{"id":4078,"date":"2015-11-30T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2015-12-01T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T15:19:54","slug":"emilymatters-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"#Emilymatters Needs You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Emilymatters_80096b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b-1024x170.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"EM_Gridline_banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_Gridline_banner-1024x256.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><wbr \/>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>#Emilymatters<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette Emily Davison,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0<a title=\"#Emilymatters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page to find out more about what we do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b># E M I L Y M A T T E R S \u00a0 N E E D S \u00a0 Y O U !<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1101 aligncenter\" alt=\"cause2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg\" width=\"137\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/To-Freedoms-Cause_large_only_figure-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>I&#8217;ll get straight to the point because there&#8217;s no time to lose and I hope you can help:<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong>What is it exactly?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A short clip made for specifically for\u00a0<strong>social media<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a very simple idea &#8211; ridiculous even, just like the <strong>tampon tax<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A classic parody with a timely reaction to the Autumn Statement<\/li>\n<li>It draws on the suffragette&#8217;s brilliant use of humour to win the argument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Just a silly idea? \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Not if you consider exactly what the <strong>Autumn Statement<\/strong> announcement about this particular tax<strong><\/strong> actually signifies<\/li>\n<li>A clever sleight of hand that is &#8220;<b>blood for blood<\/b>&#8221; as Sophie Walker, leader of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensequality.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Women&#8217;s Equality Party<\/strong><\/a> put it in her piece for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/sophiewalker\/tampon-tax_b_8648056.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Huff Post<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s deadly serious<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emilymatters\">@EmilyMatters<\/a> with a venue this weekend for filming their excellent response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tampontax?src=hash\">#tampontax<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THnINvOvNK\">https:\/\/t.co\/THnINvOvNK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WomensEqualityUK (@WEP_UK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WEP_UK\/status\/671360984553013253\">November 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>A fantastic team of creatives<\/strong> is already in place and ready to go. We&#8217;re <strong>99%<\/strong> of the way there.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>What do you need?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A backdrop\/location that looks grand, old style (Victorian\/Edwardian looking would be ideal). <strong>In London<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Preferably for the best part of a day, but we can make it work with less.<\/li>\n<li>And possibly some extra lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>We&#8217;ll sort the rest and we are a very well behaved professional team with added creative sparkle. Get in touch and I&#8217;d be happy to discuss the details further.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong>When do you need this?<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Now! Well, not quite. But almost.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone involved has work commitments most weekdays, so it needs to happen this weekend (<strong>5 or 6 December<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4088 aligncenter\" alt=\"EM_TT_grid1_A\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/EM_TT_grid1_A.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Don&#8217;t they have to go to Europe to sort the tax?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Very true, but given that the successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/mothers-names-should-be-on-marriage-certificates\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>put mothers on marriage certificates campaign<\/strong><\/a> is <i>still<\/i>\u00a0<em>waiting<\/em> for the agreed changes to be made, it&#8217;s pretty clear that the powers that be need sustained encouragement to get things done. &#8216;<strong>Deeds Not Words<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In Aug 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Cameron\">@David_Cameron<\/a> said he&#39;d sort the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MothersOnMarriageCerts?src=hash\">#MothersOnMarriageCerts<\/a> &#8211; but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukhomeoffice\">@ukhomeoffice<\/a> has done nothing! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/xVCPDZ9cK6\">pic.twitter.com\/xVCPDZ9cK6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ailsa Burkimsher (@nameequality) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nameequality\/status\/642309656627556354\">September 11, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>But the government is giving all the money raised to women&#8217;s refuges and related organisations? And isn&#8217;t domestic violence really a niche issue?<\/strong> Women are <b>51%\u00a0<\/b>of the population, so definitely not a minority\/niche group and such a critical issue that affects the whole community, not just women, should be properly funded by general taxation &#8211; I&#8217;ll refer you back to Sophie Walker&#8217;s excellent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/sophiewalker\/tampon-tax_b_8648056.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>article<\/b><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Get in touch via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Insta<wbr \/>gram<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>A bit more about us:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>#Emilymatters<\/b>\u00a0began with a special performance of my Emily Davison play\u00a0<b>To Freedom&#8217;s Cause<\/b> at the House of Commons, one of only a handful of plays to have ever been performed there, so if you want proof that I can deliver this is it. Creativity, the play and the suffragette legacy remain key elements in the campaign.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>The suffragettes used humour and wit to highlight the injustices of their day. Sadly, it&#8217;s all too clear that from education to the workplace, Parliament and most areas of life, when it comes to gender equality the UK must do better.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong>What&#8217;s in it for you?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>If you or someone you know can help us get this done, you&#8217;ll be part of a a project that reaches back to Emily Davison and her sister suffragettes\/ists by putting the creative into campaigning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;ll have <a title=\"Team #Emilymatters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3729\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Team #Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a> eternal gratitude (we&#8217;ve got big plans 2016+)<\/li>\n<li>Your very own <a title=\"#Emilymattters Christmas Card\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4038\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters Christmas card<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>and the fabulous suffragette board game <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/today\/hi\/today\/newsid_8329000\/8329286.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pank-a-Squith<\/strong><\/a> in time for the festivities, which will also come in very handy for next year&#8217;s <strong>Pank-a-Squith<\/strong> tournament!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4091 aligncenter\" alt=\"VM_card_Pank-a-Squith\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VM_card_Pank-a-Squith.jpg 1759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, if you <strong>RT<\/strong>, <strong>share<\/strong>, <strong>regram<\/strong> you&#8217;ll be in with a chance to win an <a title=\"#Emilymattters Christmas Card\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=4038\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#Emilymatters Christmas card<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; designed and made in <strong>Yorkshire<\/strong> by the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClavisClaustra\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Clavis &amp; Claustra<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More about the cards:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/em-xmas-15\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/em-xmas-15 <\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4102 aligncenter\" alt=\"2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP-1024x965.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP-1024x965.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2FC_EM_Card_detail_wmark1_CROP.jpg 1407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>Thank you so much for taking the time for reading this and even if you think you can&#8217;t help us, if you RT, share, regram our tweets\/posts\/grams you will be helping to spread the word and lead us to the person we need to find to do this.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Get in touch via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tofreedomscause?_rdr=p\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/tofreedomscause\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Instagram<\/b><\/a><wbr \/>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Email<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/div>\n<div>Yours in the Cause!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kate<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div>More about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymatters\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a>:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A social media campaign<\/li>\n<li>Includes my Emily Davison play \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=244\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/strong><\/a>\u2018<\/li>\n<li>Supports &amp; advances gender equality<\/li>\n<li>Particular focus on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/votingmatters?source=feed_text\" target=\"_blank\">\u202a<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2461\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>#\u200e<\/strong><strong>Votingmatters<\/strong>\u202c<\/a>\u00a0for young people &amp; women<\/li>\n<li>Go to:\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=2403\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/Emilymatters<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3808 aligncenter\" alt=\"PicsArt_1441280259780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/PicsArt_1441280259780.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4078\" data-a2a-title=\"#Emilymatters Needs You!\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D4078&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20Needs%20You%21\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/twitter.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D4078&amp;linkname=%23Emilymatters%20Needs%20You%21\" title=\"LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/linkedin.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"LinkedIn\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0|\u00a0Email #Emilymatters\u00a0is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette Emily Davison,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0#Emilymatters\u00a0page to find out more about what we do. &nbsp; 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