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Embroidery
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Kate Walker´s attitude is characteristic of contemporary feminists' determination not to reject femininity but to empty the term of its negative connotations, to reclaim and refashion the category:
"I have never worried that embroidery's association with femininity, sweetness, passivity and obedience may subvert my work's feminist intention. Femininity and sweetness are part of women's strength. Passivity and obedience, moreover, are the very opposites of the qualities necessary to make a susta
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― The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
― The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
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Every stitch is a prayer, and every thread—a blessing.
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― Sacred Stitches: A Guide to Ancient Wisdom and the Mystical Symbols of Bulgarian Embroidery
― Sacred Stitches: A Guide to Ancient Wisdom and the Mystical Symbols of Bulgarian Embroidery
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