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We are delighted to fire up the beginning of Nasty Women our own event here in the heart of Stroud, the people around me of the Stroud valleys, supporting have really taken the reins and Exhibiting such an inspiring charity as Orchid done what today’s women do best Project’.” Jess specifically wants - organise, care and have a big, fat to thank those artists who have laugh at the expense of President Artists: jumped at the chance to be Trump. involved and donate their work. She Aimee Lax, Alex Merry, Amanda Griffiths, Ant Belmont, also wants to thank Lindsey and The Nasty Women of Stroud march team from the Cotswold Auction begins at 2pm on Saturday 14th Bella Ananda Lyster, Caroline Jaine , Charlotte Saturley, Company (cotswoldauction. October at the Subscription Rooms, Chloe Waite, Clare Cooke, Clay Sinclair, Dan Chadwick, co.uk) for their offer to run this followed by the art exhibition which Deb Thurkettle, Debbie,Stirling , Ed Clark, Elizabeth Frazer, Nasty auction for us and Lotte, Tom and opens at the Marshall Rooms at Ella Kenyon, Emily Joy, Emma Stevenson, Eppie Short , Keith of The Marshall Rooms, “for 4pm with the auction starting at Felicity Borwick, Frances Clark-Stone, Gem Wagget, such an exciting new venue to 7pm. For further info visit facebook. Genevieve Frosch, Gill Cathleen, Hannah Olley, Harvey Steele, locate ourselves.” When I spoke com/nastywomenstroud and to Lotte about Nasty Women, follow them on Instagram Holly Mills, Imogen Harvey Lewis, Jack Addis, Jamie Ashman, like many others she had already @NastyWomenStroud Janice Wilkins, Jess Orr, Jessie James, Jo Hockin, Jo Saunders, Women been inspired by the movement in Jon Easey, Jordan Baseman, Joseph Carpenter, Joyce Overheul, America and once she knew more Kai Murphy, Kate Merry, Kim Francis, Lara Robinson, about our chosen charity, Orchid Caroline Jaine is a Stroud-based writer Lauren Stedman, Lorraine Robbins, Maddi Staples, Max Francis, Project she immediately offered the and activist who makes a point of Nicky Preston, Nyree Davis, Rachel Delves, Rebecca Hiscocks, Marshall Rooms as a venue: “We thriving in traditionally male-dominated Sam Marsh, Sara Twomey , Sarah Dixon, Sarah Spider, Siobain Drury, really want to put on great events environments - she is an artist inspired that we care about, and that mean by pop and urban art, spent 14 years Soozy Roberts, Susie Oclzak, Traci Smith, Uta Baldauf and of Stroud something to us.” in the Foreign Service and now repairs Yasemin Wigglesworth. I am so proud to have been the car bodywork for a living. twitter.com/ catalyst for this, by simply posting caroline_jaine Image by Katie Jane Watson Katie Image by By Caroline Jaine Nasty Women first appeared on my Facebook feed also be fun. The assembled crowd small group of us wanted to check early in 2017. The movement was in response to of Nasty Women and gathered the appetite for our event. I have supporters will then march against never met so many ready and Donald Trump’s misogynistic behaviour and his misogyny through the town and willing Nasty Women, with a real anti-women policies in America. Named after a disband, to meet up again in the axe to grind against Trump, but comment directed at presidential candidate Hilary newly opened Marshall Rooms for also showing lots of love for Orchid an exhibition of incredible, donated Project. As it turned out, my role in Clinton, women began to organise themselves art, the auction of which starts at all this was quickly overtaken by the as Nasty Women; they made witty placards, 7pm. The evening will also feature enthusiasm of others. Two young knitted vagina hats and marched against sexism much more live entertainment, women in their 20’s - Daisy Botha and Trump. They also began to arrange art including the Cheltenham based and Hannah Olley are the architects Vajazzle Dynamite, and you can of the march against misogyny and exhibitions to raise money for women’s charities. even grab yourself a Pussy cocktail putting performers and musical A few clicks on and I saw that the exhibition from the bar! acts together. Hannah works at movement had spread overseas, to many other Originally timed to coincide the Stroud studios of a well-known countries including Mexico and Thailand and right with Trump’s visit to the UK, I’m artist, and is a brilliant artist in her convinced that Stroud will still own right, and Daisy is relatively across Europe. In the UK, London, Newcastle send a strong message, not just new to Stroud. Daisy says events and Cambridge have hosted exhibitions; Nasty to America’s President, but in like this are her ‘absolute passion’ Women has begun to feel more like a global providing a display of solidarity and has been enjoying ‘meeting feminist awakening that is somehow, nevertheless, with the many women who have plenty of nasties’ in her new home. to endure his leadership. There is Charlotte Saturley is the brains Deborah Thurkettle laced with humour and creativity and extreme another group of women that we behind the Nasty Women of Stroud fundraising - over £130,000 so far. have opted to support through design. At just 17, she is studying our chosen charity, Orchid Project Art & Design at Stroud College and Inspired and heartened by the The day kicks off at 2pm with (orchidproject.org). We want to promises to draw a young crowd to Alex Merry female unity on show, I wanted to a spectacle of live performances have fun, but we also aim to raise the event. contribute, so tentatively I tested outside the Subscription Rooms. money to help end Female Genital Another artist, Jess Orr has deftly the water to see if Facebook Acts include a range of circus Cutting around the world, and as lead the charge to exhibit at The friends would be interested in a performers, Syren Alternative such, everyone involved in Nasty Marshall Rooms and has inspired Stroud event. The response was Bellydancers, Flashcandy Can-Can Women Stroud has given their time so many of our featured artists to overwhelming and quite moving. group and the wonderful Boss and skills for free. We would love contribute work. Jess has exhibited Friends tagged friends - and they Morris. The team of organisers it if people walked away with some herself in Stroud and is a manager Felicity Borwick tagged friends of friends. The likes want to get the whole town Nasty Art that could help end this at the same local art studios of that and comments were encouraging buzzing and would love people harmful practice, which impacts well-known artist.