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A Homage to Creative Women

"women felt strong enough and powerful enough to speak up and share their personal stories, each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories we tell and this year we became the story" - Oprah Winfrey 

Every time I watch Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech it sends a shiver down my spine, it reaches my very core and reaffirms all of my feminist beliefs and love for the women around me. 
I was having dinner with some of my best girlfriends last week and we were all discussing our career paths. I found this such a heartwarming and positive discussion as we all rejoiced in the fact that we all wanted to do something creative and meaningful. 

Amber teaches sex education and empowers adults and young people constantly.
Jessie works in public relations and we hope to write a book together in the future.
Izzy is a photographer who aims to smash the art world and has her own exhibition coming up. 
Ella aims to go into events, build up the most impressive experience and one day own her own pub. 
I hope to get into journalism and continue writing about stuff that I'm passionate about and eventually write the book with Jess. 

This post is basically a homage to these girls, all the creative women I know and all the creative women in the world.
It's so vital that we live in a world that has women at the forefront of these industries so that they have influence, platforms for expression and a way to educate future generations on what matters. 

I think it's quite brave to put yourself out there and if we have more women doing it others will hopefully feel encouraged to do the same. 
By showing young people female artists, writers, public speakers etc it becomes normalized that women can take on these successful and creative roles.
 It also sets up the path for young girls to have the courage to do these things themselves and to see a society where equality doesn't have to be far from reach. 

So, to all the females who have made a creative contribution I thank you for making the world more accessible to women. 


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