Forth Valley Feminists
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A group of local women fighting for the dignity and safety of women and girls of the FV and beyond. Proud to be part of @scot_feminists network.
Joined January 2022
THE TIME HAS COME. Forth Valley Feminists Cordially invites you to the 3rd annual festival on 24th February 2024! #FVFTheGaithering #TheGaithering #FVFWomensFestival
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Really positive response to our stall in Stirling this morning - people are becoming more aware of the implications of self ID and the way gender is being taught in schools. Our #Terflon shield still seems to be working! #SexNotGender
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Our Women’s Festival is drawing near - we hope to see as many of you there as possible, it promises to be another amazing day of women raising up women, with food from Troy-Ann’s Caribbean Kitchen. More details to follow, including the venue and speakers. #WomenWontWheesht
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It’s the morning after the day before and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our amazing speakers yesterday, Joanna Cherry for joining our panel, and most importantly all the fantastic women who came to Alloa (let’s face it, the arse end of nowhere) to join us.
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Forth Valley Feminists are delighted to announce our next speaker:. Ros is one of three women who set up the first Rape Crisis Service in Scotland in 1978. She will talk about her experiences and also highlight the issues GRA reform causes for women and girls.
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Some beautiful yarn bombing has appeared in #Falkirk High Street this morning to commemorate #InternationalWomensDay and #BeMoreMary.What a lovely job yarn woman has made of it 👏🏻
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In honour of #IWD2022 we’re sharing the videos from Alloa Women’s Festival, a day of #WarriorWomen. Starting with our very own Eva 💜🤍💚 Eva Comrie, Alloa Women's Festival via @YouTube.
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It’s time to announce the speakers for our Alloa event! We have an amazing line up again this year, you’re all in for a treat! The first session will include our very own Eva @mickbrick54, Jane McLenachan @jane_mclenachan and Mara Ricoy.
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To do list:.Hall booked ✅.Brilliant speakers arranged ✅.Amazing food ordered ✅.Stalls agreed ✅.Tea and coffee planned ✅.Amazing women invited ✅.Child care sorted ✅.Lift home organised ✅. We're ready!!!
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@VoteWithOurFeet @lornaslater We begged and scrounged the £545 to hire our hall, we were very grateful that women on the day donated and covered our costs, it’d all be so much easier if we could tap into the right wing cash. @lornaslater please do let us know how to go about that.
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Apparently, to remove our shadow ban, we need to tweet out pics of cute animals. Otters seemed appropriate. More will follow!
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To round off an amazing weekend, we took @PankhurstEM on a quick tour of the highlights of #Clackmannanshire, then to the beautiful Kelpies and finally to Culross, goodbye everyone and thanks again for joining us 💜🤍💚
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We are the Falkirk, Stirling and Clacks groups of the @Scot_Feminists - join us for activism, chat, support and of course cake!
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Dancing dino made an appearance too! Is it even a Stirling stall if there’s no dancing dino!
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We're delighted with our next speaker, the amazing Caroline McAllister 😀 . "I work with vulnerable adults, predominantly female survivors of childhood abuse & domestic violence. Without single sex spaces women suffering from trauma will have yet another barrier erected making 1/
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How do you cater for hunners of women who are attending an event celebrating International Women's Day? . You get Troy-Ann's Caribbean Kitchen to do the catering!. Troy-Ann offers authentic Caribbean street food and freshly baked artisan pastry, chocolate and cakes. 1/
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Heads up everyone, please pop the date in your diary, we’re doing it all again next year! Some amazing speakers already lined up, Troy-Ann’s Caribbean Kitchen are doing the food for us - don’t miss it!.#FVFWomensFestival
In honour of #IWD2022 we’re sharing the videos from Alloa Women’s Festival, a day of #WarriorWomen. Starting with our very own Eva 💜🤍💚 Eva Comrie, Alloa Women's Festival via @YouTube.
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Forth Valley Feminists are working on a Women's Festival with guest speakers, workshops, good food and retail stalls. It's going to be an all day event. Who's coming??. Date: 05/03/22
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Really glad we had a great turnout for this demo. Word is the women in Polmont could see us and were pleased we’d stood up for them. #KeepPrisonsSingleSex #Terflon.
We are so proud of the women out today, outside Polmont Prison, making it clear we will NOT put up with males in female prisons. 💪.#KeepPrisonsSingleSex.#NoMalesInFemaleJails.
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Thank you so much to all our speakers, all our attendees and everyone who followed along and joined in on #FVFWomensFestival! See you next year.
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This is within the Forth Valley area, Stirling, and we would be very interested to know who approved this event and what checks, if any, were carried out on the entertainer in question. @StirlingCouncil how can this be appropriate?.
