#pinkpussyhat

[cyarsk52-20]

And opinions are like squandered votes… doesn’t matter til you have to face it

Y’all are so fukin predictable

Every time

We went from “it’s not that serious” to overturning to pinkpussyhats to midterms R🗳️ to rethugs doing EXAXWHAT THEY SAID THE WOULD

But NOW everyone deserves healthcare & it shouldn’t matter who she voted for

[wingedpurplekangaroo]

How to UNmake a Pink Pussy Hat, part one

I know, it’s a difficult thing to create something or be gifted a handmade present and then unmake it.  But people are hurting, and we can do something to ease their pain.  Let’s tackle it together!

Step one: Take a photo of your pink pussy hat.  Take many, if you’d like.  Just like we’ve learned for decluttering, once we have a pic we have it forever, and we can get rid of the physical object.  Take a moment to relish warm memories and say goodbye.

(Aw, you’re a sweet hat.  My friend made you, and I who can’t crochet or knit added the cute kitty face.  It’s a nice collaboration.  I love my friend.  I love that my embroidery skills are good enough to add a kitty face semi-competently.  Though I didn’t finish the eyes, because I was falling asleep on a plane on the morning of January 20, 2017 by then.)

Step two: Find an end and start unravelling.  Begin with your last end.  If you get stuck, use your Special Scissors to help you out.  Everyone has Special Scissors, mine are from my Grandma and may have been made at the very beginning of last century.  Whoa!

(I would love to say that I stopped loving the pussy hat the first time I heard that a fellow feminist was upset by them.  Unfortunately, not.  I loved the pink pussy hat for being The Great American Craft Project, this thing that so many women made for their fellow feminists, individual and unique symbols of love.  Retaking the whole concept of Pinkwashing as a power color, and maintaining the bond with felines, an animal closely tied to femininity for so many centuries.)

Step three: Lose the details.  Any finishing touches that you added to your pink pussy hat will be difficult and fussy to undo, but with patience and time you can wiggle them free.  It’s okay to use Special Scissors or other tools to help.

(The whole concept of pink pussy hats as a transphobic/white-woman-centered symbol confused and frustrated me for a full year.  Sure, the word “pussy” is a sly reference to some genitals, but it’s pretty odd to think of mainstream middle-aged white women walking around with their own vulvas/vaginas on their heads by the millions.  Besides, taking pride in bits that can’t even be uttered on the Senate floor is a radical, empowering act.)

Step four: When urged by friends, take a break.  This is difficult work!  Snuggles and discussions to work out what you think you know from the lived experience of others is vital.

(Some months ago, I talked to a very good friend who’s a white trans woman, and she felt mixed about the whole issue.  To paraphrase, she agreed with me that no symbol of womanhood will be 100% universally loved, and added that trans women are not a hive mind- some hate the pussy hat, some love it, many have mixed feelings like she did.  She also pointed out that some trans women do have vaginas.  But ultimately, if marginalized people are feeling hurt, we should listen and immediately stop hurting them.)

Step five: Sometimes the unmaking goes slowly, and you have to pick at it from a different direction.  There’s definitely more than one yarn-end in your hat, so if one doesn’t seem to be doing much, pick up another.  Yes, a hole in the middle might open up and look weird.

(I took the conversation I had with that trans friend and held up all the parts of it that agreed with me- confirmation bias at it again.  So, okay, PINK pussy hats may hurt people, but I also have one in the colors of the Bi Pride Flag- just a tiny bit of pink, mostly purple and blue.  That’s okay, right?)

Step six: Keep checking in with friends, setting the work down when it starts to frustrate you is the difference between a perfectly unmade hat and a tangle of knots and cut ends that you’ll just have to throw out.  Stopping and resting is so important.

(A previous white woman blunder I’d made online had given me a very important key.  I was a member of a PoC-led activist group.  I saw two discussions happening on social media at the same time: one in a larger activist group where PoC and transgender people kept saying, “this is why the pussy hat hurts me” and being shouted down by angry white people.  The second discussion was inside that PoC-led activist group, expressing their despair that white people were just not listening to their cries of anguish.  Whoa.  What was hurting more than the initial pain was being ignored and silenced by white feminists.  Ohhhhhhh . . . I know that feel!)

Step seven: Eventually, you will find a thread that pulls easily, and now things will move quickly.  You may be tempted to rush at this point, but you still need to move steadily to reclaim the most yarn for a different project.

(Then I looked back to the disparaging remarks various PoC/trans friends had been saying about the pussy hats. I really plugged them in with that anguish being expressed all over the internet.  And the thing that really kicked my ass?  Finally realizing that a trans WoC I’d been trying to get closer to was actively distancing herself from me because of how stubbornly I was clinging to my chosen symbol of nearly-united womanhood.  I was so angry at myself as the penny finally dropped!)

Steps eight through seventeen are in How to UNmake a Pink Pussy Hat part two!

