Inspirational quote: Like a glassblower's gather, collect your discontent, then shape it into a vessel for change.
Like a glassblower's gather, collect your discontent, then shape it into a vessel for change.
#CraftingDissent #RebelWithAPurpose #TransformativeFire
Women' March "allowed" by the status quo. Is #craftivism cute and not revolutionary at all? #CraftingDissent @fullermuseum
Success and failure of pussyhat as a symbol. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Generational differences about feminism and intersectionality. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
White women voted for Trump. White women marched in 2017. But little discussion with sisters and brothers of color. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
#CraftingDissent Criticism of pussyhats: white women's comfort. Excluded transgender individuals and individuals of color. @fullercraft
Managing anger and managing anxiety in #craftivism, done in community, are empowering. True of communities of color but different histories of coming to craftivism. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Craft a gateway to political expression and political participation. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
What do craftivist projects accomplish as political protest? #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Asserting the traditional feminine in the public sphere through textiles. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Why yarn and thread as a response to political and social issues? #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Craft as art therapy in various museum and community venues. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
People of color and access to opportunity to establish craft businesses. Increasing diversity means changing business practices. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Informal mending sessions on the increase after Trump's election. Face to face community gathering. Action for sustainability and challenging gender norms--many men participate. Soothing experience. Yarn balming rather yarn bombing. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Mending workshops on the rise in the US. #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
Great phrase: women "stitching themselves into visibility." #CraftingDissent @fullercraft
At @fullercraft panel for just-published book #CraftingDissent! My former colleague @mary_worrall and I are contributors. #craftivism #twitterstorians #MaterialCulture
