Colouring book: Sisters Uncut Colouring Book
Object
Book
Production date
2017
Object number
2017.67
Physical Description
Colouring book with 57 pages. Front shows two women's faces surrounded by a pattern of swirls. With title of book in between the faces. Below is an illustration of a group of women holding protest signs. Inside are illustrations of various protests and images of notable women with quotes. Page 35 has a Hackney reference, showing flats and houses with accompanying text about the occupation of a Hackney Council property during summer 2016 by a group of women advocating rights for victims of domestic violence.
Sisters Uncut is a feminist direct action group founded in 2014 to fight the impact of government cuts on domestic violence services.
Sisters Uncut is a feminist direct action group founded in 2014 to fight the impact of government cuts on domestic violence services.
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height: 300mm
Width: 280mm
Width (Unfolded): 413mm
Width: 280mm
Width (Unfolded): 413mm
Exhibition Label
From the exhibition 'Making Her Mark: 100 Years of Women's Activism in Hackney' [6 February - 19 May 2018]
Sisters Uncut is a direct action group opposing cuts to UK government services for domestic abuse survivors.
In 2015 the group attracted worldwide attention by staging a ‘die-in’ on the red carpet of the Suffragette film premiere while wearing these jumpsuits. With the chant ‘Dead Women Can’t Vote’, they used the publicity of the night to remind the world that in the UK, two women every week were still killed by current or former partners.
In 2016, East End Sisters Uncut transformed an empty council flat in Marian Court, Homerton, into a community centre as a protest against the lack of social housing available for women escaping domestic abuse in East London. One of the campaign’s key slogans was ‘How can they leave when there is nowhere to go?’
Sisters Uncut is a direct action group opposing cuts to UK government services for domestic abuse survivors.
In 2015 the group attracted worldwide attention by staging a ‘die-in’ on the red carpet of the Suffragette film premiere while wearing these jumpsuits. With the chant ‘Dead Women Can’t Vote’, they used the publicity of the night to remind the world that in the UK, two women every week were still killed by current or former partners.
In 2016, East End Sisters Uncut transformed an empty council flat in Marian Court, Homerton, into a community centre as a protest against the lack of social housing available for women escaping domestic abuse in East London. One of the campaign’s key slogans was ‘How can they leave when there is nowhere to go?’
Credit line
Licensed under Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License
On display?
No
Inscription
Front: 'A SISTERS / UNCUT / COLOURING / BOOK'