 AM
J.P., it is so funny you mention that article! A little less than a year before they posted that, my husband Jason wrote his own article on the same subject, Learning to Walk. We have our suspicions that Jason’s article inspired the New York Magazine article, but of course we have no proof… anyway, thanks for reading!
Comment by Giulianna Maria Lamanna — 28 June 2008 @ 8:19 AM