craft + activism = craftivism.

As happens often, I have a new crafty crush, Ann Wizer. How can you not be enamored of someone who writes that: “instead of making more waste, we REUSE waste. Instead of employing highly skilled experts, we TRAIN the unskilled. The aim is not to make more stuff quickly and cheaply, but to address problems [...]

Words cannot express how much I love this video. Garbage reuse, singing, the crinkling of bags, soccer, this has it all! Also inspiring, this 5-part video series of the documentary Threads of Hope about the Chilean arpilleristas. Bonus: The narrator, Donald Sutherland, schools me on how to properly pronounce the word “arpillerista!”

The photo above changed my life. No, really. It was the beginning of my discovery of Riot Grrrl and DIY ethics. This picture made me realize that it was okay to be angry and confused and frustrated and loud as a teenage girl. It made me not feel so alone at 16 when I was [...]

This Thursday come join me and Faythe Levine for a discussion on craftivism and a screening of her documentary, Handmade Nation! Thursday, March 4, 3.30pm Columbia College 600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 921 Also, if you read Portuguese or just want to see a weird photo of my creepy red bathroom, there’s an interview with [...]

One last check of the news before I go to bed tonight and the front page of The Guardian (online) has photos from past Holi celebrations. I’m not sure how I’ve managed to entirely miss Holi, the Festival of Colors, until this evening. It is a welcoming of springtime by a number of Eastern religions, [...]