Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately.
They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
feeling a little sad we’ll probably never get back the bubbly magic of 2000s rom-coms & chick flicks. the whimsy, the sparkles, the fun girly rooms. but at the same time, grateful we got to have those movies at all, and can still rewatch them whenever we need to feel something.
“Ah but this achievement, which would be massive for others, was simply expected of me. You wouldn’t get it” Okay well you’re old enough to take the reins from whoever raised you. Set your own expectations. How do YOU feel about yourself?
And if you saw the way Melanie carried her friendships and stood up for the girls on that show and decided that none of it mattered because she decided to give Sincere another chance, YOU are the one who is male-centred for reducing everything she has shown herself to be to her relationship with a man. YOU are the one saying that the ultimate measure of a woman’s worth is defined by how a man treats her. YOU are the one who’s depending on men to validate your existence and projecting it on everyone else.
Start listening to yourselves for once and take the log out of your own eyes because you do not sound alright.
in light of the hot girl in tech discourse, i love these images from louis vuitton’s 1999 shoe campaign, photographed by hervé haddad with art direction by maurice betite. a picture can say a million words.
Rappels :
- les ceintures de sécurité ne sont pas adaptées aux femmes
- le mannequin pour qu'on s'entraîne par rapport au massage cardiaque ne prend pas en compte l'anatomie féminine
- les chercheurs ont longtemps expérimenté sur des souris mâles car ils étaient gênés avec les
please teach your daughters that having a voice is more important than being nice. having a backbone is more important than being palatable. having standards is more important than being liked. and having self respect is more important than being chosen.