Mara Yamauchi
@mara_yamauchi
Author, former elite marathon runner (PB 2:23:12), two-time Olympian (6th Beijing ‘08), coach, commentator, Japanese-speaker, @SexMattersOrg Advisory Gp member
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Jill Foster Littlest HOMOsexual Maya Forstater As I say in the piece, the sisterhood has meant everything to me these last few years. I've met so many extraordinary women and made such wonderful friends.
This article features an extract from an essay I contributed to a book written by those on the frontline of the fight for women's rights in Scotland. For my full essay and over 30 others, buy 'The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht', which is published tomorrow.
thetimes.com/culture/books/…
'For too long, I’d watched in silence as girls and women with everything to lose had stood up in the face of a modern-day witch hunt.'
J.K. Rowling on why she stood up for me and for thousands of women.
#TheWomenWhoWouldntWheesht
thetimes.com/culture/books/…
'We’re witnessing the greatest assault of my lifetime on the rights our foremothers thought they’d guaranteed.'
'I spoke up because I’d have felt ashamed for the rest of my days if I hadn’t. If I feel any regret at all, it’s that I didn’t speak far sooner' thetimes.co.uk/culture/books/…