Capstone Project Update

I will continue to update this page as I am better able to articulate my thoughts. For now, here are my written notes out of a journal.

COMMON THREAD

Textiles

Don’t give them what they want

• Your body

Liberation is not only freedom from fabric

• Liberation might be an embrace of material 
• Hijab (and modest dressing) is a physical boundary between your sacredness and mankind

Clichéd and stereotypical presenting just reframed as liberation

Sexualized behavior is rewarded by a patriarchal society

When the culture gives women a single way to be sexy, it’s hardly a woman’s choice to adapt to it

Feminism as individual self expression defined by the patriarchy is not liberation

Two sub topics

Eastern v western interpretations of textiles

The more you wear the more oppressed you are (concession: there are cases where modesty is oppression) v the less you wear the more liberated you are (concession: you still exist within the confinement of the patriarchy so your bareness is still most pleasing to men)

History of fabric with technology

Industrial revolution

We use fabrics to soften our technology (i.e. cloth in your car, bands of fabric on a speaker, computer case, etc.)

But fabric is the original technology and sparked most early invention (contrary to what we believe about steel or coal as the instigator)

Fabric is feminine, technology is male

Women are meant to soften men, be sweet, take the edge off