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How to Start a Revolution
Full title: | How to Start a Revolution |
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ISBN: | 9780552172066 |
ISBN 10: | 0552172065 |
Authors: | Holmes, Lucy-Anne |
Publisher: | corgi |
Num. pages: | 64 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2015 |
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Synopsis
A Bite-sized Guide To Making Change Happen And The Story Behind The No More Page 3 Campaign, Written By Its Founder. Change Doesnâe(tm)t Just Happen. It Starts With The Idea That Something Could Be Different, Could Be Better. It Starts With A Person Who Is Brave Enough To Stand Up And Say, âe~stop.âe(tm) This Is What Lucy-anne Holmes Did When She Wrote A Letter To The Editor Of The Sun Asking Him To Stop Printing Pictures Of Topless Women On Page 3 Of The Paper. This Was Something That Had Been Happening For Forty Five Years But Which - She Suddenly Realised - She Found Outdated And Inappropriate And, After Thinking About It, Not Unrelated To A Lot Of The Bad Things That Happen To Women. Launching A Digital Campaign, Starting An Online Petition And Recruiting A Team Of Like-minded People, Lucy-anne Started A Revolution. Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Signed The Petition, Wore The Campaign T-shirt And Dared To Say #nomorepage3. Lucy-anne Had Never Campaigned On Anything Before. She Wasn't Particularly Political. She'd Never Been Confrontational. But She Found That You Only Need One Thing To Start A Campaign - And It Isn't Cash, Experience Or Even A Thick Skin. It's Passion. If You Have A Desire To Change Something, Read What Lucy-anne Has To Say. Sheâe(tm)s Been There, Done That, Worn The T-shirt And Come Out The Other Side Having Made A Difference In The World.