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Standing for Women are coming to Manchester!

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Thisisouting · 14/09/2018 10:34

Morning!

The Brilliant Standing for Women are bringing We Need To Talk to Manchester on the 28th September
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Speakers are
Posie Parker
Hannah Clark (ManFriday)
Jean Hatchet
Anne Ruzylo
Julia Long

It's the same night as the WPUK event in Leeds so if you can't get over there come join the Manchester Meeting!

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Jeanhatchet · 29/09/2018 14:52

Thanks to everyone for watching or coming and for supporting. It was amazing to be in that room last night. The energy was tangible.

Cuntysnark · 29/09/2018 14:40

Barracker I agree, so many of my sheroes and I didn’t get to meet them. I was at the front with the fabulous Jacky Holyoake. I offered to steal (who I’m guessing was) terfedoff’s baby by popping said baby into my ‘Woman’ bag. This was not allowed.

silentcrow · 29/09/2018 14:31

TerfedOff on the left-hand side (facing the stage), with the little baby? I was right on the back row on that side.

Was it Liverpool Resisters that had the flaming female symbol with Liver bird t-shirts? They were fabulous.

arranfan · 29/09/2018 13:54

We need a mumsnet feminist t shirt.

Look - our online "hate group" curriculum covers portals - radicalisation, inter-continental, etc. Most of us have failed 101 Organisation and I'm not sure that screen-printing and design is anywhere near being offered.

However, yes. A suffragette-coloured nest of vipers/snakes would be helpful.

But also, Disrespectful Woman :)

Ereshkigal · 29/09/2018 10:18

I watched the whole thing last thing last night on YouTube, finished about 2.30. Please do another one soon! Stellar line up.

Ereshkigal · 29/09/2018 10:16

Am I correct in saying that in the closing minutes of the meeting, somebody reported that Jess Bradley of NUS notoriety was at the Labour conference last week?

Venice said it when she spoke.

WomenMakePurchasingDecisions · 29/09/2018 10:10

Yes!

BeyondAdultHumanFemale · 29/09/2018 09:55

FWR FTW tshirts? Grin

TerfedOff · 29/09/2018 09:55

I was at the back with the Man Friday lot.

Back row with cans of G&T.

Very civilised.

TerfedOff · 29/09/2018 09:54

We need a mumsnet feminist t shirt.

What I really loved about last night was seeing the various different groups in their campaigning t shirts.

So many amazing inventive women.

Sisters doing it for themselves.

Barracker · 29/09/2018 09:49

I don't know which ones of you I met!
I can't believe R0wan and TerfedOff and SpartacusAutisticus were there and I didn't know!

Gah.

We need like a birdcall or summat.

silentcrow · 29/09/2018 09:39

Spartacus, it was lovely to meet you Smile

Looks like we'll have quite the contingent, then! Would be good to organise coffee or something nearer the time.

BeyondAdultHumanFemale · 29/09/2018 08:52

I'm staying at the travelodge in Trafford Park - was going to be the Milton but the price had gone up £150 when I went to book vs when I last checked it!!

SpartacusAutisticusAHF · 29/09/2018 08:25

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arranfan · 29/09/2018 07:56

Hoping to be at Filia but it depends on family responsibilities (lots of people waiting on surgery etc. at present).

BeyondAdultHumanFemale · 29/09/2018 07:53

I'll be at filia, silentcrow!! :)

UrsulaPandress · 29/09/2018 04:05

That poem is brilliant and basically covers all the angles of Posie's chat with IW.

BingBongSong · 29/09/2018 02:19

I had a great time, thank you to all of the speakers and the wonderful women whom I met in the pub afterwards!

I'm not there yet in terms of such uncompromising language, although I would like to be. I get that it's necessary but I'm still in "being kind" mode, even though Sweary's "fuck kind" is more appropriate at this moment in time!

Have done a lot of womanning this week. It feels good.

LiverpoolReSisters · 29/09/2018 01:17

Still in the pub, about to be thrown out.

The energy from all these women who know they aren't alone, who know they are working for something real and good .... Wonderful.

silentcrow · 29/09/2018 01:15

Hyppolyta not me, sorry - I didn't come to the pub, had to head off. Maybe next time 😊

How many of you are coming to FiLiA next month? I seem to have missed loads of people tonight.

miketv · 29/09/2018 01:08

What a great night. Really good to hear people speak, meet real people in the flesh who think like me and talk to the fabulous speakers.

I feel like I'm on the right side of history thighs, no matter what happens going forward.

Hyppolyta · 29/09/2018 01:08

SilentCrow I think I was sat next to you, if so sorry for leaving the pub without saying goodbye, I couldnt see you!

Had such an amazing night amd got a bit starstruck stood having a fag next to Sandy, it was just wonderful to meet so many inspirational women.

ErrolTheDragon · 29/09/2018 00:49

The link upthread is even better than transcribing because we can get to other poems. I've only just started looking but this is great

irischild.blogspot.com/2018/03/waronwomen.html

AyeRobot · 29/09/2018 00:34

I watched it all and I really can't understand how you can be so disconnected from your own being as a woman as to not instantly get this stuff.

TerfedOff · 29/09/2018 00:29

Just got home after drinks with all the GC celebs.

Met Sandy Draws Badly, Sweary, Anne Ruzlo, Posie, Venice.... the list goes on.

Absolutely inspirational women every one.

As a survivor of domestic violence the speech that brought me to tears was by the representative of Jean Hatchett. What a truly amazing dedicated wonderful woman she is. A complete Shero.

God these women deserve such a better world as we all do.

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