http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/28/the-right-to-dry-movement/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:58:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/28/the-right-to-dry-movement/#comment-15097 Skblllzzzz Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:50:26 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1845#comment-15097 In the Netherlands many housing corporations and municipalities have dry-line bans in place. This has its roots in the past where the wealthy had their laundry done by the poor who used dry-lines. To keep the white clothes white, they were bleached in the sunlight on patches of grassland, called "bleaches". So when you saw laundry outside, you knew there were poor people living there. And as naturally no municipality or housing corporation wanted to be associated with poor people, bans on the visible signs of poverty came into being. These days nobody cares about these bans too much, but they are still there, waiting to be used....... In the Netherlands many housing corporations and municipalities have dry-line bans in place. This has its roots in the past where the wealthy had their laundry done by the poor who used dry-lines. To keep the white clothes white, they were bleached in the sunlight on patches of grassland, called “bleaches”.
So when you saw laundry outside, you knew there were poor people living there. And as naturally no municipality or housing corporation wanted to be associated with poor people, bans on the visible signs of poverty came into being.
These days nobody cares about these bans too much, but they are still there, waiting to be used…….

]]> http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/11/28/the-right-to-dry-movement/#comment-15088 Erika Price Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:30:01 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1845#comment-15088 Those same people who oppose drying on a clothes line probably use a fabric softener that is designed to smell like line-dried clothes! The probably buy an air freshener with that scent, too- it's is a very common fake scent for both products! To think they could get that experience for free! Those same people who oppose drying on a clothes line probably use a fabric softener that is designed to smell like line-dried clothes! The probably buy an air freshener with that scent, too- it’s is a very common fake scent for both products! To think they could get that experience for free!

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