The Women’s Liberation 2020 meeting yesterday was awesome. Inspiring speakers, thoughtful workshops, fabulous sheroes.
You’ll hear plenty about them in the coming days.
But the atmosphere felt very different to other meetings.
Women were smiling.
You’ll hear plenty about them in the coming days.
But the atmosphere felt very different to other meetings.
Women were smiling.
Despite the protests and the chanting, women were smiling.
I didn’t see the now too usual fear or stress, the panicked eyes, the darting eyes or shielded faces.
Women entered that venue proudly. And smiling.
I didn’t see the now too usual fear or stress, the panicked eyes, the darting eyes or shielded faces.
Women entered that venue proudly. And smiling.
We have a right to meet, to speak, to organise.
And yesterday, something changed, because it was clear to me that we are no longer afraid to.
And yesterday, something changed, because it was clear to me that we are no longer afraid to.
We’re not being forced into the dark and dingy back rooms of secret pubs any more. No more.
