Some of you may have missed the fact that there’s a Radical Cross Stitch Posse group on Facebook (join it!) and we’ve been seeing some pretty cool pictures on there recently. But this one just leapt out and went ‘how cool am I!!!!!!’ so I had to share it with you all.
I asked the lovely Miss Darvas for a backgrounder on it so here’s the story:
SO HAPPY TO FIND A RADICAL/ALTERNATIVE CROSS STITCH COMMUNITY!!! i’d almost given up on x stitch sites & magazines because i was sick of the flowery/sentimental verse/cottage type things. i know that kinda thing is popular with a lot of crafty people, but…yeah…not for me : /
anyhow, i typed OFFENSIVE CROSS STITCH in google. didn’t know what other term to use, but if i found ONE website or ONE picture of a x stitch with the word FUCK on it or something on a controversial/political theme then i’d feel less alone, haha!
yay, so google found me your site & the link to your FB group & i thought YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
i stitched LADY LOVE YOUR CUNT in support of the whole RECLAIMING CUNT issue - taking back the word “cunt” as a positive woman-friendly term to be used as another word for vagina (as was its origin), & not regarded as the most offensive word in the English language to describe something nasty & vile.
i stitched the slogan in pink & decorated the border with hearts & it looks pretty & inoffensive. my use of the word CUNT wasn’t intended to be shocking & if anyone sees the x stitch & asks wtf *that’s* all about, then it’s good to be able to explain the what “reclaiming cunt” *is* all about & then listening to their views on the subject. i hope that a cross stitch using LADY LOVE YOUR CUNT would be quite a conversation piece in a positive sense - exchanging thoughts & listening to other peoples opinions.
if i’d had more time, or if i decide to re-do that x stitch again, i’d like to include a lotus flower, or something like that representing a vagina.
Here’s to the day when we see adverts for menstrual cups that say LADY LOVE YOUR CUNT!!!
And of course here at Radical Cross Stitch we say ‘hear, hear!’ ‘Cause of course we do love the word cunt. It’s a delightful word and not in the least bit offensive. If you’re sitting at home going ‘huh?’ then read this book. And don’t be surprised if you start making xstitches like this too!
xox
