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A quiet act of resistance.

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Imnobody4 · 01/06/2025 17:54

Well done Jean Hatchet
Hardwick Hall mounts an exhibition
Material Power is a celebration of tapestry, embroidery and appliqué. Rewoven presents contemporary textile works that respond to, or work in conversation with, the historic surroundings and context of Hardwick Hall.

Displayed throughout the house and aligning with the key themes of Bess’s textile displays, they present and explore aspects of female experiences, identities and power. Connecting with stories told within Hardwick’s historic collection, they also offer reflection on the materiality and cultural symbolism of working with textiles.

"A trans activist stitched blue and pink colours over JK Rowling’s name. Everyone had contributed a name of a notable woman and just one name had been chosen to be erased. The trust and the artist let this nasty act stand. So I rectified it to the original intention of the woman who embroidered it."

https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1928853736732110921?t=vWcWLRFC9o56h18MlxACUg&s=19

Injustice corrected

x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1928791016909279683?t=YQ823sghYXT70YwBHQEn2w&s=19

https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1928853736732110921?s=19&t=vWcWLRFC9o56h18MlxACUg

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MarieDeGournay · 04/06/2025 15:52

ArabellaScott · 04/06/2025 14:50

We need international TERF dresses, not just the UK.

'International TERF dresses' makes me think of those dolls in 'national' dress that people used to bring back from holidays! Dolls in awful 'flamenco' dresses made out of ribbons are seared into my memory😨

Judging from most of the comments about typical FWR apparel, TERF dolls would be in jeans, sweatshirts and probably Crocs, Doc Martens or SketchersGrin

ArabellaScott · 04/06/2025 15:48

Thanks, Imnobody!

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Imnobody4 · 04/06/2025 15:28

Just a clarification from Jean about how it will work. She doesn't need patches sent to her.
https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1930180670879306077?t=f0gZcG2Cr7OJe6MkamExVQ&s=19

It’s not going to be patches. The dress will move around and be hosted by women’s rights groups in various locations for stitching sessions. I’ll put a map together and then you can get in touch with the women hosting.

https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1930180670879306077?s=19&t=f0gZcG2Cr7OJe6MkamExVQ

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Columbidae · 04/06/2025 15:27

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 15:17

This is all I can read as I’m not on X
Can you share the rest?

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Not the poster you quoted, but here's the rest of it on nitter:

https://nitter.net/LottieHistory/status/1899565067693175082

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 15:17

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 15:14

Well that shows pretty clearly that they knew about it!

Why wouldn't they have a rule that noone can cross out someone else's name??!

I'm not sure which is worse tbh.

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This is all I can read as I’m not on X
Can you share the rest?

A quiet act of resistance.
BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 15:14

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 14:46

If it was crossed out before it was put on display then surely the artist and the NT have been trolling women the whole time?

Indeed!

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 15:14

LoveIceland · 04/06/2025 15:00

I found this on X from March. Maybe this is what I was thinking of x.com/LottieHistory/status/1899565067693175082

Well that shows pretty clearly that they knew about it!

Why wouldn't they have a rule that noone can cross out someone else's name??!

I'm not sure which is worse tbh.

BunfightBetty · 04/06/2025 15:09

Surely we need some FWR stalwarts on Jean’s dress?

LoveIceland · 04/06/2025 15:00

I found this on X from March. Maybe this is what I was thinking of x.com/LottieHistory/status/1899565067693175082

ArabellaScott · 04/06/2025 14:52

I see I'm way behind. Patches will be going abroad for stitching. This is wonderful.

ArabellaScott · 04/06/2025 14:50

We need international TERF dresses, not just the UK.

ArabellaScott · 04/06/2025 14:49

Imnobody4 · 04/06/2025 13:05

Jean's on a roll now. I think NT underestimates Terfs.
I’m going to make a dress and tour it round and you can all add the names of any (female) TERF you’d like to honour. None of the names will be crossed out - whoever has beef with whoever else. Get them all on there. Famous, not famous, bit of an arsehole/heroine. I’ll make it this week. We can keep it somewhere TERFY for history purposes.

x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1929479640860737874?t=54aN02EarGKrFvzfiXcstA&s=19

Oh, that's fantastic. Well done, Jean.

