*Note: Below, by "WE" I mean all of the mothers, daughters, sisters, real men, knitters, crocheters, crafters, sewing geniuses as well as the abstainers of crafting - you and me who are participating in this project and all those who believe in women's rights and are active in the women's movement at large.
Also, to be very clear, I cannot take any credit away from the deliciously clever women who created the following idea, as I am but one lucky lass who just found them online and jumped on the uterwagon.
There has been a lot of coverage in the last couple of days about a clever new variation on the good old-fashioned letter-writing campaign. It is called Government Free VJJ.
Yes, you heard me right ladies and gentlemen, we're taking the fight to the Santorums and Representative Dick's of the world who insist on trying to legislate our rights away - and we are delivering our message through the power and unflagging might of the U.S. Postal System.
What is the message? I think Jezebel says it best:
"Remember when we decided that Rick Santorum needed a uterus of his very own so he'd leave ours alone? Well, now there's a similar idea being proposed for the members of Congress across this great land who seem so insistent on getting all up in our lady parts since they're jealous they don't have any of their own."
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay these packages from winging their way on the fallopian tubes of justice right onto the desks of these sorely deprived and clearly resentful representatives.
Listen you dear, sad, misguided at best and sociopathic at worst male, and, sadly some female representatives - we know how hard it is when we "little ladies" get an idea into our heads that isn't all bubble gum and candy, but to paraphrase "Mouth" from The Goonies: We're taking it back, we're taking it all back.
By creating these wooly, fabulous lady parts with the skills that have been predominantly associated with women for generations, we are, hundreds of us so far and growing, gripping onto that one single thread or strand of yarn and creating part of the illustration of a massive and diverse movement.
The not so subtle subtext:
You cannot and will not silence me, or my uterus. My vagina. My labia, fallopian tubes or clitoris. Oh, and you can cringe at those words because I have the right to speak them with pride. My rights as a woman and a human being are not yours to trifle with. To illustrate, I give you a link to one of my favorite memes of all time.
So, instead of, say, attacking you with violence, we are showering you in DIY uterine awesomeness.
You're welcome.
For my contribution, I've decided to go with a "Radio Free Uterus" theme. I'm thinking vintage buttons for the knobs, hand drawn/cross-stitch dial, and some absurdly long but witty station I.D. like, "WBACKUPOFFOFMYUT FM."
I sense a podcast coming on.
If you want to knit/crochet/create you very own uterus/labia/snatchel ;), visit http://www.governmentfreevjj.com/ or join the Government Free VJJ Facebook group.
