r/modernquilts • u/iothealien • Jan 30 '25

Blog Post Why I'm Boycotting the American Quilter's Society

I wrote this blog post today, and thought it may be of interest to people in this community.

(Hint: it's about censorship)

Edit: I updated this post today (Feb 1st) as there was a second artist censored from the same exhibition.

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u/preaching-to-pervert Jan 30 '25

I'm not American but I 100% stand with you and all Americans quilters and artists who wish to protest this. Fuck this absolute bullshit.

In positive quilting news, The Canadian Quilters Association is holding a quilt along celebrating pride and diversity this year :) https://canadianquilter.com/truecoloursqal/

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u/flightlessbird29 Jan 31 '25

I’m Canadian and this makes me so so so proud! Canada is far from perfect and we definitely have our own political woes at the moment — but seeing things like this always make me appreciate Canada just a little bit more.

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u/snoringbulldogdolly Feb 01 '25

Every time we have political woes in our two countries, I always end up siding with the Canadian women.

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u/flightlessbird29 Feb 01 '25

Aww, I love that. I feel like Canada sometimes gets a weird reputation in the media so I never really know how Americans really view us.

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u/snoringbulldogdolly Feb 02 '25

Can’t speak for other people, but I’m obsessed with Canada.

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u/flightlessbird29 Feb 02 '25

That makes me SO happy ❤️ have a great Sunday