“Make art, smash systems,” so says queen of the political cross-stitch, Shannon Downey, also known as Badass Crossstitch, on her Instagram. Downey’s work, and her art, came to the world’s attention in 2017 when her cross-stitch pattern, ‘Boys will be boys held accountable for their f****** actions’ went viral. Downey calls her work craftivism, explaining on…