Talk Dirty, Paint Pretty: A Night For Us
Black Women Take Over Abbey Leisure Centre For A Night Of Laughter!
On March 7th, Leicester’s Abbey Sports & Leisure Centre transformed into something beautiful and rare: a space curated by Black Women just for Black women to be bold, outspoken, unfiltered, and celebrated for it. Talk Dirty, Paint Pretty wasn’t just a celebration of International Women’s Day. It was a full-body exhale. A space to laugh, cry, paint, reflect, and above all, to be.
We opened the night with the words of Cheri Gillings, whose poetry danced between power and vulnerability, speaking to the complexity of Black womanhood with every verse. Then came Just Between Us Girls, an unfiltered panel conversation where nothing was off limits. Sex, softness, rage, joy, resilience. Our guest speakers we laid it all on the table, and the audience loved it. It was like a kitchen table convo with your aunties, sisters, and best friends.
Next, we got messy, in the best way. Every guest was handed a canvas and invited to paint whatever came to mind (and plenty of things came to mind!)
We closed the night on a high with comedy icon Sharifa Butterfly, who brought the house down. Her humour hit all the right nerves and had the room laughing with every punchline. If joy is a form of resistance, we were revolutionary that night.
Talk Dirty, Paint Pretty wasn’t just an event. It was a love letter. A creative call to arms. A reminder of why Black women-led events are so vital, because everyone deserve’s spaces where they are centred, celebrated, and completely unfiltered.
To everyone who came: thank you for your presence, your power, and your paint-splattered joy.
We’re not done. Not even close.
Check out the hightlights reel here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIBvcZJNbFd/?hl=en
