A workshop created to
question, share, and collect
our associations with femininity.

THE RESOURCE WEB

GENERAL

“Teach What You Need to Learn”

An exploration of the earthen feminine : the vessel. An exploration of the earthen feminine : the vessel.

PRESERVATION

Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are

Shrink It and Pink It: Gender Bias in

In the quest for a “female aesthetic” or artistic style specific to women, many 1970s feminist artists sought to elevate “women’s craft” to the level of “high art,” and away from its derogatory designation as “low art” or “kitsch.”

WOMEN’S WORK

History of Weaving and Women

Women and Metaphors of Weaving

“I bought a desk on Craigslist. a nice couple arrived to deliver it. the woman called me, they were outside. we can help you carry it in but I understand if you don't want us in your home, because you know, craigslist people. I just don't want to - the man said, well how else is she going to carry the desk? I understood what the woman meant, that transaction as simple as receiving a piece of furniture from a stranger possessed an inherent threat, that any time we met online, we must scan for signs of assault, rape, death, etc We knew this. but the guy did not speak this language he just saw a desk.

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

“’Underwater Basket Weaving’ is an idiom originating in the 1950’s when vocational studies were introduced into the education system. It’s a blanket description for useless, or supposedly absurd skills, and the perceived ‘decline’ of our educational system.“

UNDERWATER_
WEAVING

Object Story: Basket

When is work not work? Why we undervalue work inside the home

Origins of Objectification

DESTRUCTION

Be a Lady They Said

Are You Rejecting Your Feminine Traits?

Comprehensive Sexual Violence Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Dissertation in Four Papers

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’

TRANSFORMATION

What Is Femininity?

Gaia, Mother Earth

Basket Symbol

Moon

The Fates in Greek Mythology: Hanging by a Thread

REVITALIZATION

The Suppresion and Modern Re-Emergence of Sacred Feminine Healing Traditions

Embracing Femininity in a Modern World

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

THE RESOURCE WEB

Association Definition

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

— G.D. Anderson

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” --Audre Lord

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
--Audre Lord