[sergeiboutenko]

My sis @luckyfoxknits is helping Lego people fight inequality. Check out her lego pussy hat knitting pattern in etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/578650056/knitting-pattern-lego-guy-pussy-hat?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share&utm_term=so.lp.m.v1 (link in bio). Valya, you go girl! ✊👊✊ #lego #feminism #legofeminist #pussyhat #pinkpussyhat

[btyibhlder]

I bought my #pinkpussyhat to wear for my daughter who I love very much and miss I've never ever bought any pink apparel ha Can you see me now baby-girl #shotoniphone #selfie #love #pinky (at Westwood, California)

[prettynobodyco]

👁👄👁 ⁣ ⁣ If you have one of these in your closet and you either A) aren’t fighting for #tarareade B) actively fighting against her or C) being silent on the matter - burn it 🔥⁣ ⁣ If you’re going to support the Blue Rapist, Burn that ugly ass hat right now. I don’t want to hear it, I can’t take the hypocrisy, it makes me sick. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #prettynobody 🏷 ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #pussyhat #pinkpussyhat #ibelievetarareade #fakefeminists #metoounlessblue #timesupbiden #digitalartist #illustration #Drawing #art #sketchart #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #cartoon #sketch #doodle #comic #handdrawn #drawsome #femaleillustrator #contemporaryillustration #dailysketch #draweveryday #drawingaday #illustrationoftheday #procreate #procreateapp (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOJ0lshXHL/?igshid=1qml5pcailnhn

[lazytcrochet]

Packing up for the #youngstownholidayflea Felt the urge to make another #pinkpussyhat I might just wear it 🎄❄️☃️🎿

[beadsofparadisenyc]

Just a little OBSESSED with @kristinrust’s Christmas Tree (named Rizzo 😻), that was heavily inspired by our “RESIST” hat ornament that you can adorning the front! We positively love seeing your BoP ornament adorned trees and homes! Do send photos (tags, @s and stories!) of them our way as you celebrate this holidays season! Regraming 📷 @kristinrust #christmastree #christmasornaments #christmasornament #pinkchristmastree #pinklady #pinkpussyhat #resist #feminist #feministornaments #girlpower #powerfulwomen #happyholidays #merrychristmas #ornaments #decorate #holidaydecor #christmasdecor #shop #shopsmall #nyc #unionsquare #beadsofparadise (at Beads of Paradise NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6b0a2WBYVc/?igshid=16rn99idyial5

[shand200]

For just $18.00 My Pink Hat, PussyHat, Cat Hat, Cat Ear Hat, Pussy Hat, Pink, PussyHat Project, Pussy Cat Hat, Winter Hat, Beanie, Warm Hat, Fun Hat, Knitted Hat, Handmade Hat is handmade and hand knit from 100% acrylic yarn. This hat is perfect for winter and autumn. It's so much fun to wear! One size will fit most. The color is light pink, it is great for the gloomy cold winter. The perfect accessories year round. Adult size 22" to 24 inches. Machine wash and dry.

[cyborgqueenkelly]

For just $19.50 This cap is warm and soft, and the pom-pom gives it a playful touch. "Girl Gang" embroidered lettering in front. This would be a great gift to give your fellow women's march sisters! • 100% acrylic • 12” in length • Pom-pom on top

[bloodygirlgang]

We promise to never leave a coffee cup on your Game of Thrones art. BGG girls do not patronise capitalist establishments aka @starbucks and only support small local businesses. . Am planning a GOT art giveaway for our very supportive BGG members, keep a look out for it!! 🧡 . . . #gameofthrones #gameofthronesfanart #gotcoffee #gotcoffeecup #badassgirls #gotgirls #womenofgot #girlswhodrinkbeer #motherofdragons #bikergirls #danydrinksstarbucks #pinkpussyhat #girlswithpiercings #girlswithtattoos #season8episode4 #feministart #gotgirlpower @gameofthrones #youknownothingjonsnow #gameofthroneshbo #dontyoumockme #aryastark #notalady #brienneoftarth #wildling #sansastark #ladyolenna #margerytyrell #cersielannister #ygritteandjonsnow #bloodygirlgang (at Winterfell) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIV615B9Nq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13q33vdovblsy

[cyarsk52-20]

Cotdamn sick of it And opinions are like squandered votes… doesn’t matter til you have to face it

Y’all are so fukin predictable

Every time

We went from “it’s not that serious” to overturning to pinkpussyhats to midterms R🗳️ to rethugs doing EXAXWHAT THEY SAID THE WOULD

But NOW everyone deserves healthcare & it shouldn’t matter who she voted for

[wingedpurplekangaroo]

How to UNmake a Pink Pussy Hat, part two.  Step eight: Some of you might not know how to make balls of yarn!  I’m so sorry, here.  Start winding loose yarn around your fingers a few times.

(I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry . . .)

Step nine: Wind the yarn thickly around your fingers.