An adult entertainer who describes his act as “striptease with a male twist, bump and grind,” is the “dirtiest showboy in town" & performed as "the Salty Seamen" is performing for children in a publicly funded show.
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I hope everyone had a great day in our stunning town hall, it was the perfect venue with the purple walls and curtains. See you all at the next one! As @CallieMac88 said, a woman’s place is in the revolution. #AlloaWomensFestival #WomenWontWheesht!.
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Rosemary Whyte talks with passion of her experiences setting up Scotland’s first rape crisis service. #IWD2022 #WarriorWomen
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In December the Forth Valley feminists held our first meeting in Alloa with three amazing women speaking, and a great turnout to listen to them. This was an amazing start but there’s so much more to come! #WomenWontWheesht
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#CherryHappyBirthday to the wonderful Joanna Cherry today. Pictured here at our festival two weeks ago, where she made a lot of women’s day! Thank you, Joanna, today and every day, for standing up for women and lesbians everywhere 💜🤍💚🍒🍒🍒
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@michaelpforan @LottieHistory Working class, and high achieving on your own extraordinary merits is deeply threatening to a great many people. Michael, we are so grateful that you use your voice and expertise to speak up for those who can’t and that you won’t be bowed. Thank you X.
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Forth Valley Feminists want the Women's Festival to be accessible to all and so entry to the event is FREE OF CHARGE. You will need money for the stalls, treatments, refreshments and for after the event but there is no cost to to hear the speakers
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@jk_rowling The amazing Victoria Smith @glosswitch will be speaking at #FVFWomensFestival on the 24th of February in Falkirk. Join us to see her live, you know you want to! 💚🤍💜✊#FVFTheGaithering #TheGaithering.
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Ready for the running order and topics for each of our speakers on Saturday?. Eva Comrie - parental rights and responsibilities.Alison Weir - women's sports.Rosie Whyte - the first rape crisis service in Glasgow . Lunch - Weegie witches 🧙♀️ 🧹🧙♀️.
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Full details of our Women’s Festival - Saturday February 4th, Alloa Town Hall. Doors open at 10am, come along and join us in a day by and for women. (Please DM us if you’re coming so we can gauge numbers, and also if you need any more info)
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And finally, for now, @GussieGrips with an amazing talk on menopause and pelvic floors, possibly a few fanny mentions, she seems to do that! #WarriorWomen at Alloa Women’s Festival for #IWD2022
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#FVFTheGaithering. We’re setting up, almost ready to welcome you all today. Thrilled to unveil our new banner, a work of love by the incredibly talented women in our group.
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Fantastic video from our photographer giving highlights of the @ForWomenScot #WomensRally on Thursday. Hear from @GussieGrips @HotchkissRhona @JohannLamont and @RobbieTravers amongst others. Proud to be part of @Scot_Feminists standing with FWS on this.
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We have our first confirmed speaker:. Mara Ricoy (also known as Matriactivista) is a birth educator, feminist and activist for women during birth. She has published two books on motherhood and feminism and she is the mother of three. She will talk about obstetric violence
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Check out this line up! Join us in Alloa for a celebration of women, in honour of International Women’s Day.
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An alternative poster for our upcoming festival. Fabulous work by our next generation feminist 💚🤍💜 We think she's going to give @moleatthedoor a run for his money ♀️🧙♀️
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Hi all, this is Tilly and I'll be live-tweeting from the account for #FVFWomensFestival today! And we're due to start at 10.30am with @mickbrick54 (Eva Comrie) introducing.
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Last weekend, @gussiegrips gave a brilliantly funny speech about how she was "radicalised by Nicola Sturgeon" at the FVF Women's Festival. If you missed it (or just want to see it again!), it's now live on YouTube!
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Feminism - by women, for women. All women. Whether we like them or they us. Sisterhood 💜🤍💚
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We have stalls, lots of stalls. So far we have 35 stalls booked and more wanting to come along! Make sure you bring 💰💵💸 to support our local women 😜
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This brave woman is putting herself out there to challenge #HumzasHateCrime and its provision to allow freedom of speech and the ability to tell the truth. Isn't it something that it lands on April Fool's Day. Please all give her as much support as you can 👏🏻💪🏻.
I will be in Market Square in Melrose at 11am on Monday 1st April where I will be making a number of statements in public. @PoliceScotland are welcome to come along and see if I’m breaking the law by what I’m saying. Please re-tweet.@Scot_Feminists @ForWomenScot
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@camerontasker @Rachael2Win @ScotTories Men in women’s prisons. Men in women’s rape shelters. Men in women’s sports. How many women need to be harmed before you acknowledge the problem?.
