InarticulateQuilter2d ago

Another media outlet "discovers" #Craftivism

I do wish these stories wouldn't always focus on whether craft activism is performative. I make things because I cannot not make things. Other aspects of my life, including my political feelings, influence what I make. That's what art fucking is, but call it craft and suddenly everybody and their mother has a shitty opinion as to it's worth 🤷‍♀️

Paywall:
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/483036/knitting-quilting-melt-the-ice-hat-history-crafting

Paywall free:
https://archive.is/WCrAc

#Quilting #Knitting

Want to fight fascism? Join a knitting circle.

Resistance crafting is about more than pussyhats now.

Vox
Show threadPiggleston Pecanpants2d ago
@inarticulatequilter I was just thinking about this. Craft used to mean something noble. A person with a craft was trained to efficiently and competently practice their craft and be an integral contributor to society. Now the only time it's considered that way is when we utter that phrase "practice their craft." Now the word craft brings images of finger painting and scrap booking. True craft is art and art refects who we are as a species. Craft is important and vital to our survival.
Show threadInarticulateQuilter2d ago
@LilPecan well said! This part "A person with a craft was trained to efficiently and competently practice their craft and be an integral contributor to society" reminds of the famously non-political (that's snark) guilds of the Middle Ages that evolved into again famously non-political (more snark) unions. Separating today's crafters from this history and calling them performative is infuriating
Show threadPiggleston Pecanpants
@inarticulatequilter Yes. Yes it is infuriating.
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