(So sorry.)

Step ten: Pull the yarn carefully off your fingers and pinch it in the middle.

(I have to sit with my shame and guilt awhile.  My family is Jewish, so those are my predominant emotions anyways.)

Step eleven: Wind the yarn around the middle now- this is called a butterfly.

(We’re all changing, all the time.  They talk about one chrysalis from childhood into adulthood, but the reality is, we keep cocooning ourselves and then having to break out of them.  We are always changing.  We are always learning.  We need help to change into better people, sometimes.)

Step twelve: When your butterfly gets fat in the middle, change the direction of the yarn to start winding it around the butterfly’s wings.

(I can’t believe I was still cocooned!  I broke open such a big one on January 20th, 2017!  I was in the Women’s March in DC!  I was there to feel the Fourth Wave of Feminism start rising under my feet!  I was there!  I was . . . wearing the wrong hat.  I’m so sorry.)

Step thirteen: Keep changing direction that you’re winding the yarn.  I love this curlicue stage.  It reminds me of a small child with very curly hair.

(Being thoroughly shamed is humbling.  It breaks us back down to being a young child.  It’s uncomfortable.  It’s a tricky process.  Please try to have patience with us feminists-with-little-melanin-in-our-skin while we go through it.  Nobody likes the feeling of being wrong.)

Step fourteen: Move your thumb to another spot, or you’ll have more of a flat disc than a ball.  Keep moving your thumb, that’s the place that will get built up by yarn next.

(It is harder, as we get older, to stay flexible.  We have to keep in mind those old Buddhist koans, the ones about the trees in the wind.  Oak tree is strong and mighty, but since she does not bend, the mighty winds of a storm will push her right over.  Willow tree flexes every part of her, moving with the stormwind, and she fares better.  Always move towards Willow.)

Step fifteen: The last few rows are very exciting!  They’ll move so fast!  Keep winding your ball of yarn, otherwise you’ll just have a big tangle of yarn to deal with.

(It’s not enough to listen to trans/PoC about this one issue: we have to keep listening.  Sometimes they will say something that flies in the face of all we think we know, but we have to resist the knee-jerk defensive reaction and KEEP LISTENING.  To all my friends, of all sorts of human: please keep expressing your pain when I’m hurting you.  Please, please, please!)

Step sixteen: Voilà!  Reclaimed yarn for a different project.  What will you do with yours?  I’m thinking about weaving a tapestry that tells the story of how the pussy hat transformed in my mind from The Great American 2017 Craft Project to a symbol of bigotry that I had to separate myself from, however I can.

(Now for the apologies.  Real ones, heartfelt ones, to all the people that worked so hard to drop the scales from my eyes and let me see.  I’m so sorry for the pain I caused for far too long.  I hope, in time, to earn the forgiveness of all the PoC and trans folk who worked so hard to bring me to the light.  To the white people still shaking their heads, come step into the shoes of others and really, deeply look.  I think you’ll see there’s only one side here, and it’s the side I’ll always be on: the side of love and justice.)

Step seventeen: Onto the next project!

(To all the PoC and trans folk of America, picture us with our knitting needles poised and ready.  What shall we make next?  I’ve heard “Rosie the Riveter bandanas”, but those aren’t fun to knit or crochet.  Is there another animal we can agree on?  A butterfly, maybe, always just emerged from her cocoon?  What about a bunch of different animals?  What about our favorite animal, stitched in our favorite colors?  What about scarves instead, or would that be completely silly for Southern states, even in January?  We stand at the ready, waiting for your suggestions!)

- Winged Purple Kangaroo, January 24, 2018, Berkeley, CA.

[angelalochcross]

Olethros and Eileen

[dwedgecreations]

Pink Pussy Hat Project Impeach Trump My Version is a Pink Bearded Beanie.We can up with our beard. Velcro on Both sides of beard & beanie for perfect fit. Take off beard. Stand Up! #Pinkpussyproject #beardedbeanie #velcro #impeachtrump #antitrump #firetrump #love #LoveOneAnother #beauty #beautiful #woman #women #strongwomen #strongwomen #pinkpussybeanie #pinkpussyhat #pinkpussycap #stylish #style #trumppinkpussyhat #antitrumpproject #dwedgecreations #Etsy #etsymagazine #etsyshop #etsyseller #handmade #custom #@dwedgecreations @dwedgecreations

[awestern]

My amazingly talented best friend @alesha made me this hat!

[doggiedrawings]

I am selling these PINK PUSSY HAT t-shirts from my website. They are $25 each + shipping and $10 from each sale will be donated to Planned Parenthood. There are only limited quantities of Unisex and Ladies sizes so don’t wait too long!

Links:

UNISEX T-SHIRT 

LADIES T-SHIRT

These are ready to ship within 3 business days, and all orders will receive a complimentary Pink Pussy Hat button.

Thank you for supporting an indie artist, and women’s right to choose.

- Lili x