It’s an odd sort of feminist activism that calls on women to crochet, knit or sew in 2012. Yes, pro-choicers want you to engage your sewing talents to create plush uteri (my new plural for uterus). This is the response of pro-choicers to the suggestion that a committee discuss when life begins. Quaintly traditional, that. Not that I have a problem with tradition. Heck, I wish I could knit, crochet or sew. It’s a lost art. But if I had that gift, I would not be making female organs.
The debate on Parliament Hill happens tomorrow. Read about that, here.
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Mariette Ulrich says
That is downright bizarre. Most of us (under 50) can’t do any of the above, because feminism taught us for the last 4 decades that it wasn’t cool to do girly things like that.
Jennifer says
As a frequent Pinterest user, I too long for the skills of sewing and knitting!
Monika says
Not a lost art, so much as a reemerging art…I know at least a dozen of my friends in the late 20s/early 30s crowd that knit or crochet regularly (though not myself)…it’s very hip.