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Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Sorry for cross-posting and all, but I've just received a request from the NUS Wales Women's Officer to pass on the following information to as many people as possible, regarding a protest against the final of Miss University GB being held on 1 March (Monday) at Oceana in Cardiff. Thought some of you may be interested in attending. </div><div><br></div><div>Please forward widely.</div><div><br></div><div>Ta!</div><div><br></div><div>Hannah<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span><font size="2">
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<br>Hi all,<br>
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Urgent action: Protest outside the final of Miss University GB</b><br>
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We have just become aware that the final of Miss University GB will take place on Monday 1st March, in Cardiff. In order to continue our campaign against objectification in student unions, and in order to meet mandates from women's conference, and women's committee, the NUS Women's Campaign is calling an emergency protest.<br>
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Where - Outside the Oceana Nightclub, Cardiff (See map here - <a href="http://tiny.cc/AX5WM">http://tiny.cc/AX5WM</a> <<a href="http://tiny.cc/AX5WM">http://tiny.cc/AX5WM</a>> )<br>
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When - Meet at 6pm, protest will last until approximately 8pm<br>
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What to bring - bring placards, banners from your women's society, whistles and your friends!<br>
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What to do now - reply to this email to let us know you are planning on coming, so we can get an idea of numbers<br>
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What to do on the night - When you arrive you should be able to see a group gathering. If you can't see us, call one of these two numbers:<br>
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Liv - 07855 041861<br>
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Estelle - 07919 343034<br>
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Women have campaigned hard over the last century to gain access to University, and to win the right to be judged on the strength of our opinions and not our looks. Beauty pageants such as Miss University GB undermine these hard-fought gains and send the dangerous message that it is ok to value women purely on a narrow conception of beauty that bears little relation to the majority of women.<br>
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The NUS Women's Campaign wants to stress that this is in no way a protest against the individual women who are participating in the competition. We respect their right to be involved, and we wish them all the best in the competition.<br>
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Our protest is against Miss University GB, and against organisations that seek to profit from the objectification and commodification of women. We are protesting the mainstreaming of an industry that places an expectation on women to conform to an unrealistic and one-dimensional standard of beauty, and against the spread of sex object culture in student unions across the country.<br>
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Join us on Monday night. Stand up and say that all women students are beautiful.<br>
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If you can't join us in Cardiff on Monday, then please consider sending the attached letter to the owners of the Oceana nightclub to ask them to reconsider hosting the event. Contact details for the organisation can be found in the attachment.<br>
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In sisterhood,<br>
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Liv & Estelle<br>
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Liv Bailey Estelle Hart <br>
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Nus National Women's Officer NUS Wales Women's Officer<br>
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Estelle Hart<br>
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Swyddog y Menywod / Women's Officer<br>
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Undeb Cenedlaethol Myfyrwyr Cymru / National Union of Students Wales<br>
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029 2068 0070 <br>
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079 1934 3034 <br>
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www.nus.org.uk/wales<br>
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