Remarkable Women Pt II

Welcome back to the Remarkable Women series where you can read posts on inspirational women who have shared their story with the world and no doubt changed the lives of other women for the better.

Katie Piper OBE

In 2008, Katie Piper OBE sustained burns to her face and the loss of vision in her left eye after an acid attack orchestrated by her ex-boyfriend. In a 2022 interview with Harpers Bazaar where she reflects on this event, Katie says, "𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩."

Katie gave up her right to anonymity to raise awareness about burn victims and set up the Katie Piper Foundation, a service for survivors of burns and people with scars from traumatic incidents. 📸: Zak Walton

Fats Timbo

Fats Timbo was born with a condition called achondroplasia and has spoken about how outside of her happy home, when she was younger, she was unhappy because she was constantly bullied because of her dwarfism. In a post in which she shares her story, Fats went on to say that, "𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦...𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺."

In February of 2023, the comedian, podcaster & social media sensation, released her first book, 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗼. 📸: Adama Jalloh

Gisèle Pelicot

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 - 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘

In a mass rape trial in France, Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband has admitted drugging her to sleep so he could film more than 80 other men allegedly raping her. Gisèle waived her right to anonymity to raise awareness of violence against women and her legal team have said that by opening up the trial, the "shame" would be shifted back on to the accused. Forty-nine men who were convicted of raping or sexually assaulting Ms Pelicot. 📸: AFP

Nadiya Hussain MBE

Nadiya Hussain MBE - chef, author, and TV presenter - won the Great British Bake Off in 2015 has spoken openly about having anxiety. 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘆𝗮: 𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲, was aired for the first time on the BBC in 2019. When explaining why she made the documentary, Nadiya said, "…𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’s 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬." 📸: Chris Terry

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, without knowing me, played a pivotal part in my healing journey by sharing her story. In September 2018, she testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, informing them of how the now Supreme Court Justice, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.

She began her testimony by saying, “I 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦…” 📸: Win McNamee

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