jock strap in progress by Ben Cuevas

Posted by Danielle | Jan 18, 2010 | Beyond Knitting | 0 |

POTENTIALLY NSFW WARNING: Clicking on the jock strap below will bring you to a page
which features photos of an au naturel Ben as he challenges the dominant culture’s assumptions of gender. Go Ben!

From Ben:

Jock Strap (a work in progress)

The Jock Strap piece is another work in progress. For this project I sat nude in a menâ€™s locker room and knit myself a jock strap, commenting on the notion of womanâ€™s work vs manâ€™s work and appropriate activities within gender bondaries. What activities are appropriate in any given space? What activities are appropriate within a gendered space?

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Danielle

Danielle Holke is a long-time knitter, first taught by her beloved grandmother as a young girl growing up in Canada. In 2008 she launched KnitHacker, a lively blog and knitting community which has since grown to be a popular presence in contemporary knitting culture, reaching more than a million readers each year. As a marketing professional, Danielle advises and works with a motley squad of artists, yarn bombers, film makers, pattern designers, yarn companies and more. Learn more about her latest book, Knits & Pieces: A Knitting Miscellany.