Ethel Mairet: A Pioneer of Weaving Technology by Tamara Fernando

We’re Gonna Need a Better Script: Uneven Representation of Women Scientists in Shark Films by Sam Muka

In this issue, guest writer Tamara Fernando interrogates the modern distinction between craft and technology through the work of weaver Ethel Mairet. Contributing editor Sam Muka looks at the sexist media representation of women scientists in the shark film subgenre.

This issue is published in syndication with The New Inquiry.

Image credit: Ethel Mairet, Yarn samples on card, coded by Ethel Mairet, Ethel Mairet Textile Portfolio, Accession ID: 2002.21.34, Managed by the Crafts Study Centre