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The Monument Quilt: A Guest Post from Cleo

by Guest Reviewer · Apr 22, 2019 at 2:00 am · View all 10 comments

Cleo's square, with offset stripes of patchwork fabric going from white and cream to pink, then red, burgundy, darker red, and black at the top it says dedicated to app survivors may all victims heal may all children be safe

TW/CW: Discussion of child sexual assault, sexual assault, child abuse. Dear Bitchery, I want to tell you about an incredible public art project and public healing event – The Monument Quilt. It honors and tells the stories of survivors of sexual violence, similar to the AIDS Memorial Quilt. After 5 years of organizing, the entire quilt, made up of 3,000 stories painted and sewn onto red fabric, will blanket the National Mall in Washington DC … Continue reading The Monument Quilt: A Guest Post from Cleo →