An Ode to Women Who Love Women
Celebrating the women we love and the strong female leaders we love to admire
Jane Hearst was inspired to create this audio piece after reflecting on a memory from her youth.
鈥淚 remember talking to my best friend about women and self-confidence. When I told her that I had never struggled with how I looked or how I led people, she was visibly angry. This really stuck with me.鈥�
鈥淚 began to wonder whether my sexuality had something to do with it. Whilst my friends measured themselves against a perceived standard of femininity, deemed to be attractive to men, I knew 鈥� as a bisexual woman 鈥� that if I was to fall in love with a woman, she would have many of the same characteristics as me. Knowing that I could love somebody like me, made me know that others would be able to do the same.鈥�
鈥淭his past year, I launched a business. When talking to other female business owners about female leadership, I was reminded of this story.鈥�
鈥淢any of them perceived that they had to be perfect before they could be a leader. I thought - wouldn鈥檛 it be great if I could show them how they are perceived鈥� if I could demonstrate that their version of femininity is perfect as it is鈥�
New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and 大象传媒 Arts
By Jane Hearst
Music by Siobhan Mazzei
