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Wendy Ward
@thatwendyward.bsky.social
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Designer | Maker | PhDer
Enduring Fashion: Sustainable Clothing Practices Through Wearer-Garment Relationships | Author 5 best-selling sewing books.
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This was such a lovely project with AHRC Inheriting the Family, out now with Bloomsbury or open access at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
February 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Good to hear coverage of Kantamanto market & the New Year's Day fire on the BBC World Service Business Daily programme this morning: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...? You can still donate to The Or Is Present's fund to support the community's recovery here: donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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It’s all beginning to feel a bit 1984. We’re in a battle against autocrats and oligarchs who are using money and misinformation to dismantle democracies. That’s why we’re looking for 1,984 new monthly supporters to make our biggest and boldest plans a reality (see link in bio)
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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🧵intergraphia Open Call
Submission window: 3 March, 9 am GMT to 10 March, midnight GMT. Submissions cannot be accepted before or after these times. We will try to make our decision by 21 April.
We're sorry that we will not be able to offer individual feedback to unsuccessful submissions...
green background with a pink heart emoji and back text reading 'intergraphia Open Call 🩷 Monday 3 March, 9 am GMT to Monday 10 March, 12 am (midnight) GMT Green background with back text reading 'Submission window: Monday 3 March, 9 am GMT to Monday 10 March, midnight GMT. Submissions cannot be accepted before or after these times. We will endeavour to make our decision by 21 April. We regret that due to the anticipated number of submissions we will not be able to offer individual feedback to unsuccessful submissions. Guidelines We are seeking submissions for Intergraphia Series 4 pamphlets to be launched in late Autumn 2025. intergraphia is an intersectional and inclusive publishing project. We are interested in hybrid works which push at the edges and boundaries of text and visual work. Your submission should be a completed work, not a work in progress. Familiarise yourself with our previously published work to get a better understanding of what we are interested in. (https://intergraphia.cargo.site/). Make sure to carefully read our formatting specifications below.' Green background with back text reading "PLEASE NOTE: All submissions will be anonymised by the submissions host before we review them. If contacting us with a query, please do not refer to your submission in specific terms. What to submit: Document 1: File name as ‘Last name_initials_manuscript’ ● Your titled manuscript NOTE: these manuscripts will be anonymised before we review them Document 2: File name as ‘Last name_initials_rationale’ NOTE: this document will only be seen after we have made our initial selection. This document should include ● Your name ● A brief biography (100 words max) ● A brief statement / exposition of the work (100 words max) ● Referring to our publications, tell us why you think your work fits with intergraphia’s aims. (200 words max) ● Discretionary: any other information you feel is neccessary (80 words max). NOTE: Documents should be supplied in PDF. If selected we will require the original documents for any suggested in-house editing and design work. Please send your files to: thefooting@gmail.com NOTE: this email is for submissions only and NOT for queries or other correspondence. For queries contact intergraphiabooks@gmail.com " Green background with black text reading 'Formatting Specifications Content: The pamphlet will comprise 12 X A5 pages of content (not including title page, colophon, or blank verso/recto. Allow for approximately 2 cm margins (except where full bleed is integral to your design). Typeface / Font: For sections of, or whole manuscripts where the font is not part of a visual / concrete design, please use either Baskerville or Avenir Light (or similar fonts if these are not available to you) in 12- or 13-point size with 1.15 line space on A5 size pages. Images / Visual content: Images or visual content should be greyscale. If selected these visual components should be available as separate files at 300dpi, should they not be of high enough resolution in your submitted manuscript.'.
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I'm currently trying hard to avoid the doomscroll & constant depressing news cycle. Slightly ashamed to admit that as well as craft, Traitors is also helping! #mindfulcrafting #stopdoomscrolling
theconversation.com/how-a-mindfu...
How a mindful hobby could help you break your after-work ‘doomscrolling’ habit
Many people have successfully replaced their ‘doomscrolling’ habit with a hobby.
theconversation.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Fossil fuel companies are laughing in our faces , and while the planet burns , they continue to ‘drill baby drill’ and further their exploitation of people and nature .

That's why I'm calling on the UK Government to ban fossil fuel ads outright – sign my petition now at lovera.ge/ban-ffa
Image of Chris Packham with the words ‘Ban Fossil Fuel Ads!’ next to it
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM