History

Protest textiles are a discipline that I am coining that refers to textiles that are used as a form of protest or within protests. They overlap craftivism and art activism and can be viewed as either a sperate entity or a genre within both disciplines. Some craftivism involves protest and some art activism involves textiles and either of those that do are protest textiles. I am coining the term protest textiles because they are becoming more prevalent, as can be seen by the Pussy Hats at the Women’s March (Saltzman, 2020), and because consigning them to be under the umbrella of only craftivism does them a disservice because craftivism as a whole is not protest, likewise having them be merely a section of art activism dilutes their voice, history and purpose. I am suggesting that the term protest textiles be used to describe this burgeoning field.