Women Won't Weesht

The women's revolt in Scotland

There has been some dispiriting news from Scotland recently, with the Hate Crimes legislation affording more protection to men in drag than actual women and the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act redefining the word ‘woman’ to mean anyone who changes their name on the gas bill.

But on Tuesday our sisters in Scotland did a brilliant job of expressing their rage and resistance with this wonderful show of strength.

WomenSpeakScotland @womenspeakscot1

#WomenVotingWithTheirFeet and walking away from the Scottish Parliament who can’t be trusted with our rights. @VictoriaPeckham @suzanne_moore @holyroodmandy @DreyfusJames @janeclarejones @MForstater @SVPhillimore @sarahditum

This installation of women’s shoes was set up outside Holyrood, the Scottish parliament, as a stark warning to all political parties that women will be walking away from those who fail to protect their sex-based rights.

Caz @cazadams58

Scottish women will not be silenced @theSNP #WomenVotingWithOurFeet

Candidates in the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election on 6th May are being asked to sign the Manifesto for Women’s Rights.

Obsolesence @Obsolesence

#WomenVotingWithOurFeet If you won't represent women in our government then don't expect our vote come 6th May.

Those politicians not willing to make a commitment to protecting women’s rights and spaces will know what to expect.

maggie mellon @maggiemellon

Long live women! #womenvotingwiththeirfeet

All Under One Banner @AUOBALBA

LONG LIVE SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #DeclarationOfArbroath https://t.co/oVSDVgkI3U

Not just in Edinburgh, but all over the country, women demonstrated their defiance and strength of feeling.

ScotsWumman @ScotsWumman

#WomenVotingWithOurFeet What I love about this is the variety of women’s shoes. Slippers, trainers, stilettos, fancy, comfy, plain, colourful, old-fashioned, trendy. All sorts of shoes from all sorts of women. All with one strong message “respect my sex or don’t get my X”

And it was glorious!

Caroline McAllister ALBA West Scotland @AlbaMcallister

When women move the world moves. #WomenMatter #WomenVotingWithOurFeet

rinkydinkliest 💚🤍 💜 #WomenWontWheesht @jun_the_swan

Women are a sex class, not a costume or a feeling. If you don't respect our sex, don't expect our X. @NicolaSturgeon @AnasSarwar @patrickharvie @RuthDavidsonMSP #WomenVotingWithOurFeet #WomenWontWheesht #IfYouDontRespectMySexDontExpectMyX

Caroline McAllister-Wizard Woman🧙‍♀️ @CallieMac88

You ignore our voice, we ignore you on the ballot paper. #WomenVotingWithOurFeet

Witchcrit: Women are #WorthProtecting @Dis_Critic

Women walk away, when you deny their daughters dignity. #WomenVotingWithOurFeet #WomenWontWheesht #WorthProtecting

Elle 🍒 #WomenWontWheesht #VoteAlba @mcgilead

For every woman being gaslit, bullied, threatened, abused, hounded from their job for refusing to bend the knee to a dangerous and absurd fiction. Shame on the enablers. For @RosieDuffield1 @BluskyeAllison @joannaccherry @CallieMac88 et al. #WomenVotingWithOurFeet

Jen🐧🐧💖💖🟥 @ScottishJenbel

Because when I’m out doing work that isn’t ‘traditional’ women’s work I do that because the Suffragettes fought for women. I’m not giving up fighting for women #WomenVotingWithOurFeet #WomenWontWheesht

Mairi 💚🤍💜🍒 @MairiJCam

The Holyrood election in May will see #WomenVotingWithOurFeet as the SNP demonstrate time and time again that they do not consider Women #WorthProtecting. If they don’t respect my sex, how can they expect my ❎

"If they don’t respect my sex, how can they expect my X?”

Amen to that sisters. Love, strength and solidarity to you all.

Women will vote with their feet.