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We Face This Land
- Published_at:2016-09-15
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:Project Repeal
- tags: Repeal repealtheeight ireland irish pro-choice amendment davetynan Eleanor Methven Roxanna Nic Liam Aoibheann Mccann Vickey Curtis Louise Bruton Charlene Mckenna May Kay Niamh Algar Una Mullaly Kelly Shatter Amy DeBhrun Charlene Gleeson Dave Tynan Seána Kerslake Tara Flynn
- description: Directed by Dave Tynan Written by Sarah Maria Griffin Music by Mmoths "Lucid" Eleanor Methven Roxanna Nic Liam Aoibheann Mccann Vickey Curtis Úna-Minh Kavanagh Louise Bruton Sarah Maria Griffin Sinead Gleeson Lynn Ruane Jordanne Jones Charlene Mckenna May Kay Aoibhinn Mcginnity Niamh Algar Una Mullaly Kelly Shatter Amy DeBhrun Fiona DeBhrun Emma Anako Aoibhinn Walsh Somaries Quintana Aileen Le Brocquy Charlene Gleeson Seána Kerslake Róisín Ingle Ailbhe Smyth Clare Monnelly Kate Thompson Tara Flynn Thanks to everyone who participated on the day. Centuries ago women accused of witchcraft faced, Amongst other ordeals, trial by water Tied to a chair or run under a boat If she survives the drowning and floats she’s a witch. If she dies, she’s a woman We are not witches but if the church and state insist Then let us be the descendants of all the witches they could not drown This heirloom of trauma, this curse This agony of water in order to hold agency over our bodies Not all of us have survived, the waves do not part There are no miracles here When a stethoscope is a crucifix on your belly How do you have any choice but the water And fair medical treatment on other shores A body is a body is a body is a body is a body is a body is a body Not a house. Not a city. Not a vessel, not a country The laws of the church have no place on your flesh A veterinarian will abort a calf if a cow is falling ill. How is it that livestock is worth more to this land than us? Eleven women every day leave Ireland seeking an abortion abroad. We ask for the land over the water. Home over trial. Choice over none. For our foremothers, for ourselves, the generations yet to come Witches or women, these are our bodies which shall not be given up.
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| 2016-09-19 | 84,621 | 1,376 | 390 |
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| 2016-09-24 | 100,671 | 1,639 | 818 |
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