“I was very embarrassed at that time to stand in the street. I felt strange, something was missing; I didn't know what it was at the time but now I know. There was actually no tradition of women standing in the streets against something. I knew about the Israeli women, about the Italians, but it was quite different to know about them than to stand personally. After weeks and weeks of standing, this missing element was found or created by our own standing: we created our own tradition, sense, and language.”

Lepa Mladjenovic, on attending the First Standing, 1991