Recorded on 20.05.2019 by Carmen Talbot. Transcript by Jayde Stevenson All I knew was that there were women, first of all at school that I felt attracted to, and then at university. And it wasn’t until a long time afterwards……
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Jenni Kerswell-Frost
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson Right… it’s a bit like film – um, rather drastic. I had three young children, I was living with an abusive husband… he had already set fire to my daughter… and… one night when he’s gone…
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Dr. Sarah Wollaston
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson I think it’s representing a really important issue that affects thousands and thousands of women, and men as well, and trying to see whether I can actually make a difference personally by taking an Act of…
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Anon 2
I don’t think activism came into my life until probably [pause, sighs] 2010 or beyond, so over the last eight years. Um, I’d, fled a very abusive – relationship. I say very, it wasn’t physical. Um – apart from the…
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Nicci Wonnacott
I was at art college and I thought I would come out painting Devon landscapes [laughs], was my pre-conceived idea of being an art student, and actually I came out as a performance artist interested in art action so art…
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Catherine Cartwright
In 2013, 2014 I was an artist in residence at, um, Exeter’s Women’s Refuge over five months. I wasn’t really (clears throat) sure what I was doing but what I wanted – my aim was to find out more about…
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Linda Regan MBE
I think I would say that I’ve been involved in some form of activism since I was 16/17 years of age which is a long time ago now as I’m just about to hit 65 and I would say that…
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