Just to prove that I’m not an angry curmudgeonly type all the time, I thought that I’d draw your attention to Slate’s adorable article on political crafts. I think that the above cross-stitch is probably my favourite, but I’d love to make a Homeland Security quilt as well (but where would I put it?).
But no mention of the knitted uterus? Or the precursors to today’s hipster radical crafts, like the AIDS Memorial Quilt or Chilean arpilleras? Kids these days have no historical context.
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