Guest post: The women of Scotland would bring it
Originally a comment by latsot on Good afternoon Glasgow.
It was really good. I knew the women of Scotland would bring it and they absolutely did. The talks were great. I understand there was a problem with the live feed, but a better version should be up soon. There were a few impromptu talks as usual and some of those were especially good. A new star was born in Jean from Aberdeen!
But the atmosphere was also brilliant. In the days leading up to the event, a few women told me they were nervous about going there alone so I offered to meet them outside the hotel and go down mob handed. In the end, there were about 15 people who came to group up. But one of the most nervous felt so comfortable after a while that she got up and spoke, amazing herself. She’d been fiercely anonymous on Twitter until yesterday, too. She did that because she felt the atmosphere was so welcoming.
I knew it was gong to be a good one, but it exceeded all expectations other than furry attendance (there were only two I know of).
Unfortunately, my picture ended up in the Daily Mail, confirming to the TRAs my status as a genocidal, fascist, nazi bigot. But you can’t have everything.
One lie about us has surfaced already. I’m sure there will be more. At one point, a sign appeared at the back saying something about destroying the gaystapo. It wasn’t one of ours. The speaker at the time said she didn’t think it was welcome and the people in the crowd said the same to the person holding it, who went away. Needless to say, there are pictures of the flag superimposed over KJK and claims that this was our message. Weak.
A couple of videos from the day.
This one is… well, basically it’s a bunch of interviews with men. At an event called Let Women Speak. It has me in it, though :) (just in the crowd, nobody was stupid enough to try to interview me)
https://youtu.be/1O3tdMprSUI
But this one is amazing:
https://youtu.be/bJ8ygetXvhM
And it has Spookie in it! And Lorna! And Dr Em! And Jean from Aberdeen! And the extra benefit of not having me in it!
Seriously, goosebumps with that one. These are ordinary women being absolutely brilliant. Say what you like about Kellie-Jay, nobody else could have made this happen. Nobody.
Do you see how good it was, now?
Awesome, latsot!
I’m not crying, you are.
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I’m definitely crying, thank you. <3
Oh, and I spotted you in the crowd! I'd have had difficulty without your picture on this page. I have prosopagnosia. Had I been there, I would have been looking at all the men in wheelchairs whilst surreptitiously looking at your profile pic on my phone for comparison.
I saw only one other man in a wheelchair (plus some women and some scooters). I like to think you’d have ended up talking to him for ages and he’d be none the wiser.