Must read from @holyroodmandy in response to provocation "Where were we?" - women fighting centuries of oppression & claims for justice. From Greenhan common nuclear-free & votes for women to safe spaces for women, right to abortion & repeal section 28.
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"Outrage has been the rocket fuel to women’s lives for all our lifetimes. It has given us the momentum to simply carry on through. To keep on fighting. To stay alive."
"We were setting up refuges; volunteering in rape crisis centres, counselling victims of sexual assault; calling for legislation that enshrined equality; demanding equal pay and the rights for all parents – men and women – to spend time with their newborns."
"Women have always been there. The sticking plaster, patching up victims of the patriarchy; holding the banners, singing the songs, screaming at the top of our voices for the safety of all women and girls; and calling for equality to be extended to all."
"So don’t dare tell us now that we don’t understand what we are talking about, that our concerns are not valid, that we have been radicalised, & we need to go educate ourselves. & certainly don’t patronise us as you enjoy the spoils of the equality that we helped win for you." 👏
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