Story Ending Never
Beatrix Campbell - Writer, Feminist, Green Party, Playwright, Broadcaster, Social Commentator
kadın çemberi | "sohbet muhabbet" ve feminist siyaset
No need to hear your voice when I can talk about you better than you can speak about yourself. No need to hear your voice. Only tell me about your pain. I want to know your story. And then I will tell it back to you in a new way. Tell it back to you in such a way that it has become mine, my own. Re-writing you, I write myself anew. I am still author, authority. I am still the colonizer, the speaking subject, and you are now at the center of my talk (bell hooks , Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics
The context in which bell hooks writes is very different from mine. Yet her words resonate strongly with me, illuminating some questions I want to explore here.
Archiving the history of the WLM is well-established, as we who experienced that era believe it crucial to ensure that our movement is not lost to history. The importance of taking this task seriously has been elucidated by Jalna Hanmer , and many have worked tirelessly on collecting and cataloguing information, making it available to new generations of activists, students and historians. Our collections provide insights into the aims, achievements and processes of the movement and show how it was sustained
Story Ending Never
Beatrix Campbell - Writer, Feminist, Green Party, Playwright, Broadcaster, Social Commentator
kadın çemberi | "sohbet muhabbet" ve feminist siyaset