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Call to action on behalf of JKRowling

140 replies

Campervan69 · 22/07/2020 15:01

twitter.com/HairyLeggdHarpy/status/1285740486888693760?s=19

Rightho, followers

Took me one minute to complete this nomination for @jk_rowling for Kings Cross station.
Credit to @MForstater for the suggestion

Let's do this!

#IStandWithJKRowlings

t.co/2QJaBsFsfD

OP posts:
wrongsideofhistorymyarse · 23/07/2020 06:38

@BigBass1980

this is disgusting, jk Rowling is a awful woman that would refuses people their rights to choose their gender just for popularity. honestly, i don't want an anti-trans as a symbol of my country
How is she 'anti-trans'? Did you actually read her blog?
Poppyisa · 23/07/2020 02:55

Done, Terrific idea. Thanks for posting

CiderJolly · 23/07/2020 02:06

Done!

occa · 23/07/2020 01:39

Done for both.

ShinyFootball · 23/07/2020 01:37

Anyone can choose their gender. No one here would disagree with that.

I didn't realise a train station in London was so pivotal to the UK national representation tbh. Have you forgotten the Scots, Welsh, NI, and in fact anyone not on a line that goes into kings X?

BigBass1980 · 23/07/2020 01:26

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HaveaStock · 23/07/2020 01:11

Marianne Faithful for Hampstead?

HaveaStock · 23/07/2020 01:08

I was going to say Beryl Bainbridge for Camden - Amy Wine house also a possibility. She was immensely talented and should be remembered for that rather than her sad demise.

DeRigueurMortis · 23/07/2020 00:53

Done Grin

HeyBells · 23/07/2020 00:49

Elizabeth Fry for St Paul's, nearest to Newgate Street (prison)

Viviennemary · 23/07/2020 00:41

No thanks to JKR.

ShinyFootball · 23/07/2020 00:31

I've googled and can't find it!

Can anyone link to the organisers please pretty please Grin

Socrates11 · 23/07/2020 00:20

Helen Steel - Temple or Chancery Lane nearest to Royal Courts of Justice.

ShinyFootball · 23/07/2020 00:19

Does anyone know who is organising this?

I followed the link but it's not clear.

Amy Winehouse has a statue in Camden. It is so tiny. I am 5'3 and she was shorter than me and so so slender. I got quite emotional when I saw it.

She was local to me and I knew people who knew her.

She was an amazing artist and a complicated young woman. The behaviour of the press was gross.

I don't see male stars who have liked drink etc having such a negative reaction. Even ones with way worse stuff.

She was a global star. And is this about role models? Or women & London. Women, like men, come in a wide range.

In short. That comment pissed me off.

cakegoblin · 22/07/2020 23:59

Done - go JK! Lol Scrimps Grin

SirVixofVixHall · 22/07/2020 23:54

Yes, yes to Mary Wollstonecraft for St Pancras.

ChattyLion · 22/07/2020 23:52

Mary Wollstonecraft for St Pancras
Would be lovely to have Amy W for Camden.

SirVixofVixHall · 22/07/2020 23:34

Boudicca for Caledonian Rd ?

SirVixofVixHall · 22/07/2020 23:29

Beryl Bainbridge for Camden Town ?

ScrimpshawTheSecond · 22/07/2020 22:22

@PamDenick

Adele

Not sure which station

One with platforms both sides, so you can sing

'hello from the other side'?

NeedToKnow101 · 22/07/2020 20:59

For a more lasting momento English Heritage has a campaign to get people to nominate more women, you can submit a suggestion here. The person has to have lived in a still existing building in London and have been dead for 20 years.

Thanks for this too @CountFosco

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 22/07/2020 20:56

Or a herd of Abraxans to fly you in. Wink

MollyAtTheFolly · 22/07/2020 20:34

Well, if you happen to have a magic ship you can get in via the Great Lake, I suppose Grin

Redshoeblueshoe · 22/07/2020 20:16

Done.
After all how do you get to Hogwarts if not through King's Cross ?

MollyAtTheFolly · 22/07/2020 20:14

Emmeline Pankhurst, although originally from Manchester, lived in Russell Square.