Comments on: People like you just fuel my fire http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/ Seriously Seditious Stitching Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: megan http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/#comment-8723 megan Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:41:31 +0000 http://radicalcrossstitch.com/?p=1255#comment-8723 I think that we can do better though. I think that is my point. It wouldn't surprise me either if he did use the term, but that doesn't make it appropriate to reproduce. I understand the concept of reclaiming terms, or using them ironically in order to take power away from an oppressor, but I personally wouldn't rejoice if this were the term feminists were able to reclaim. I guess i just think that we need to go above the language of our oppressors. Still love the site, still love the stitching, and loving that this conversation is even happening. I think that we can do better though. I think that is my point.
It wouldn’t surprise me either if he did use the term, but that doesn’t make it appropriate to reproduce. I understand the concept of reclaiming terms, or using them ironically in order to take power away from an oppressor, but I personally wouldn’t rejoice if this were the term feminists were able to reclaim. I guess i just think that we need to go above the language of our oppressors.

Still love the site, still love the stitching, and loving that this conversation is even happening.

]]> By: johanna http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/#comment-8674 johanna Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:54:42 +0000 http://radicalcrossstitch.com/?p=1255#comment-8674 I did actually think twice about this after I finished the cross stitch, but decided that the link between the cross stitch and the article was worth it. The original plan was to use his own "knitting nazis" but since I'm not a knitter, I changed it to something in the same terminologhy, that I'm pretty sure he's familiar with. It wouldn't suprise me at all if a guy that thinks lack of humor is the biggest problem with nazi ideology also now and then refers to feminists as "feminazis"... Thanks for the praise and constructive critisism! johannas last blog post..<a href="http://crossyrstitches.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-fifteen-minutes-of-fame.html" rel="nofollow">my fifteen minutes of fame</a> I did actually think twice about this after I finished the cross stitch, but decided that the link between the cross stitch and the article was worth it. The original plan was to use his own “knitting nazis” but since I’m not a knitter, I changed it to something in the same terminologhy, that I’m pretty sure he’s familiar with. It wouldn’t suprise me at all if a guy that thinks lack of humor is the biggest problem with nazi ideology also now and then refers to feminists as “feminazis”…

Thanks for the praise and constructive critisism!

johannas last blog post..my fifteen minutes of fame

]]> By: megan http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/#comment-8639 megan Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:19:47 +0000 http://radicalcrossstitch.com/?p=1255#comment-8639 So, here I am, stumbling around the internet, and I come across this great site. How excited I am to find it! Great, creative crafting that falls in line with my own crafting ideals and agendas. But then, I saw this cross stitch and was so sad to see the word "nazi" identified with the feminist movement and used as retaliation against an uneducated nay-sayer. I read the article that spurred the stitch, and for sure, there is motivation to be had, but is it really appropriate to use the word nazi in any context other than the historical one it belongs to? So, here I am, stumbling around the internet, and I come across this great site. How excited I am to find it! Great, creative crafting that falls in line with my own crafting ideals and agendas. But then, I saw this cross stitch and was so sad to see the word “nazi” identified with the feminist movement and used as retaliation against an uneducated nay-sayer. I read the article that spurred the stitch, and for sure, there is motivation to be had, but is it really appropriate to use the word nazi in any context other than the historical one it belongs to?

]]> By: Lilith http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/#comment-7318 Lilith Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:35:30 +0000 http://radicalcrossstitch.com/?p=1255#comment-7318 Great stuff ! :oD Liliths last blog post..<a href="http://lil-dans-les-nuages.over-blog.com/article-20409336.html" rel="nofollow">Grande question n°3 : Pourquoi tant de triskaïdécaphobiques ? Et c'est quoi cette histoire d'échelle ?</a> Great stuff ! :oD

Liliths last blog post..Grande question n°3 : Pourquoi tant de triskaïdécaphobiques ? Et c’est quoi cette histoire d’échelle ?

]]> By: kakariki http://radicalcrossstitch.com/2008/06/24/people-like-you-just-fuel-my-fire/#comment-7303 kakariki Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:07:03 +0000 http://radicalcrossstitch.com/?p=1255#comment-7303 he he, that should so go on a tshirt! he he, that should so go on a tshirt!

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