{"id":641,"date":"2025-07-26T06:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davecarrera.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:53:07","slug":"when-the-mothers-say-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davecarrera.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/when-the-mothers-say-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Mothers Say Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>From Boudica to Essex \u2014 the moment when silence breaks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once before in our history, a mother of daughters raped by invaders stood up and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>No more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Her name was <strong>Boudica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She didn\u2019t ask for permission. 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