Sometimes, plenty of times, that mean girl was me. For the next decade, I looked at other young women in my life with suspicion, treated them like competition, and was always on the lookout for the next attack from a mean girl. Online, women have shared their personal experiences using hashtags like #textmewhenyougethome and #ReclaimTheStreets to emphasize the urgent nature of tackling violence against women and girls at the hands of men.I was a freshman in high school when I saw Tina Fey's Mean Girls in theaters in 2014, and it isn't an exaggeration to say it changed my entire outlook on girlhood. The deep sense of connection is one of fear.” I’ve had conversations about how being hyper-conscious of our safety is just something we’ve done throughout our entire lives. “I’ve also felt a deep sense of connection between myself and other women this week. In the caption to support her now-viral post, Mountain wrote: “I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Sarah Everard and how a woman was not allowed to walk home.
The sentiment was captured in a powerful post on Instagram from fitness expert Lucy Mountain, with the phrase “Text me when you get home xx.” The palpable grief connected to Everard’s abduction and death was felt by women across the UK and online, and served as a reminder of how violence against women and the threat of it are part of everyday life. Her death has ignited a call for immediate action to address violence against women and girls, while activists have taken to the streets of London to protest. Her body was discovered on March 10, 56 miles away from where she was last sighted.Ī police officer has been arrested and charged with murder. In what is believed to be the last known photograph of her, the marketing executive was dressed in brightly colored clothing and made her walk along one of the city's busy streets around 9:30 p.m.Įverard never made it home, prompting a missing person's search that was brought to an end when her family’s worst nightmares were confirmed. As the British public continues to mourn the death of 33-year-old Sarah Everard and face the sinister potential that her alleged killer could be someone who was entrusted with protecting the public, the concern for women’s safety continues to gain momentum.Įverard, who was last seen on March 3, was making a 50-minute journey on foot from a friend’s house in South London when she went missing.
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