Poem: From history’s unwritten pages

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I don't know who Dorasalter is, but this is amazing:

twitter.com/Dorasalter/status/1421877383813083141

That was a very moving poem.

Brilliant. Powerful and moving.

Wow. Amazing.

I felt that right from my stomach...(hope that makes sense!)

[quote dorasalter]@ErrolTheDragon Thank you. Yes I have!
Lately I've been listing all the derogatory words for women that exist in the English language. (There are a lot!)
I'd like to put them together in a kind of "these are a few of my favourite things" or "I am the very model of a modern major general" type of format.
Just a long list of the shitty ways to refer to women, really.
It would be great to collaborate if anyone wants to join in. xxxxxx[/quote]
That sounds like fun.

Thank you dorasalter

thread unrolled and archived;
archive.is/c8cSp

Hugs to you all, and thank you.

Sorry, the summer holiday chaos is not the best backdrop. I'm stupidly excited to be connecting with like-minded and amazing women (and men to be fair).
Wish I could give proper replies and spend more time and have proper conversations on this forum, and on Twitter.

Unfortunately I can't seem to find the pause button on my son. (Advice welcome. )
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

@dorasalter

That's me!

I'm on Mumsnet normally under a different handle (although not really active these days, mostly sporadic lurking).

I'm not a writer, and I really wanted to do justice to women, so I'm relieved that you felt what I felt, and I'm grateful to you for reading and sharing.

Being on Mumsnet made me realise, a few years back, how awesome women can be, and that was my first real visceral step into understanding feminism and what it's all about. So getting a mention on here really means a lot to me.

So I've changed names, really just to say hello and thank you.

xxxxx

It’s brilliant, thank you. Hope it’s shared far and wide

Unfortunately I can't seem to find the pause button on my son.

Try a doorframe bouncer (unless he's a teenager)

@Thelnebriati
Ha ha, he's five. Do they do those bungee ropes for 5-yr-olds?

In all seriousness, I could write a bloody saga about how shit Covid has been for kids.

I feel like I owe this summer to him.

That said, I could massively do with a day or two to myself, I won't lie.

This was wonderful, and very touching. I followed you too!

@AMCoffeePMWine Thank you too xx

Really wasn't expecting such lovely responses.

@dorasalter ❤️❤️❤️so beautiful. Please can you ask 'Radical Notion' to add it for prosperity? so it's not lost in digital space

Thank you @dorasalter for writing that. It brilliant.

Thank you both so much @FindTheTruth and @TheABC.

@Findthetruth, thank you for suggesting. I saw a similar comment on Twitter this morning, and so I've submitted to Radical Notion. They'll let me know in due course if it's selected. I'll keep you posted. xxxx

Love this.♥️

Hi Dorasalter

@dorasalter You should submit your poem to the Radical Notion theradicalnotion.org/

Each issue has amazing poems and I think yours should join them

This made me cry, in a very good way.

What a beautiful and deeply moving poem., thanks Dora. Inspiring too. We owe it to those silenced women to speak up for women now. I hope the Radical Notion publishes it.

Thank you so much @Jorrris

@ItsAllGoingToBeFine (Loving the handle, admiring the optimism!) Thank you, and I'll let you know if I hear back. xxx

@Nellodee Thank you, that means a lot. I wrote the first draft through tears. It was mostly tears of frustration because anybody with a stake in this needs to understand what women are up against - and that our current struggles are rooted in our history.
But so many people are just not interested. It made me want to scream "Look! Look at what it means to be a woman!" That's what the poem was, for me.

@thinkingaboutLangCleg
Thank you so much. Yes we do. We owe it to the silenced women in the past, and now. But mostly I feel like we owe our daughters and granddaughters a chance to have a voice and a presence, in a way that we never had.

With all that said, I'm not hardline, I think most trans women and men have a really shit time of it. I don't want to add to that, and I think dialogue is the answer.

#Nodebate was poison, in my opinion.

Thanks again to you all.

@dorasalter

Thank you both so much *@FindTheTruth and @TheABC*.

@Findthetruth, thank you for suggesting. I saw a similar comment on Twitter this morning, and so I've submitted to Radical Notion. They'll let me know in due course if it's selected. I'll keep you posted. xxxx

And I'd buy a poster with this poem on it! ... just a thought 💐

There's a another thread on here atm where the OP's husband and kids are questioning why she cares. This poem says it all for me. we are all being called. "It’s the clarion call of a common mother"

That is powerful and beautiful. Love this line, 'the clarion call of a common mother/and all of her daughter's contingency other'. Made me think of Mumsnet and how I have been introduced to do many amazing women here.

ditto Rainin

We were writing at the same time there as I was very slow :)