Thread by @K_IngalaSmith

So, I’ve seen this floating about for a day or so and I wasn’t going to bother to respond, because it is so ludicrous that it doesn’t even begin to get under my skin.
(And thank you to women who have responded citing some of what some of those named actually do.)

Firstly, none of us who spoke were paid to contribute to the #FiLiA2021 conference.
Most of us there at our own expense, except I hope, women on low income, whose expenses will be covered.
FiLiA itself is created by volunteers.

Then, speaking for myself:
Since January 2012 I have collected the names of all women killed by men in the UK and shared these on social media, mainly on my blog here wordpress.com/view/kareninga… and also at @CountDeadWomen

Counting Dead Women has been something that I have been doing for 9 years and 9 months. It takes several hours of my time every week and at certain times of the year, significantly more than that.
I’ve recorded the names of 1,368 women so far.

I have spoken at numerous conferences and on radio, done numerous media interviews and or talked to journalists and artists addressing men’s violence against women – almost always for nothing.

I've supported feminist activists wants to hold vigils and events to commemorate women killed by men,
I've supported women internationally who want to set up Counting Dead Women projects in their own countries.
(I can't always keep up with all these requests, but I do my best).

In 2013, Clarrie O’Callaghan had our first conversations about working together and creating what would become the Femicide Census. This is unpaid work for me.

In fact it was me speaking in an unpaid capacity at a women’s conference which led to a generous donation enabling us to employ a small, part-time and brilliant research and writing team working for the Femicide Census. Theirs is not easy work.

I'm an unpaid trustee for @Womans_Place_UK
I'm not the most active member by far, but I've spoken at several meetings and supported others attending. I sold raffle tickets at the Women's Lib 2020 conference. We meet regularly to to maintain Woman's Place UK.

I'm an unpaid trustee for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize. Trustees keep the very small entirely voluntarily run charity ticking over.
We recognise and celebrate the contributions of campaigners addressing men's violence against women, girls and children.

In preparation for this years event, I read every single nomination and researched them, working with other trustees to produce a shortlist for the judges. This year I joined the judges selecting the winners. I help organise the event at FILiA. All unpaid. Again others did more.

I am paid to be CEO of @nia_endingVAWG and I've been there over 10 years. Like many women who work in specialist women's organisations, I work more hours than I'm paid for.

I'm currently on a 3-month sabbatical to produce the first draft of my PhD on men's fatal violence against women in the UK. I'm using a mixture of paid leave and unpaid leave to cover this. I have funded the PhD fees myself.

Activism does not have to be unpaid to count. I'm fortunate to have a well paid job (i'm sure I could be paid more doing something that I was less personally committed to) and, unlike me, some women are not in a position to contribute unpaid work.

Women's unpaid and under-valued work inside and outside the domestic sphere is a problem that feminism has been addressing for decades.

The list above isn't everything, but it's most of the things that I *currently* do.
So, quite frankly Di Richards, jog on.

Please note, I genuinely haven't posted that for thanks, and I am sure that every women Di named has a similar list, some of them longer than mine (hi @bindelj) others shorter. All contributing their time and energies to support women.

(Damn, damnation to the typos.)