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Dr EM talks very bluntly about the impacts of porn on women and girls. Extreme language in this section. #IWD2022 #WarriorWomen at Alloa Women’s Festival
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The incredible Belstaffie speaks about her experiences campaigning against the open prostitution zone in Holbeck, Leeds. #WarriorWomen at Alloa Women’s Festival for #IWD2022
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Here’s @CallieMac88 speaking about the implications of GRA reform for women and girls, Alloa Women’s Festival for #IWD2022 #WarriorWomen
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Our next confirmed speaker is oor ain Eva Comrie - lawyer, LBK amputee, bionic, with a titanium spine, immortal, rejuvenated by instalments. Once heard, never forgotten, a warrior of a woman 💪🦿💪!!
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We are immensely proud of @AmandaTab1963, a remarkable feminist from @forthfeminists who bravely advocated for women facing the threat of abuse in prisons at #LetWomenSpeakLiverpool. She steadfastly refused to let her voice be silenced by those who seek to oppress us. 💚🤍💜✊.
Inhumane and immature in the extreme from the #TransRights crowd trying to shut down #LetWomenSpeakLiverpool. A woman discusses how women in prison are being abused by men who claim to be us & the allies of those men chant "BORING" over & over again. The right side of nothing.
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Marion Calder is the next in our line up of #WarriorWomen for #IWD2022 @ForwomenScot she speaks about the fight against the GRA reform bill at Alloa Women’s Festival
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And to end the day, we have Lucy @LucyHunterB and, merkins at the ready everyone, the adorable Elaine @GussieGrips. Unsure as yet whether she’ll bring her otter but regardless, we’re thrilled to have her back.
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It seems we have a fan! There is an account impersonating us on Twitter. Could our followers report the account "@fvfeminists" for impersonation, please? #bitweird.
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We are delighted to announce that our event is now SOLD OUT! Thanks to all who bought tickets. #FVFTheGaithering .#TheGaithering.#FVFWomensFestival
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@MaraMatria speaks about childbirth and how it has changed over the years, with a focus on obstetric violence that is heartbreaking at times #IWD2022 #warriorWomen at Alloa Women’s Festival
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The countdown begins until the Alloa Event! Forth Valley Feminists are busy getting ready. Don't forget to bring 💸💵💰 to spend at the stalls and support our local business women.
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Just received clearance to announce that our special guest appearance is none other than the fabulous @NehandaMusic - we’re really honoured to have you joining us Nehanda, there will be dancing! 💜🤍💚.
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And finally, here’s the Q&A session featuring most of our amazing speakers, with @GussieGrips chairing and featuring Scotland’s favourite #WarriorWoman, fully shielded with #Terflon, the wonderful @joannaccherry
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Merry Christmas, to every woman in Scotland. Even those women who don’t like us very much. In sisterhood and solidarity 💚🤍💜✊
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The author speaks of joining secret groups. I personally was lucky enough to be invited into a women only group in 2019 and I have no doubt there were many other groups on the go before then. Join us, gain strength from sisterhood. #IAmStickerWoman.
‘Why I joined feminism's undercover fightback. armed only with stickers: A secret group of women - incl. teachers, nurses & grannies - is resorting to guerrilla tactics to protect single-sex spaces’. #IamStickerwoman 😂. #IamSpartacus.#womenwontwheesht 💪.
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Found out we were search banned during the festival, so our tweets won't have shown up in the hashtag page during the day so if you follow us and you'd like your followers to see what we were up to PLEASE, PLEASE let them know where they can find the tweets!.
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Now @MagiGibson: One of the two cancelled women poets in Scotland since 2015 for speaking against self-ID #FVFWomensFestival.
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📢 read our gripping blogpost about an intense experience at Edinburgh University from controversial film screenings to debates on gender. A must-read on the challenges to academic freedom and the struggle for open dialogue by @sewingwithsteel "Academic.
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Final speaker today is @GussieGrips on "how I was radicalised by Nicola sturgeon" #FVFWomensFestival.
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See you all soon! One of our members will be live tweeting for us this year so if you can’t make it in person, follow #FVFWomensFestival to keep up with what’s happening.
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Watch this space, we’re hoping to get permission to share the Q&A session from the end of the day, featuring @joannaccherry the ultimate in #WarriorWomen as well as many of our speakers from the day. #IWD2022 at Alloa Women’s Festival.
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In 24 hours time, we’ll be opening the doors for our Gaithering. We can’t wait to welcome you all, it’s looking like an amazing day!. Here are our itinerary for the day, and a map of our venue. Get in touch if you don’t have a ticket, we do have a waiting list.
