Female Empowerment Through Art The art industry provides a great platform to empower females. Charlotte (Twin Made) is expressing feminism in giving traditional art and craft forms that are seen as feminine a modern twist, such as: crochet and embroidery. In her opinion, it is more difficult as female to be recognised in the art industry as the leading role models in art and fashion are men. That is why people increasingly started sharing their work on social media platforms. In the more traditional sense: magazines and Women’s Institute craft sometimes gets the reputation of being female and predominately done by older ladies, but social media increases the awareness of men using these skills to create art. Charlotte thinks that feminism can be easily stereotyped, which gives it a bad reputation. But the most extreme versions of anything are the ones that end up in the press and therefore blur the real reason behind it.

Arts & Crafts can also be a way of exploring one’s feminity. Karen runs workshops at Geetlush involving Vulva and Clitoris paintalongs. After attending the fun and educational classes, Charlotte felt more informed and wished they had covered it in school. It is also a way of normalising women’s bodies and periods in order to create more understanding and less shame! Moreover, feminist art should be provocative to get people talking. Feminism in arts and crafts will be significant until being a feminist is obsolete as we are all equal. Charlotte says that a subject people are passionate about will always create the best art, be it music, paintings, needle work and more.