@hello_dm27 simplifying a bit but essentially it would benefit the monarch/noble as they’d have a close trusted group around them (in social matters etc) and for ladies-in-waiting the position was sought after as it meant you’d be in a politically advantageous position!!
@hello_dm27 easiest way to think of it is that ladies-in-waiting are more akin to close confidants or assistants than servants, so they would be ladies of noble/high birth and well educated
Four years ago I woke up at 5 am from distant explosions. I asked my boyfriend if he heard them too, he said he didn’t and I should go back to sleep. I tried to calm myself down, went on the internet, it was silent, no news or explanations.
It bears repeating today: the women celebrating the UK supreme court ruling do not speak for me. History shows that the rights of women and the rights of trans people will rise and fall together. My safety as a cis woman will never spring from the persecution of trans women.
really shaken by this - this was a beautiful project of resilience and material support among and for people trapped in northern gaza with little predictable access to food. set up by local young people with farming backgrounds. israeli forces murdered one of them today