Category: activism
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Many Happy Returns to the Women of Eastbourne CLP
Eastbourne Labour Party women celebrate their Women’s Forum’s first birthday
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What I learned from the cat
I’m not a cat person or a dog person. I like animals in general, but what happens to them when they’re around people, when they are “pets”?
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RECLAIMING LESBIAN – Guest post by Paula Boulton
In 1988 I came out as a Lesbian at a time when Clause 28 had just been brought in…
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Sexuality and Synchronicity in Salop
Having spent over a year thrashing around in the gender wars and a weekend of glorious feminist goings on at Filia 2018, I suppose it’s not surprising that Human Aggression grabbed my eye on a book stall when I finally got myself off on holiday but Storr’s book did present me with A Big Surprise.
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It could have been me
One woman’s story: it’s been a year since Maria McLachlan was attacked. This guest post by Paula Boulton is an example of the journey many of us have been on in the last 12 months.
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A woman with a penis? A commentary on various gender-warriors
A commentary on ‘a woman with a penis’, the Morning Star letter and what happened at Pride London
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On achieving unity in the midst of battle
Like many women recently, I’ve just seen my life implode. This, surprisingly perhaps, is a good thing.
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Neoliberalism v People?
It was a “public consultation” apparently – or was it a “community forum”? Anyway, it was being run by a couple of people from Post Office Ltd, who didn’t take very kindly to a community leader suggesting that if it was a community forum, the attendees, being locals, were in charge of it.
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Why guns won’t save Amber Rudd
Donnachadh McCarthy has been arrested numerous times. Why? He was never a violent man, never a criminal of any kind. He was a classical ballet dancer until a few seconds before someone said “you were supposed to catch him just then.”
Kay Green 