Token girl: reflections of an emerging feminist’s journey through music

Abstract

The article explores one woman’s journey into feminism – from playing with the boys, to becoming one of the token girls, to joining a choir and being inspired by the choir members to walk in the Women’s March on Washington – Toronto in January 2017.

Keywords:

• Women’s March on Washington – Toronto
• choir
• feminism
• Woman to Woman
• token girl

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the women of Woman to Woman Choir, based in Cambridge, Ontario, for without women like them – with their soaring hearts and their pursuit of justice and equality, the stories worth telling would be harder to find.