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Magdalen Berns

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SpinneyHill · 13/09/2019 10:22

twitter.com/MagdalenBerns/status/1172438721431363586?s=20

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Magdalen Berns
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TwigletsQueen · 13/09/2019 22:32

All hail Magdalen! Bloody brilliant shining star. #truthspeaker #saidithowitis #willneverbeforgotten #rightsideofhistory

TinaBarrow · 13/09/2019 22:29

Loving you forever Magdalen

YogaDrone · 13/09/2019 22:20

Such a terrible loss. An intelligent, articulate woman who wasn't afraid to speak her truth.

My condolences to her family and friends. She will be very much missed ThanksThanks

londonmarathonhalfwaypoint · 13/09/2019 22:16

Thank you Magdalen. Rest in peace Flowers

MrsSnippyPants · 13/09/2019 22:12

For Magdalen Star

HermioneWeasley · 13/09/2019 22:11

A great loss.

Let’s honour her by raising our voices until they can’t be silenced.

Shmithecat2 · 13/09/2019 22:10

Oh no. I only discovered her recently. Brilliant woman. Sad

ILikeyourHairyHands · 13/09/2019 22:09

She was 35 Moomin.

ILikeyourHairyHands · 13/09/2019 22:08

I don't think we should be sad really, very few of us knew this extraordinary woman, but we all heard her words.

We should be pleased that Magdalen existed, that it's possible to be truthful and funny and honest and human and whole for however long. We're all for the grave ultimately.

I don't think she'd want to be deified, she was without artifice, I think she'd be very pleased though if the message got out and people took courage from her just to speak out. To tell the truth.

With humour (of course).

Moomin8 · 13/09/2019 21:59

@Prawnofthepatriarchy - how old was she? I thought about 24? Life is very unfair. She shouldn't have been taken so young.

WarmthAndDepth · 13/09/2019 21:49

Just seen this on FB. Gutted. Life-changing for me, grateful always.

Kilbranan · 13/09/2019 21:42

She was an inspirational woman and I will miss her so much despite never having met her. Thank you Magdalen 💜

Prawnofthepatriarchy · 13/09/2019 21:33

I have a photo of myself with her. I told her it would be as iconic as one with Germaine Greer back in the seventies. She roared with laughter but I meant every word.

I've been looking at that picture and thinking how many thousands and thousands of pictures there should have been of her laughing with other feminists and after other meetings and I find myself overwhelmed with sadness.

I'm a lot older than her and the thought that she was cut off so terribly young has made me really grief stricken. I know I didn't really know her but I seem to have lost my sangfroid. I've gone all weepy.

Italiangreyhound · 13/09/2019 21:29

So very sad. XXXXXX

DJLippy · 13/09/2019 21:27

soundcloud.com/katy-worley/well-be-missing-magdalen

My shit ear mad this ode to Magdalen. I don't have the words to express what she meant to me so I let her do my talking...

Gone2far · 13/09/2019 20:39

I still find it difficult to think that such a strong spirit isn't with us.
On another note, I wonder if the Guardian will do an obituary?

MuthaFunka61 · 13/09/2019 19:43

I've been talking with friends today and what we all had in common (apart from our deep admiration and support of Magdalen) was that we recognised that without her we'd have never have know each other and the sense of solidarity and unity we have.
Raising a glass to you Magdalen Wine with deep gratitude

NotTonightJosepheen · 13/09/2019 19:30

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Nappyvalley15 · 13/09/2019 19:30

Very sad news. RIP Magdalen.

WrathoSWhlttIeKIop · 13/09/2019 19:27

That is very sad news.

I heard Julie Bindel has say this at a meeting recently (on youtube) : "we must all be braver"

Magdalen was braver than most even before she took ill.

HoneysuckIejasmine · 13/09/2019 19:06

Oh no! What an awful piece of news, I'm heartbroken despite knowing it was inevitable.

theunknownknown · 13/09/2019 19:01

We are left in your shadow Magdalen, your bravery in speaking out along with your humour and intelligence has left a mark on many of us.
I hope your family can find comfort in this sad time from the words of strangers who held Magdalen in such high regard.
She was a giant among women♀️

Mummylin · 13/09/2019 19:00

What a legacy Magdalen has left the world. She was amazing and it's so sad she has had to go. Thankyou for everything, you will be missed by so many all round the world. Deepest sympathy to her family and friends. 🌺

VforVienetta · 13/09/2019 18:59

Absolutely gutted.

Magdalen Berns
veryboredtoday · 13/09/2019 18:57

Such sad news. A real loss to the world.