{"id":765,"date":"2006-01-26T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=765"},"modified":"2006-01-26T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T00:24:00","slug":"the-feminist-knitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"The Feminist Knitter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Crazycatladymel.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">Crazycatladymel<\/a> mentioned in her journal that she had read something recently blasting knitting as anti-feminist.  I responded there, but was still a bit irked, so I&#8217;m posting here too.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that those who bash knitting as anti-feminist are not examining their position closely enough.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting domestic crafts because they are traditionally feminine shows an attitude which automatically devalues the work that women have done throughout the ages to keep the household running.  By extension, devaluing these crafts because they are feminine exalts masculine work simply because it is masculine.<\/p>\n<p>It is because of the struggle of my feminist forebears that I have the freedom to choose what pastime to engage in, rather than being forced into a one-size-fits-all mold.  And if I choose to knit, it is not a rejection of feminist work.  In fact, I recognize that I have the freedom to do so because of the work of feminists from my mother back to the suffragists and beyond.  It is work I try to continue as I raise my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Knitting is not less valuable because it has been the province of women.  And I am not less feminist because I embrace a traditionally feminine craft.  I would encourage those who dismiss domestic pursuits on feminist grounds to re-think the root of their reason for doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crazycatladymel mentioned in her journal that she had read something recently blasting knitting as anti-feminist. I responded there, but was still a bit irked, so I&#8217;m posting here too. I believe that those who bash knitting as anti-feminist are not examining their position closely enough. Rejecting domestic crafts because they are traditionally feminine shows an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}