Betsy Greer is a writer, editor, maker and speaker credited with originating the term

craftivism Craftivism is a form of activism, typically incorporating elements of anti-capitalism, environmentalism, solidarity, or third-wave feminism, that is centered on practices of craft - or what has traditionally been referred to as "domestic arts". C ...

Biography

Greer was born in

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in 1975, and grew up in

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. She received her undergraduate degree in English literature from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

(1998) and her M.A. in sociology from

Goldsmiths, University of London Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by ...

(2004). Greer currently resides in

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Publications

* ''Knitting for Good!'' (2008) * ''Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism'' (2014)

References

External links

Betsy Greer
* Rob Walker
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The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...

'', 25 January 2017 * Alexandra Hart
Knitters Turn to Craftivism to Protest Trump's Presidency
'' Texas Standard'', 20 January 2017 * Stephanie Buck
Women Craftivists are Reclaiming Domesticity as a Silent Form of Protest
Medium, 22 November 2016 * Holley Simmons
Betsy Greer's Craftivism Trades Picket Signs for Knitting Needles
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'', 11 June 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Greer, Betsy 1975 births Living people American women writers Writers from Cincinnati University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London 21st-century American women