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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tayyab Amin

Strike! How 80s post-punk band Lining Time crystallised a moment in feminist protest history

‘The choice was always to be inclusive, supportive and broad’ … Lining Time performing in the south of France in 1981. (L-R) Jinny Keatinge, CathyJosefowitz, Mara deWit and Hester Bolt.
‘The choice was always to be inclusive, supportive and broad’ … Lining Time performing in the south of France in 1981. (L-R) Jinny Keatinge, CathyJosefowitz, Mara deWit and Hester Bolt. Photograph: PR handout

In 1982, a group of women found their collective voice. “If I can strike, you can strike, she can strike, we can strike,” they sang during a performance in Plymouth, passing the chant like a baton as they performed playground rhythms on woodblock percussion. Calling themselves Lining Time, this assemblage of dance and theatre students arrived at their own understanding of music as creative expression.

A poster for Reclaim the Night in Plymouth.
A poster for Reclaim the Night in Plymouth Photograph: PR handout
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