#Filia2021 was my first women's conference. I had the time of my life. It was brilliant to meet so many great women and participate in a great festival of female ideas, ideals, inspiration and consciousness. Thank you @FiLiA_charity and all volunteers for putting it together.
Thank you also to @PortsmouthGhall for allowing us to meet and talk and refusing cave to pressure to prevent us from gathering.
Thank you also to @Womans_Place_UK and the @Radical_Notion for giving me the opportunity to speak a little of what I think of how female power could be harnessed and solidarity between women to grow. It was great to see so many faces the majority of which I'd known only online.
I laughed a lot, I blubbed a little. I was, at times, overwhelmed to meet women I've admired only from afar for their sharp minds and wits. I collected contact details. I'm filled with the inspiration to carry on learning and speaking. It was reinvigorating.
Thank you so, so much

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