From Challenge Comes Change
I've been having trouble sleeping this week. I suspect I'm not the only one. A week beginning with a call to #ChooseToChallenge the ways in which inequality still impacts women has coincided with real world events that have brought the reality of this into sharper focus. First came Piers Morgan, doubting the veracity of Meghan Markle's account of her own suicidality, swiftly followed by horror and devastation as we learned of the disappearance and murder of Sarah Everhard, a 33 year old Durham graduate and marketing executive living in London, described by those who knew and loved her as "strong and principled", "popular", "incredibly kind" and most poignantly as a source of joy to her family. Even as Sarah’s body was being recovered and identified, #NotAllMen began to trend on social media, accompanied by posts judging her for taking what would be her final walk, “at night alone” (without a chaperone at 9.30!! Imagine!?) Speculati
