can we have ‘classicists against white supremacy’// ‘classicists against patriarchy’ // ‘classicists against eurocentrism’ // patches
because we’re actually at the ground of what the hate groups and right parties are trying to claim as their own and use as a weapon against others – so it’s time to take back that narrative.
Okay, I thought I was going to wake up for like five seconds and then go back to sleep but I started fucking around with this and I really got into it so now I’ve been working on this for an hour and I’m not done.
First, I want to talk a little bit about the symbol I chose, and of course I’m open to suggestions. While the owl is often known because of its connection to Athena and is thus often seen as a symbol of wisdom, in this case I also picked it because of its dual – and much wider – association with death. This is a worldwide association; though not every culture associates the owl with death and destruction, many more associate it with death than associate it with wisdom. I thought that was a very potent symbol for what’s being expressed here: what ‘classical’/white thought has expressed as wisdom is often death and destruction to other cultures, as well as the fact that what is being expressed here is a death or destruction to a supremacist way of thinking.
Second, the layouts here use a font called Norse. There are a LOT of other fonts that I can choose, and I am going to do a few more mock-ups with those in a bit. I really like Norse, it stitches very cleanly, and it has the added benefit of looking a) ‘generic classical, like it was cut in rock,’ and b) also looking pretty Norse if you realize that yeah I’m probably thumbing my nose at the people ruining Norse mythology and symbolism. (I’m open to font suggestions.)
I’ve listed this in the shop; it should stitch without an issue, but I’ll be testing it once the current run finishes. (Yes, my machine’s been running all night, the DE Punk Rock Flea Market is in a week, I’m busy!)
Thanks for tagging me in on this, I hope this is something people like. As always I am a one-person shop manned by a queer Jewish disabled person, so if you do choose to pick one up, thanks for supporting independent artists. 🙂
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A medievalist friend of mine requested an additional one and so I am adding:
Mooncustafer 