I found the chapter “Remains of the AIDS Quilt” a bit harder to follow than some of our previous readings. I don’t know if the chapter was taken out of a larger context, but I did feel like I was missing some background information. However, I really liked how the author chose to focus and appreciate single panels of the quilt. This reminded me of our blanket that we are making out of individual rectangles. I really hope that someone takes the time to appreciate the individuality of each and every rectangle that an individual crafted stitch by stitch. As I continued reading, I was shocked to learn about the negativity that surrounded the Quilt. Of course, I was expecting criticism from some Christian and anti-gay groups, but I wasn’t expecting the backlash from the HIV/AIDS activist groups who believed that the quilt “commercialized” the epidemic. I read the excerpt from Craftivism next, and this was definitely much easier to understand. I enjoyed learning about more about the AIDS Memorial Quilt and also modern examples of crafting used to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic.
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