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ah-Vee-yah Revolutionary. Abolitionist. Dyslexic. Black+Jewish. Born of working class poverty. Lecturer @BBKCriminology All views my own.
Sep 22, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
🧵People asking why a vigil was held for Sarah Everard and not Sabina Nessa. Incidentally a vigil has been called, but it's worth understanding why the Everard vigil was so prominent. @ReclaimTS called the vigil in defiance of police telling women to stay indoors at night. This echoed cops advice re Yorkshire Ripper that women should stay indoors. The @ReclaimTS vigil ran in the Reclaim the Night tradition of women openly defying police attempts to place the responsibility for women's safety on women themselves by restricting their freedom