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Galchester is a bi-annual magazine that celebrates the talented women born, or based, in Manchester. It acts as a directory to connect creative women in the growing creative hub that is my hometown and champions the Mancunian women that have been working under (and over) the radar, giving them the platform to inspire others with their achievements.
Manchester has an extremely male identity, from the Hacienda and Sean Ryder, George Best through to Liam Gallagher despite the city's incredible suffragette and female history. This year marks 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, and this magazine celebrates to the true “worker bees” of Manchester, encouraging women readers to be as self-assured and confident as their male counterparts.
The worker bee is the emblem of Manchester, proudly covering the city from bollards to buildings. Worker bees are all female. They don’t have children, but carry pollen back and forth for the queen while doing every other task in the hive. They also should not be able to fly, aerodynamically speaking, but they do. They defy the laws of nature in the same way women have defied male convention.
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it. Women are more likely to achieve their dreams and aspirations when they see other women succeed, and Galchester aims to inspire young gals to get into the arts.
If interested, please donate to my GoFundMe to support and make way for Issue 2!