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 14:46

If it was crossed out before it was put on display then surely the artist and the NT have been trolling women the whole time?

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 14:45

Binglebong · 04/06/2025 14:19

Can someone on X keep us up to date with the dress tour? Would love to participate but not on X.

I second this

💐 flowers ready for those who do. Well, virtual ones at least 😁

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 14:39

LoveIceland · 04/06/2025 14:30

Sorry if this just confuses matters further, but the sewing over JKR’s name was already familiar to me when I saw it come up again last week. I’m sure I’d read about and seen it previously, possibly a few months ago, and been outraged but unsurprised. Unless it’s an example do the Mandela as well as Streisand effect 🤣

I’ve cancelled our membership anyway!

Interesting.

I guess the question is, how are the BBC so sure that it was crossed out before the work was closed off to the public rather than after? Even if it was a few months (or even 6 months) ago, that would mean it wasn't done as part of the project.

LoveIceland · 04/06/2025 14:30

Sorry if this just confuses matters further, but the sewing over JKR’s name was already familiar to me when I saw it come up again last week. I’m sure I’d read about and seen it previously, possibly a few months ago, and been outraged but unsurprised. Unless it’s an example do the Mandela as well as Streisand effect 🤣

I’ve cancelled our membership anyway!

SinnerBoy · 04/06/2025 14:26

Imnobody4 · 03/06/2025 18:53

Next move by NT - Cover up whole work of art while deciding what to do.

'Visitors are now confronted by a sign which says “Unfortunately, the artwork has been tampered with by a member of the public. Please bear with us while we assess the piece and decide on the best course of action.”

genderblog.net/national-trust-covers-up-artwork-to-assess-it-after-stitching-over-jk-rowlings-name-is-removed/

Ah, so long as it was the Right Sort of Person tampering after it was allowed, that's OK; however, if it was the Wrong Sort of Person, it's a terrible affront.

Got you.

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 14:21

Priorlake · 04/06/2025 13:50

I don't remember seeing it crossed out at Easter, but there were at least two "JKR"s on the dress. Saying that, I probably would have noticed a crossed out name as I stood in front of it for half a minute or so.

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Yes I've found at least two. The only photo I can find of the complete work does not have one JH unpicked crossed out. I can't find when it was taken but it's definitely the completed work.

Binglebong · 04/06/2025 14:19

Can someone on X keep us up to date with the dress tour? Would love to participate but not on X.

myplace · 04/06/2025 14:16

Oh awesome. I’m practicing sewing in readiness for Jean’s dress. So many names deserve to be there!

And I do hope we can forensically identify when the name was stitched over. And how many times JKR is on the dress!

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 14:12

Bugger. Blatant, not blatent. Sorry.

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 14:10

Now I don't believe for a second that this defacing of the artwork was, as the BBC has stated, the original form of the piece. I mean, that would imply, given the deliberately provocative nature of the over stitching and its very prominent placement, that the whole intention of the work was to reify a misogynistic and TRAcentric attitude that would be a direct assault on the stated aims of the entire exhibition, "to present and explore aspects of female experiences, identities and power". The National Trust wouldn't be so stupidly captured that they would so blatently flout a Supreme Court ruling that says female should be defined in terms of biological sex, surely? I confidently expect both the artist and the National Trust to come forward to clarify the feminist intent of the work. Any minute now...

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 13:55

Hoping Jeans dress comes near Kent as I have my sewing kit ready !
I don’t do twitter but I know I can rely on MNetters to keep me updated. 🙏

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 13:51

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 13:29

So the BBC is saying that the stitching over was done prior to November. Can @Priorlake or anyone else confirm otherwise? Someone else on X has said they saw it this year not crossed out.

You got there before me Betty 💐

Priorlake · 04/06/2025 13:50

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 13:29

So the BBC is saying that the stitching over was done prior to November. Can @Priorlake or anyone else confirm otherwise? Someone else on X has said they saw it this year not crossed out.

I don't remember seeing it crossed out at Easter, but there were at least two "JKR"s on the dress. Saying that, I probably would have noticed a crossed out name as I stood in front of it for half a minute or so.

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