Silk has been around for centuries and is used to make clothes, scarves, and other accessories – but a recent video on social media has shown how the luxury fabric is actually produced
I’ve been meaning to look into ahimsa silk to see if it’s really all that, or just shifting the cruelty somewhere else. E.g. if they breed them and then they hatch and starve because the ecosystem can’t support them that’s hardly non violent/non exploitative.
Silk has some very desirable properties in clothing but as I thought everyone learned in highschool it’s fucking horrific.
I remain ever hopeful someone will figure out how to make yeast whatever grow silk in a useable way.
I’ve been meaning to look into ahimsa silk to see if it’s really all that, or just shifting the cruelty somewhere else. E.g. if they breed them and then they hatch and starve because the ecosystem can’t support them that’s hardly non violent/non exploitative.
Silk has some very desirable properties in clothing but as I thought everyone learned in highschool it’s fucking horrific.
I remain ever hopeful someone will figure out how to make yeast whatever grow silk in a useable way.