Once in a while a person comes along who is really able to explain parts of making (or craftmaking) that I like. I listened to the
CraftSanity episode #28 with Debbie Stoller and felt that way.
In the first part of the episode, they talked about Debbie being a feminist. Immediately my defenses went up, because I have found a number of feminists to be quite angry, which I don’t think achieves anything. I found Ms. Stoller to be quite different. Her personal definition of feminism has to do with valuing men and women the same. Simple and easy to understand!
She also talked a lot about work, including housekeeping or homemaking and crafts, in the home and their value in society, which I always think is an interesting discussion. She really talked about craftmaking in an intelligent way.
I think that there is more to quiltmaking (and other crafts, of course) than just buying and meeting to make. Those are great parts of any hobby, bu I find tha I also enjoy the study of the quiltmaking: studying the technical parts, learning about the history, researching old blocks. I feel like it gives me more depth when I go to work on a piece.
Ms. Stoller validated that in the way she talked about women’s work and its value.
This is an older podcast and I think it is still interesting.
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CraftSanity Episode 28
Stitch ‘N Bitch with Debbie Stoller
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Tune in this week
for a chat with Debbie Stoller, the co-creator
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magazine and author of the
“Stitch ‘N Bitch” books that have inspired
thousands to pick up their needles and start
knitting and crocheting. Many of you are probably
familiar with her wildly popular knitting book
“Stitch ‘N Bitch Nation” that was joined recently
in bookstores by her latest crafty publication,
“Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker.”
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Debbie has some
impressive credentials. She earned Ph.D. in the
psychology of women from Yale in the late 1980s, but
decided not to lock herself in an academic ivory
tower. Instead she set out to do something about one
of the things she thought was jacked about the world:
the media. Since her research was on women and media,
she’s dedicated her career to doing what she can to
make it better for women.
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