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URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/my-body-your-agenda/
SUMMARY:My Body\, Your Agenda
DESCRIPTION:There is a battle for women's bodies and they don’t seem to b
 e winning.  So how do we change positions on the battlefield?Who are we f
 ighting? Is literature the place to fight back?\nBrighton Book Festival in
 vites you to join us with world class writers as they look at women's bodi
 es through literature and the battle to have authority and autonomy over t
 hem.\nUttama Kirit Patel is a writer and magazine founder and editor\, and
  has lived in twelve cities  across three continents. She holds an MPhil 
 in Psychology from the University of Cambridge\, has been a semi-finalist 
 in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest\, and was nominated for the PEN
 /Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.\n\nMarley Henry is 
 a UK registered midwife\, author\, speaker and hypnobirthing instructor li
 ving in the South of England. Her Debut book Midwife Marleys’s Guide For
  Everyone was released in 2022\, and she is the co-author of Davina McCall
 s new book Birthing\, publishing in September 2025.\n\nOver the past 16 ye
 ars\, via the NHS and privately\, she has supported thousands of women and
  their families to prepare for parenthood\, and cared for a large number t
 hrough their pregnancy\, labour\, and postnatally. She is a huge advocate 
 for informed choice\, and has a particular passion for supporting marginal
 ised groups navigating pregnancy and birth.\n\nMarley currently mentors ex
 pectant parents all over the world\, and also creates free pregnancy and b
 irth related information on social media via @midwifemarley\n\nAward winni
 ng Brighton poet\, AFLO. the poet is an activist and academic who embraces
  creative expression to disrupt the status quo and inspire social change\,
  using poetry as a vehicle to address hard-hitting topics\, particularly r
 acism and mental health\, primarily speaking from her lived experiences. C
 urrently an in-house artist for Brighton Dome\, she is a significant force
  directing change in Brighton's creative scenes and continues to sow seeds
  across the country.\n\n&nbsp\;
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