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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Kanter

Letter: Felicity Oppé obituary

‘Fizzy’ Oppé’s charm, glamour and sense of fun were immediate
‘Fizzy’ Oppé’s charm, glamour and sense of fun were immediate Photograph: provided by friend

I first met Fizzy (Felicity) Oppé at a women’s liberation meeting in Cambridge in the early 1970s.

Her charm, glamour and sense of fun were immediate. Despite the seriousness with which we took the mantra “the personal is political”, Fizzy never lost her awareness of the absurd. One friend treasures a card written in the heat of a debate on sexual politics, advising her not to worry too much about the “ins and outs of penetration”.

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