One commentator expounds
On May digging in stiletto heels,
As he, on shaky and unlevel grounds
Blames a government’s historic failure;
To reach a workable deal
(With a gall that even now astounds)
On the Prime Minister’s gender,
The interviewer does not question assertions
Made with usual, casual, lethal sexism
As the commentator mentions a lack of children
As if that were a reason for derision;
Or cause of brinkmanship or inflexibility,
Equating female ambition
With a leader’s inability
Or unwillingness to seek
To engage constitutionally,
As if the issue was women in politics
Or in the monarchy,
As if there were the statistics
To back up such misogyny;
Too few women have led
To make such sweeping analogy,
It is not May’s womanhood
For which she owes apology.
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Word-weaver and artist. I'm Co-founder of Nott Normal; a Nottinghamshire based independent accessible, adaptive and gently provocative arts collaboration. Resident story-weaver for set of virtual Cottage in the Woods courses by Yelala from late autumn 2020, early Spring 2021. My writing and art have recently been part of Poems on Prescription, the National Museum of Justice's (UK) acclaimed Letters of Restraint, and The National Holocaust Memorial Centre's (UK) What is Testimony? Art and written work has appeared in various independent publications including LeftLion, Miknaf Haaretz, and Proliterat. I'm a warrior of various disabilities and chronic illnesses with an MA in Human Security (Peace and Human Development). I've worked in creative conflict resolution, sustainability & interfaith work. I stood for parliament (& local gov) in 2015, getting 9.9%, in the top 20 national results for the party. I've since left politics unless you count negotiating between three cats and a laptop. I love animals, my favourite humans, wild landscapes, accessible cities and the sea.
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