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Reflections on craft--and craft-makers--as change agentsJayna ZweimanYarn, thread, scissors, fabric : a crafter's tool kit for mending democracy as engaged citizensHinda MandellCraftivism from Philomena to the pussyhatSandra MarkusWeaving the way toward liberty : John Singleton Copley's Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris)Elizabeth S. HawleySpinning, sewing, and soliciting for the American RevolutionLaura Elizabeth SapellyThe anti-craft activism of enslaved Americans : conspicuous consumption as resistanceKatie KnowlesThe Underground Railroad quilt code myth and the culture of crafted experienceFelicity LufkinFinding Frederick and Anna Douglass's parking lot : public art's role in combating historical erasure and urban renewalHinda MandellStitching dissent : from the suffragists to pussyhat politicsAnne BruderHow homespun cotton cloth became the fabric of Indian political lifeRekha Sharma and Gargi Bhaduri"It's getting bitchy in knitting circules" : the history of the stitch 'n bitch movement and internalized misogynyErika K. JacksonThe entanglement of consumption, commerce, and craft activismHannah BushHow to smash the patriarchy : a guide for fat old ladies and their friendsa graphic essay by Donna DruchunasCraftivism and DIY citizenshipTal FitzpatrickA tale of two scarves, of "pride" and "pain"Máire O Sullivan, Shona Bettany, and Toni Eagar"Consent trumps everything" : the clothesline art project and the election politics of sexual assaultShannon Dehoff and Jill Swiencicki

Cartoon Depiction of Political Wives; Making Sense of How Cartoons "Do" Gender; Chapter 4. When Mistresses Become Media Starlets: The Ascension of the Political Sex-Scandal Celebrity; The Newspapers; The Women; Female Publicity in Sex Scandals; Ashley Dupré; Sydney Leathers; The Sexpot Versus the Sexter; Political Clowns; Life, Post-Scandal; Female Publicity and Scandal; Chapter 5. Political Wives, Scandal, and the Double Bind: Press Coverage through a Gendered Lens; Background on Political Sex Scandals; Scandal and Wifeness; Media Coverage of Political Wives and Political Women; Method.

In 1851, in Rochester, New York, a group of nineteen women banded together as the founding members of an anti-slavery group in order to support the work of the abolitionist, writer, orator and newspaper publisher, Frederick Douglass. They were the benefactors of Frederick Douglass, himself regarded as the founder of the twentieth-century Civil Rights movement. They called themselves the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, although they dropped 'Sewing' from their group's name in 1855. Yet the fact that 'Sewing' was included in the original name of this reformist group indicates the foundational role of craft not only as a guiding activity, but also as a key activist mechanism to abolish the institution of slavery. This article explains how a contemporary craft intervention in downtown Rochester, New York, involving 400 swatches contributed from across the United States, sought to honour and reclaim the history of this social-reformist group, at Corinthian Hall, the physical location where they held their abolitionist fundraising bazaars in the nineteenth century. That building is now a parking lot in the heart of central Rochester. Ultimately, yarn is argued to be a social-action tool to help reverse historic erasure in a crowded urban environment.

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In 2008, opponents of US President Barack Obama painted Hitler moustaches on his photographic likeness, and victims of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff likened him to Hitler for the way he destroyed lives. This article examines how the 'Holocaust theme and metaphor' has emerged through media coverage of significant events in the United States from 2008 to 2009, through an analysis of newspaper articles. This study is situated within the broader context of Holocaust memory in American life. The metaphoric memory involving the Holocaust has less to do with factual, historic events of the Holocaust and more to do with the intended invocation of fear and a strong reaction from the public. This research concludes that references to the 'Holocaust' and 'Hitler' in news coverage of current events represents a rhetorical device to trigger an emotional reaction from the public, to warn the public against looming danger and to bolster support for their ideological position.

A rash of three political sex scandals within the span of less than two years, from 2012 to 2014, shook the New York State Assembly. All of the sex scandals involved male politicians accused of sexual harassment of female staffers and subordinates. This study investigates how New York State assemblywomen were impacted by the scandals of their male colleagues, exploring the "contagion" of scandals (Adut 2008). Interviews were conducted with eight assemblywomen in 2014, although all 33 assemblywomen serving in the legislature at the time of this research endeavor were invited to participate in a research interview. Findings indicate that assemblywomen felt compelled to defend their sullied institution, and that the private behavior of their scandal-tarnished male colleagues blemishes their reputations as well, even though they played no role in the scandalous events. This reinforces the notion of scandal as "contaminating," and demonstrates that further exploration is needed in gendering scandal, where male bodies become a liability to the state, and female bodies assume the gendered characteristics of rational, stable and competent.

This book explores the way today's interconnected and digitized world--marked by social media, over-sharing, and blurred lines between public and private spheres--shapes the nature and fallout of scandal in a frenzied media environment. Today's digitized world has erased the former distinction between the public and private self in the social sphere. Scandal in a Digital Age marries scholarly research on scandal with journalistic critique to explore how our Internet culture driven by (over)sharing and viral, visual content impacts the occurrence of scandal and its rapid spread online through retweets and reposts. No longer are examples of scandalous behavior merely reported in the news. Today, news consumers can see the visual evidence of salacious behavior whether through an illicit tweet or video with a simple click. And we can't help but click. -- Back cover