ONE BILLION RISING. Will you give your support to women across the planet on 14 February?

Hunter you admit you don't understand. Why don't you try then?

Thanks for sharing your letter Jess. I have just sent a similar one to Paul Goggins MP, and will post when I get a reply from him.

Thanks Jess letter sent AND I'm dancing this afternoon. Shall have to find red/pink items to wear!

Have a lovely dance ogm

Live coverage update here

Makes you proud!

https://mobile.twitter.com/LizSilvester1/status/302009113590759424/photos

Flash mob dancing in Lancaster

m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=kAP1HHhjXHE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkAP1HHhjXHE&gl=GB

I have just returned from an exhilarating few hours in Oxford for 1 Billion (and 1 and Rising. The flash dance was well attended, with around 300 people joining in. A great atmosphere with all ages and a good sprinkling of sympathetic men too. and I'd say a successfully fun day albeit with a very serious reason behind it...

And to remind us of the need for more awareness - shooting of young woman - celebrity boyfriend being charged :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21459240

Contrary to earlier reports that he suspected she was a burglar, police have commented that this is not correct and they have had domestic violence callouts to the address previously. He's been charged with murder.

Yes well, previous story sounded like a journalist's fantasy.
Pretty hard to mistake a woman with long blonde hair for a burglar one would think.
sorry i forgot to activate link:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21459240

glass and I met up in Durham – once I had found the right exit from the station. We did dance, except I have arms like an orang-utan so whenever I followed the woman demonstrating at the front and flung them out sideways my fingers disappeared up glass's nostrils. Also when she did the hoppity skip bit to the left, I did it to the right and every now and then severe collisions occurred. But we had fun and laughed a lot which was joyous but did not improve our terpsichorean efforts.

Some of the speakers, notably Vera Baird, were very impressive, some were quite dull and a few were so radically feminist that I was taken aback. It wasn't a huge crowd but then what did we expect on a February Thursday in North-east? I'm glad we went and I'm glad I had a good friend and good woman to go with.

I'm off to dance.

absent I'm glad, too, that you danced with a good friend and a good woman, albeit it in orang-utan style, in the N.E on a cold Thursday, February morning.

I had a bit of a jig with some friends here at home - both male and female. No radical feminist speeches, or any other for that matter, and probably all the better for that.

ga Enjoy your dancin'.

Great dance! Drummers provided amazing rhythms!

Really wanted to dance - but had to attend a care plan meeting for my mum. I was dancing in my mind though - probably the best way for me.

It was sunny but cold in Durham however the dancing warmed us up , I had forewarned absentof my two left feet, there were a few collisions however her feet and my nostril survived. But we did have a laugh and it was good to have taken part in something that hopefully (in our lifetime) will lead to world wide changes.

Spending today in such good company made it all the more special. Thank you absent

butty

Just got back from a great evening of performances (vagina monologue-type), dancing, testimonies, poems and chatting, and very enjoyable and informative it was, too! Went with my friend, who took her belly-dancing get-up, but chickened out and wrapped her sari around her jeans and jumper - think of Mary Beard in layers of wool, denim and silk! Very funny and well-attended, with a few men and children along to join in.

It sounds like you had an interesting evening when I had a chuckle about the belly dancing costume.

Glad to see that a few of us have had fun today, making our presence felt, and supporting this campaign. There's such a lot of news about the many flash mobs that appeared in public. In Manchester, there were 4 or 5 organsed events when I looked this morning, but more than double that by the time I came home, including a big gathering at Manchester University.

Brilliant series of events in Exeter; well done to all the organisations involved. And just to prove that I danced, you can see me here: www.flickr.com/photos/27081975@N06/8473645287/in/photostream/ Yes, there I am in me stripey top givin' it some wellie (as they say in these 'ere parts).

grannya proof of your dancing. There were cameras floating around but they behind us so maybe not a good angle for the size of my rear end.

Bravo ga! Great photo. Glass I'm sure your beam end looks great from any angle!