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We are thrilled to announce our 1st speaker for #FVFTheGathering @mickbrick54. Eva Comrie, a lawyer & the Equalities Convener for @ALBAParty. She has joined at both of the past #FVFWomensFestival events (be sure to visit the website to watch her – she's a powerhouse).
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A flavour of the day yesterday, photos from our amazing videographer, Steph Moodie. Videos coming soon!. #FVFTheGaithering
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.@TheAttagirls are absolutely amazing. Their guiding principle revolves around celebrating women & supporting one another, rather than engaging in negativity. They consistently showcase the incredible achievements of women, & today, we'd like to express our appreciation for them.
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@msjlindsay We now like to introduce the brilliant @MagiGibson as our third speaker for #FVFTheGaithering! Magi Gibson is a well-known & award-winning Scottish poet, playwright, & children's book. She has held residencies at prestigious cultural institutions such as @glasgowgoma &
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The second session features Magi @MagiGibson, who will also be doing a taster workshop on protest poetry, and a very welcome return for @PankhurstEM.
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@Scot_Feminists @MrJohnNicolson Oh John, MP to many of the Forth Valley Feminists, how little you know your own constituents.
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After a lunch break featuring, we hope, a very special guest appearance, we move on to the third session with Gillian @Gillian_Philip and Marina @marstrina.
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There will also be stalls selling mostly merkin related merch during the breaks, and of course the fabulous Troy-Ann’s Caribbean Kitchen selling lunch. (Note to self, try the fried chicken this year!).
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Trigger warning: Talks not suitable for under-18s, and some of the talks may be upsetting. Please be aware when following today and when in the hall. Won't be able to stop to trigger warning every tweet as will be going as quickly as possible #FVFWomensFestival.
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During the break we were entertained by the Sing For Sisters choir, led by @sisterpegj #WarriorWomen at Alloa Women’s Festival for #IWD2022
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Ahem, TERFs? . The wee lambswool Suffragette scarf from Dunedin Cashmere is on sale for £13.99. We thought you might like to know
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Join us on a virtual pilgrimage as one of our Forth Valley Feminists takes a trip to London to pay tribute to our foremothers! #terfsontour. The Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial stands tall in London, honoring the iconic suffragettes. Let's explore this historic
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Forth Valley Feminists have been working on the running order and groupings for speakers for the Women's Day event. More details to follow.
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Now available on our (brand new) website:. @PankhurstEM's fascinating and horrifying talk about pornography and transgenderism as delivered at the FVF Women's Festival!. Please check it out!.
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#MayTheForthBeWithYou today we’re sharing images of our beautiful area, the stalls we’ve held and of course our women’s festival in Alloa. But to start, here’s our mission statement, from one of our creative members. ‘We are us. We are them. Women.’
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Time! time! we need more time! ⏰⏰ ⏰. We have been blown away with the number of amazing speakers who have wanted to come to our event as well as LOADS of stalls. We have had to lower the start time of the event to fit everyone in!!. Doors will now open at 10am 🚪🚪🚪
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This is a protest very dear to our hearts, here at FVF, with both Polmont and Cornton Vale on our patch. If you can make it on Saturday to show solidarity with female prisoners, we’d appreciate the support. #KeepPrisonsSingleSex.
Sat, 2nd April, 1pm, there will be a protest outside Polmont Prison. It's to protest the Scottish Prison Service's policy of placing male offenders in the female estate. Some of these men have committed violent/sexual crimes & retain their male genitalia 1/.#KeepPrisonsSingleSex
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One of our members got the VIP treatment with a security escort to the loo! The guard stationed at the end of the corridor pledged to wait until they were finished! . However, we're incredibly pleased the film went ahead. Well done, everyone involved! #adulthumanfemale
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We have our next confirmed speaker. Elaine Miller is a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, specialising in women's pelvic health - conditions which are under funded, under diagnosed and under threat. Most of these women live with pain, discomfort and anxiety 1/
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We are delighted to introduce our 2nd speaker for #FVFTheGaithering: @msjlindsay. Jenny Lindsay is an acclaimed writer, poet, & director. She has been recognised as “one of Scotland’s finest cultural innovators". Her work covers sexual violence, love, hope, feminism, &
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The FVF contingent is out in force at Edinburgh Uni today 🤞🤞🤞. Hoping for a night out at the movies, ladies @EdinFeminists @Scot_Feminists! 💚🤍💜✊.
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@MrJohnNicolson @Scot_Feminists I think it is you, John, who despises women. We know now though, you won’t be getting our vote again.
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At last, all of the talks from our #FVFWomensFestival are up on our YouTube channel. Thanks as ever to James, our amazing videographer, and to everyone who helped us on the day. We work hard to make this event happen but without your help, we’d be lost!
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