Pussy Power Hat
2017
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This knitted pink hat was worn by one of the estimated 500,000 people who took part in the Women’s March on Washington on 21 January 2017, the day after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
This hat was knitted by Jayna Zweiman, Los Angeles based co-founder of the Pussyhat Project. The Pussyhat Project initiators encouraged people to knit hats from a simple pattern disseminated online, and either wear it to the march or donate it to others marching.
The project aimed to turn the Women’s March into a ‘sea of pink’, a striking visual statement of solidarity. The hat’s cat ear design is in part a response to the infamous recording of Trump, released during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, in which he claimed to ‘grab [women] by the pussy’, a claim he later put down to ‘locker room banter’.
The project started at the Little Knittery yarn store in LA before gaining global popularity as people shared the pattern and photos of their hats on websites such as Ravelry and Instagram.
The pussy hat was acquired as part of Rapid Response Collecting.
This hat was knitted by Jayna Zweiman, Los Angeles based co-founder of the Pussyhat Project. The Pussyhat Project initiators encouraged people to knit hats from a simple pattern disseminated online, and either wear it to the march or donate it to others marching.
The project aimed to turn the Women’s March into a ‘sea of pink’, a striking visual statement of solidarity. The hat’s cat ear design is in part a response to the infamous recording of Trump, released during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, in which he claimed to ‘grab [women] by the pussy’, a claim he later put down to ‘locker room banter’.
The project started at the Little Knittery yarn store in LA before gaining global popularity as people shared the pattern and photos of their hats on websites such as Ravelry and Instagram.
The pussy hat was acquired as part of Rapid Response Collecting.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | The object has been knitted by hand |
| Brief description | Knitted 'Pussy Power hat', Jayna Zweiman, 2017 |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Given by Song Oh |
| Summary | This knitted pink hat was worn by one of the estimated 500,000 people who took part in the Women’s March on Washington on 21 January 2017, the day after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration. This hat was knitted by Jayna Zweiman, Los Angeles based co-founder of the Pussyhat Project. The Pussyhat Project initiators encouraged people to knit hats from a simple pattern disseminated online, and either wear it to the march or donate it to others marching. The project aimed to turn the Women’s March into a ‘sea of pink’, a striking visual statement of solidarity. The hat’s cat ear design is in part a response to the infamous recording of Trump, released during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, in which he claimed to ‘grab [women] by the pussy’, a claim he later put down to ‘locker room banter’. The project started at the Little Knittery yarn store in LA before gaining global popularity as people shared the pattern and photos of their hats on websites such as Ravelry and Instagram. The pussy hat was acquired as part of Rapid Response Collecting. |
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| Accession number | CD.5-2017 |
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| Record created | February 6, 2017 |
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