Standing for Women are coming to Manchester!

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Morning!

The Brilliant Standing for Women are bringing We Need To Talk to Manchester on the 28th September
tickets

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!

Ooh that's come up so small.

Linky to the print here: museumoflondonshop.co.uk/collections/museum/products/suffragette-illustration-print

@bitoffun I did worry later when we were back at the hotel and you gave me that look and said “I’m your number one fan”. But then I remembered that you’d not packed the mallet and it was okay again.

@toetotoe good idea, I may do just that and i’ll Credit you with the idea.

Aw shucks.

Bloody love that print, and the Suffragettes theme going on at the moment. It's perfect.

@SandyDrawsBadly - were you at the front on the right?

Yup, the one scribbling on her iPad.

Ah I saw you

I forgot! I met Sandy. Who is proper lovely AND I sat in front of Lisa Muggeridge who I turned round, recognised and did that über twatty thing of telling her who she was...

I’m still giddy about being in the same room as so many incredible women.

Bloody hell Venice. That speech was fab. Wished I lived nearer and could have been there. Well done everyone

I so enjoyed the evening and met up with a few from mumsnet.

Couple of things. At the meeting I went to the toilet with one of the security guards. When we got in past the door he looked at all the signs and asked me: 'Now which one do I go in?' He was joking and went into the toilet for men, obviously.

Lisa, it was a pleasure to speak to you and offer you a light.

Regarding the conflation of the GRA passing in Ireland and the passing of the overturn of the eighth amendment in Ireland. This is what I wanted to say:

'Don't you dare conflate the two. As a mere slip of a lass, a student in Galway Uni, I campaigned against the amendment in 1982. Several decades, a few more referendums later, it was overturned. Whilst my heart sang with joy, it reminded me how long it takes for women to introduce change.

The GRA in Ireland was passed without hesitation, deliberation and most importantly public consultation. Just like that! '

However, Anne and the woman from Ireland were brilliant in their response.

Apologies once more.

This thread has made me realise how many people were there that I "know" but didn't get a chance to meet!

placemats, sorry we didn't get a chance to meet - I was stuck for about 30 minutes on the Mancunian Way. It was a great evening, wasn't it?

I've just bought a couple of starter packs from Fair Play for Women and will be handing the leaflets out to my colleagues at work.

I know! Sorry we didn't meet either. I don't have access to mumsnet on my phone.

It was such a brilliant evening and I'm glad you got there, finally!

I've delurked for the lurkers thread. Just wanted to say Hello and thanks to all who where there. I was at the meeting and the pub afterwards. I was still feeling like a bit of a lurker, but was good to talk to some people in real life.

Thought all the speaker's were great but was particularly interested in Anne's talk about women in prisons as I guess these women have less of a voice than anybody else.

@SpartacusAutisticusAHF

I LOVE my little uterus! It was a lovely thing to do and thank you. X

@Jeanhatchet you were all awesome last Friday! I found your talk really hard listening and skimmed in and out as was bathing my ds. I'm currently taking action against my husband for domestic violence so was a bit scary for me but so important to be saying all this and spreading the word to women.