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Betsy Greer

Betsy Greer is a writer, editor, maker and speaker credited with popularizing the term Craftivism.[1]

Biography edit

Greer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1975, and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree in English literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998) and her M.A. in sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London (2004). Greer currently resides in Durham, North Carolina.[2]

Publications edit

  • Knitting for Good! (2008)
  • Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism (2014)

References edit

  1. ^ Rozsika Parker. The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine
  2. ^ Vivian Liddell. Peachy Keen Podcast, Episode 4: Betsy Greer.

External links edit

  • craft + activism = craftivism
  • Rob Walker, The D.I.Y. Revolutionaries Of The Pussyhat Project, The New Yorker, 25 January 2017
  • Alexandra Hart, Knitters Turn to Craftivism to Protest Trump's Presidency, Texas Standard, 20 January 2017
  • Stephanie Buck, Women Craftivists are Reclaiming Domesticity as a Silent Form of Protest, Timeline, 22 November 2016
  • Holley Simmons, Betsy Greer's Craftivism Trades Picket Signs for Knitting Needles, Washington City Paper, 11 June 2014

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