craft + activism = craftivism.

Yesterday on the way home I was listening to music on shuffle, and Kristin Hersh’s cover of Nirvana’s “Pennyroyal Tea” came on. I love Kristin Hersh and LOVE her work with Throwing Muses! But, whenever I hear her name, my mind drifts to songs like “Your Ghost” a duet with Michael Stipe from her amazing [...]

Hello, new craft crush. She sews happy poetry into thrift store clothes. I think I love her. For more of Agustina’s awesome work go here. Also! On the righthand column of this page, you will now see a lovely little area at the top where you can sign up for the Craftivism Newsletter! Yeah! After [...]

You may have noticed that I haven’t updated here in awhile. That’s been due to two things… 1a. Working on some projects not directly related to craftivism, one of them, some communications work with the amazing non-profit seen in the video above, Emerge, which helps young sexually abused girls in Sri Lanka start their own [...]

As kids in school, we had to ask permission to do much of anything. We had to get a hall pass to do anything autonomous like go to the bathroom or the water fountain. We had to procure that pass and risk asking for it first. As adults we think we don’t need permission, but [...]