{"id":622,"date":"2018-04-26T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/?p=622"},"modified":"2018-04-26T15:12:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:12:29","slug":"season-xiv-alphaday-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/season-xiv-alphaday-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Season XIV &#8211; Alphaday 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Alphaday 11 of Season XIV. We\u2019re still in full flow and today\u2019s agenda is complete with all the writerly treats that we\u2019ve come to expect and enjoy. However, this is the last full menu of the season. Already next Alphaday there\u2019ll be one item missing and from then on we\u2019ll wind down until \u2013 exhausted \u2013 we shut the shop and have a break. So, my advice to you is to make the most of it while you can. There\u2019s still plenty to get your teeth into as I expect you\u2019ll agree.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s agenda is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This bulletin from me<\/li>\n<li>The results of the \u2018endings\u2019 challenge from Chris<\/li>\n<li>The collated entries for the poetry challenge from Jackie<\/li>\n<li>A call for entries for Open Page 3<sup>rd<\/sup> edition from Christine<\/li>\n<li>A prompt for the Writers\u2019 Reads 5 discussion slot from Morgen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That should keep us happily occupied for a while and I hope you all find something in our members\u2019 varied contributions to this writerly goodie bag that\u2019s of interest to you as a writer and will motivate you to create, create, create\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The hot topic at the moment is still gender issues in general and women\u2019s rights in particular. The eleven statues of solemn and meritorious men in Parliament Square have now had their macho monopoly broken by the addition of a statue of a woman designed by a woman artist. The statue represents Millicent Fawcett, a suffragist. The suffragists\u2019 methods of campaigning avoided violence and confrontation. They argued, reasoned, lobbied and debated. The word is mightier than the sword. And they got there \u2026 although there\u2019s still a way to go, as we know.<\/p>\n<p>Women pop up in other iconic positions as well. Last year Jane Austen appeared on a new \u00a310 note, the first woman writer to be thus honoured \u2013 though not the first woman, as Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Fry have previously figured on bank notes.<\/p>\n<p>Iconic women have propped up patriotic hearts for ages. Britannia with her aggressive trident and shield thrives when the nation is at war. She\u2019s based on the Roman goddess Libertas who\u2019s also the model for France\u2019s Marianne. Marianne wears a Phrygian cap that symbolises the freedom from oppression (= slavery \/ feudal rule). She is, of course, also the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty which France offered to America where it was dedicated in 1886.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s latest offering to the US was an oak tree which could, in time, grow as tall as the Statue of Liberty, and perhaps Marianne\u2019s charms of Libert\u00e9, Fraternit\u00e9 et Egalit\u00e9 will melt the American President\u2019s heart \u2013 you never know.<\/p>\n<p>I came across the following note in a competition\u2019s rules and regulations: \u201cWe welcome the written use of the respectful pronouns: \u201chir,\u201d, \u201cze,\u201d and the singular \u201cthey,\u201d as long as the usage is consistent.\u201d Aren\u2019t gender issues just full of interesting problems?<\/p>\n<p>Christine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas, Welcome to Alphaday 11 of Season XIV. 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