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niyad

(113,714 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:28 PM Mar 2012

a (knitted) uterus for every congressman

A (Knitted) Uterus For Every Congressman!

If the war on women — one (male) politician after another taking the podium to explain why Women Shalt Not Have Access to Birth Control because Sex Ought Only To Be Had For the Purposes of Procreation — is irking, enraging and generally disgusting you, here’s a way to take those angry feelings and put them to good creative, crafty use. How about knitting a uterus? Or crocheting one, if you’d rather?


Government Free VJJ is, in the words of Jezebel, a project with the aim of having “ladies knit or crochet lovely versions of uteruses (plus cervixes and vulvas) and mail them to their representatives,” so that those who have not been endowed with such female organs can have their very own in red or hot pink or paler hues. You can use one of these patterns or make up your own; make sure to fill out this form so the project can keep track of which politician is getting which hand-knit female organs.

Some may say this Snatchel Project is all a waste of yarn that could be used for making sweet little baby booties or some such. But the “women’s work” of making things with fibers — knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving, sewing — has a long history as a way for women to express themselves and get a powerful message across.

Penelope tricked her many suitors not to press her to marry as long as she was weaving a shroud for Laeetes, father of her long-away husband, Odysseus; she wove the shroud by day and unwound it at night until her craftiness was revealed.

A little craftiness can say a lot more than you might think

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/a-knitted-uterus-for-every-congressman.html#ixzz1poCF0HIe

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dmr

(28,351 posts)
3. It opened for me. You need to have a pdf reader to open it.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 10:59 PM
Mar 2012

If not you'll need to download one. Here's some to chose from: https://www.google.com/search?q=pdf+reader&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&client=firefox-a

I just use Adobe.

Hope this helps.

dmr

(28,351 posts)
8. D'oh, you're right. I referred back to something
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:15 PM
Mar 2012

else I had open. That's what you get when you have too much open. You end up looking like an idiot.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
11. thanks for everyone's help, I think it was just
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:09 PM
Mar 2012

the intertubes last night here. They were not downloading at all, but did today. I am laughing my butt off at the pictures! Can't wait to get started. I hooted at "tammy tampon", "sammy sperm", and "sally sanitary napkin".

HOOTING HERE!! Thanks for the patterns.

dmr

(28,351 posts)
6. I think this is pretty cool & creative activism. I'm laughing
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:12 PM
Mar 2012

at the thought of Dave Camp getting a womb or two!

I'm in. I have some very pretty colors in which to choose, too.

This one cracks me up. I just might do something similar or even find a teardrop to this heartbreaking & idiotic & dangerous bullcrap.

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=217760.msg2342830#msg2342830



Hell, I might even paper mache one for 'one of the teabagging guys' in the House. I'll hold a raffle in my kitchen to see who'll win it.

I might be laughing, but I'm mad as hell.

niyad

(113,714 posts)
9. hey, those are some GREAT ideas.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:15 PM
Mar 2012

"laughter through tears is my favourite emotion" (dolly parton's character in "steel magnolias"

I would change it to "laughter through red-hot anger. . ."

niyad

(113,714 posts)
10. looking through my yarns-- should I do pink, or purple, or black, or cerulean, or orange?
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 11:18 PM
Mar 2012

lots of fabric, too, in some pretty colours, and lots of lace. . .

too bad a latch hook piece would take a bit longer. . .

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