Thank you Nann! Happy to see I live in a state that is on board!

Actually, Naeme, I have not. That’s your world view. Not mine. Good luck with it, though.

Bill, Good contribution. But have you observed that the different “contributions” to the (historical) textile world you named can be divided into paying and non-paying? And that the only one in which women dominated was the non-paying role? Hmmmm…whyz that ya suppose?

Neame

Enjoyed our visit. It’s great to talk in person rather than volleying ideas around online. Intent can easily be misread when dancing around things that simply cannot be discussed publicly. Thank you, and thank you again for the blog.

Stephanie Forsyth and I are friends on Facebook and spent a lot of time chatting over the last couple days. In a more candid space, we agreed on a lot of things. We also learned from each other.

I admire her for being outspoken. Advocacy comes from that. Advocacy also occurs privately, and there are many reasons why it is not for public consumption. What happens behind the scenes is influential and productive in ways the public cannot possibly grasp. If it seems like someone is not acting, the opposite may be true.

Regarding privilege, I asked a Buddhist friend, who said,

“There are many forms of privilege, present in the broad spectrum of individuals. We only see it in others, never ourselves. If we have time to sew, we have time to sew.”

And another mic drop: “I’m still working on making my entire society ok for me.” Thank you!

OMG – talk about a mic drop! “Because while it may happen that one’s experience does represent the norm, it doesn’t follow that it must.”

Isn’t it just???