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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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DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 13:50

Of note

The bbc article on this subject state that the stitching over of JKRs name was down during the time period for people to add to it ie before November
According to others who saw it, this is not the case.

I have made an official complaint to the BBC on inaccurate reporting.
Anyone care to join me

A quiet act of resistance.
A quiet act of resistance.
dudsville · 04/06/2025 13:49

I'm not on twitter so had to do a google. Jean is just super. I love that she made photographic evidence and posted about it herself. The NT should be embarrassed.

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 13:30

Sorry meant to add this

A quiet act of resistance.
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.

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 13:10

Oh you absolute beauty!

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Imnobody4 · 04/06/2025 13:10

https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1929894492473118887?t=l-KzLjm8u3WkcXG_By0yvw&s=19

So far the TERF dress already has a roughly planned journey which will begin here in Sheffield. It’s going up to Huddersfield with @FemsRad . It’s going over to Macclesfield. I’ll start to put its map together and women’s rights groups can shout up (DM please) if you want it to come to you. I don’t mind who you are (or whether we get on) as long as you’re TERFs and understand this is a female-only piece with both stitchers and names contributed being female.

https://x.com/JeanHatchet/status/1929894492473118887?s=19&t=l-KzLjm8u3WkcXG_By0yvw

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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

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BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 13:01

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 12:57

Clearly the NT have officially allowed the name to be stitched over.
Thereby silencing the voice of others when they have specifically invited all to contribute

I’m getting really tired of their modus operandi.
First they switch some woman’s ( not mens) toilets to ‘gender neutral’ now this.

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Well it does look that way. It was undamaged at Easter and should not have been altered by the public since November. The stitching is very neat and could not reasonably been done inconspicuously.

I think the NT should be explaining how it happened. I think that's why they've covered it over, it's a knee jerk 'don't look at this reaction ' but it's having the complete opposite effect.

If there's an alternate answer they should come out with it, but I think their initial reaction to Jean unpicking it speaks volumes.

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 12:57

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 12:11

Well isn't that interesting. It wasn't stitched over at Easter, but the NT is now saying it was closed to contributions from November 🤔. Hmmm.

Those stitches were very neat. I wonder who could have taken the time to do it? Especially after it was closed to contributions. It's all very mysterious. I can see why they've covered it over to investigate 🧐

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Clearly the NT have officially allowed the name to be stitched over.
Thereby silencing the voice of others when they have specifically invited all to contribute

I’m getting really tired of their modus operandi.
First they switch some woman’s ( not mens) toilets to ‘gender neutral’ now this.

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 12:54

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 12:11

Well isn't that interesting. It wasn't stitched over at Easter, but the NT is now saying it was closed to contributions from November 🤔. Hmmm.

Those stitches were very neat. I wonder who could have taken the time to do it? Especially after it was closed to contributions. It's all very mysterious. I can see why they've covered it over to investigate 🧐

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Oh also in quite heartening news, the NT tweet has over 67k views but only.... 11 likes. 😂

The tide is turning...

(Perhaps not on Bluesky 😬)

DrPrunesqualer · 04/06/2025 12:52

Am I correctly understanding this?

Did the NT allow the trans activist to stitch over JKR s name ?

Shedmistress · 04/06/2025 12:42

Priorlake · 01/06/2025 22:07

Glad to see this. I saw this piece at Easter, before the name had been stitched over. I was pleased to see the JKR, in fact there were two separate JKRs on there. In keeping with the hushed atmosphere I did a subtle fist pump and whispered excitedly to my husband.

I don't suppose you took a photo at the time did you?

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 12:41

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 12:30

May be pure coincidence, but I am reliably informed (happen to be in a WhatsApp group with the Mighty Lex) that there is a TRA docent at Hardwick Hall..

Well what a very big coincidence that is. I'm sure one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. 🤔

MoltenLasagne · 04/06/2025 12:40

RoyalCorgi · 04/06/2025 12:33

I'm not so sure about the logic. Surely what members of the public were invited to do was add names, not cover over names that others had added? As someone comments on the Nick Wallis blog, imagine if a visitor had embroidered over the name of Maya Angelou or Mother Teresa - would they have ben relaxed about that?

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Indeed - Mother Theresa is a controversial figure for many but I can't imagine they would allow someone to erase her name in the same way.

RoyalCorgi · 04/06/2025 12:33

ArabellaScott · 03/06/2025 18:57

I can sort of see the logic, if they claim it was okay to 'interact' with the artwork during the period of time stipulated, but not afterwards, then undoing the vandalism after that time is 'tampering' with it.

However, I'd say this is a 'read the room' moment.

I'm not so sure about the logic. Surely what members of the public were invited to do was add names, not cover over names that others had added? As someone comments on the Nick Wallis blog, imagine if a visitor had embroidered over the name of Maya Angelou or Mother Teresa - would they have ben relaxed about that?

CompleteGinasaur · 04/06/2025 12:30

May be pure coincidence, but I am reliably informed (happen to be in a WhatsApp group with the Mighty Lex) that there is a TRA docent at Hardwick Hall..

BettyBooper · 04/06/2025 12:11

Priorlake · 01/06/2025 22:07

Glad to see this. I saw this piece at Easter, before the name had been stitched over. I was pleased to see the JKR, in fact there were two separate JKRs on there. In keeping with the hushed atmosphere I did a subtle fist pump and whispered excitedly to my husband.

Well isn't that interesting. It wasn't stitched over at Easter, but the NT is now saying it was closed to contributions from November 🤔. Hmmm.

Those stitches were very neat. I wonder who could have taken the time to do it? Especially after it was closed to contributions. It's all very mysterious. I can see why they've covered it over to investigate 🧐

A quiet act of resistance.
CrystalSingerFan · 03/06/2025 22:37

MarieDeGournay · 01/06/2025 18:05

Very brave, well done Jean Hatchet!
Crossing out JKR's name with trans colours - spiteful and petty.

My word of the moment is 'spiteful' because I think it sums up perfectly the tone of TRAs responses to the SC ruling. And other acts like this one. Petty and immature.

I like this. In the past, I have found using the word 'spiteful' against men surprisingly effective. They really don't like it. Wonder why?

Grammarnut · 03/06/2025 22:20

ItsCoolForCats · 03/06/2025 20:05

Maybe The NT will have an Ocado style epiphany soon when they realise which demographic are most likely to have a NT subscription.

Not TRAs thank goodness. Mind, the NT is obtuse in many ways. I love Hardwick Hall, and Bess of Hardwick was a remarkable woman - I think she'd see straight through both TRAs and NT handmaidens.

ItsCoolForCats · 03/06/2025 20:05

Maybe The NT will have an Ocado style epiphany soon when they realise which demographic are most likely to have a NT subscription.

Hoardasurass · 03/06/2025 19:52

Arran2024 · 03/06/2025 19:37

Maybe they are going to re-embroider over it!!

If they do we'll just have to take the stitches out again and again until they learn

Arran2024 · 03/06/2025 19:37

Maybe they are going to re-embroider over it!!

MrsOvertonsWindow · 03/06/2025 19:29

Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/06/2025 18:59

What utter muppets!

they've spent months and years merrily dealing with the telegraph and the mail on social media with aplomb but they’re terrified of TRA being cross

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This.
As ever, unhinged transactivism must be pandered to while defaming women is par for the course for the NT.

myplace · 03/06/2025 19:24

Lovely jubbley well done Jean!

ArabellaScott · 03/06/2025 19:16

They could be considering the potential for more 'interaction', I'm sure.

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