Wednesday, May 27, 2015

How to Make a Redress Dress

Thanks for visiting my blog.  You are reading about an issue that is very personal to you and I hope that my Redress Dress succeeds at making you angry that you can be blocked on Twitter and other forms of social media by your very own elected officials.  

Did you know that when a public official or agency creates a Twitter or Facebook account and use it as a way to discuss "the people's business" they are creating a public record and they can't arbitrarily block comments of scrutiny or criticism that they find offensive.   

For example, Twitter fails to make users distinguish between if their account is for public or private use.  At the end of the day that matters.  What happens is that public officials create accounts that they treat as a private account:
vs.
"Pictures/Tweets are public record. They may be used by the media and the public."  Fabulous!  Officer Cook gets it!  Unfortunately, he represents a small minority of public officials who lawfully use their Twitter account.

You can make your own Redress Dress.  I used Vogue pattern v1384, a lightweight denim, and photo fabric.  I printed out dozens of Tweets from people who reported being unlawfully blocked on Twitter.  Their comments are amazing.

I want to thank Sean Breslin who gave me permission to print his article:
I also happen to be blocked by mayor Reed for simply Tweeting him that blocking constituents is wrong.

You can read more at @AngelaGreben

Below are a few pictures of the whole creation process.  More pictures to come.

Enjoy!








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