#the suffragettes

[meicherienewsies]

Does anybody else get a little teary eyed during the "I want my mother to know I was here, I want my sisters to know I was here, I want my great-granddaughter to know I was here, I want my students to know I was here, I want my niece to know I was here, I want your great-granddaughter to know I was here" part in The March (We Demand Equality) from Suffs or am I just weird and emotional?

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Julian Fawcett. Theory post (long)

Alright so I’ve been thinking about Julians storyline from the Christmas episode.

I like the idea that Julian‘s daughter has gone on to be a politician like him whether or not she actively chose to become a politician because growing up her mum told her about her dad or whether she went into it in her own right or whether she specifically became part of the greens party to counteract everything her dad did in his political career.

Then thinking about the idea of going into politics because your family was also in politics led me to the thought…

What if Julians interest in politics came from a family line of politicians, whether he knew or not but it was sort of like ingrained into him and it would be cool if his ancestors were Millicent and Henry Fawcett who were both politicians and Millicent Fawcett being one of the first people to do with the suffragist movement in the late 1800’s and it would be really interesting to think of the fact that Julians ancestors could’ve been so political in an opposite way to him and trying to move for change in the early 1900s and trying to counteract all the bad things that other political parties were bringing in. Also they were both in Cambridge which would lead into the family history of Julian being accepted at Cambridge as a legacy. I mean he probably would’ve been accepted anyway but the idea of him going there because his ancestors did.

Also I can imagine an episode where Alison does some digging into her own family’s history where she finds out how exactly she is related to Lady Button and Thomas. And the other ghosts being interested in how easy finding family history is with the internet.

If Alison then decided to learn about the other ghosts family history (with their approval of coarse) and she finds out about Millie Fawcett, and teaches feminism to Julian using his own ancestors words and speeches.

[books--aesthetics]

Emmeline Pankhurst - Freedom or Death

Speech delivered in Hartford, Connecticut on November 13 1913

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Shirt: The Suffragettes Shirt

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[residesatshamecentral]

Doing research into the Edwardian era just now, and can I just say the suffragettes were the coolest people I have ever heard of? Evidence:

All of the hardcore members spent time in prison for their cause.

They went on hunger strike because of the conditions and were force-fed. This did not discourage them.

Laws were made to try to control them as a result. These laws did not work.

Their basic philosophy was ‘fuck social convention, fuck what people say, fuck the prison sentence, do what you know is right.’

[jenniferdefilippo]

The Suffragettes

Directed by: Sarah Gavron

[gabebell12fi]

Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr needs to read more history

In overturning the decision on Palestine Action, and saying the government was right to proscribe it, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said - amongst other things - that The Suffragettes were "a non-violent protest group"

This "non-violent protest group" carried out over 300 bombings and arson attacks between 1912 and 1914.

Most people wouldn't consider that to be "Non-violent"

Most people would consider that to be a terrorist group.

Most people would consider that to be an incredibly active terrorist group.

And yet The Suffragettes are held up as one of our nation's greatest protest groups.

And yet Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr has said they were non-violent.

So how are we supposed to trust the judgement of a high court judge when she is clearly so fucking incompetent and so ill-educated about history?