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Torturas (anonymous, undated)
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Took this photo of an arpillera in Santiago. Probably my favorite I've seen thus far.
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Fray (Julia Bryan-Wilson)
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While I do take issue with Bryan-Wilson's condemnation of the political power of textile art to the past and I think her POV can really be rooted in white feminism sometimes, this book is such a meaningful reference source
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Mujeres (Carina Yepez, 2023)
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Honestly this show at the Art Institute (On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival) was a little dissapointing but this quilt omg...
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The First Jasmines (Saima Begum 2026)
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I've been doing a lot more reading than writing this year and this book definitely informed my scholarship going into this school year. Interesting that there are so many books on this list considering I am an art historian who is mostly thinking about the visual. But at the end of the day its all emotion.
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Zamani Soweto Sisters Council— South Africa 1985
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Have been curious/thinking about this group— Zamani Soweto Sisters Council, a South African women's self help group in the 1980s that focused on economic and self-empowerment via fabric art
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Faith Ringgold: Politically Correct Sheet Series: No More War #1 (1987)
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saw it in person in NYC at the Jack Shainman gallery in November. my favorite faith ringgold quilt i've seen irl.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Rungano Nyoni, 2024)
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female rageeeee. oh this movie made my blood boil in a way a film hasn't in a long long time. even though my scholarship thinks mostly about feminist fabric/textile art, the emotional texture of this film informs all the feelings that drive my research— the gendered violence that is protected by silence, and the complexities of women who are often the ones insisting upon silence themselves. what outlets exist for women to creatively express autonomy and try to protect their beloveds through the limited power and autonomy patriarchy affords them, and at what point do the women themselves have to be held culpable too?
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The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray)
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my favorite of the apu trilogy— forced myself to watch the trilogy during my birthday last year and I ugly sobbed at this one. Also FUN FACT! I heard Julie Dash speak at an anniversary viewing of Daughters of the Dust last year and she mentioned how all her characters from that film come from Satyajit Ray because she grew up watching the Apu Trilogy in Harlem. sooo freaking fascinating and I need to write about that.
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Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago de Chile
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this was the museum where I discovered arpilleras— fabrics that women assembled during Pinochet's dictatorship that often depicted explicit scenes of the torture and abuse that occurred during his 17 year long regime. i am so fascinated by arpilleras and love that using women using fabric as a simultaneous mode of resistance via storytelling and pragmatic survival exists across the Global South.
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
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Maybe not that niche but this book is my genesis so it must be included on the list. Reading it in 11th grade solidified that my creative practice must include family histories told through the point of view of women. Especially in South Asian families where family narratives are so often dictated by men and their legacies. Every single story in this collection makes me consistently tear up.
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it's pulling me apart, this time (2023) Qualaesha Wood
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It’s Pulling Me Apart, This Time (2023), Qualaesha Wood, woven jacquard and glass seed beads, 147.3 cm x 208.3 cm. Wrote about Quaelaesha Wood extensively for my undergrad thesis alongside Faith Ringgold. I so admire how she is taking up the Black feminist tradition of quilting for the 21st century and she's also just hilarious. Hope to keep writing and thinking about her in grad school!
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Nur Nokshi Kantha Store
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Okay so if you ever find yourself in rural Bangladesh you must visit my dad's childhood friend's Nokshi Kantha store. It is an award winning embroidery shop and allegedly one of the first places to start the tradition of nokshi kantha in Bangladesh which are these incredibly elaborate storytelling embroideries that can be found across the Bengal delta. I recently purchased two incredibly tapestries that tell the story of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war embroidered by local women in my father's village of Chapai Nawabganj
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Moolaadé
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"What is a tradition in your culture that has been challenged in your lifetime?" I taught this film for my "African Film and Global Justice" seminar last summer and it has been one of my most meaningful teaching experiences. Talking about FGM with high school students is tricky but Sembène so beautifully makes us think about tradition— its limits and its redemptive potential. I love women.
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