Your ultimate feminist dinner party?

[FuckOffWeasel]

kickass just mentioned JO Brand and Joan Rivers getting together and how the conversation would go.

So if you could have 6 people to your dinner table for the ultimate feminist dinner party who would you invite? You would need to have a bit of controversy to keep things interesting. The only rule is you have to have at least 5 women (you may invite one special snowflake man if you must)

[FuckOffWeasel]

My OP doesn't make lots of sense (I'm running on pot noodle and exhaustion)
but you can figure it out I'm sure.

[FuckOffWeasel]

I'm thinking of mine....

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Do they have to be living now?

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I was going to ask the same question!

[FuckOffWeasel]

Only rule is that you can have only one man. So the women can be living or dead (and even not feminist or famous). You just have to explain why they would make for a good feminist dinner party

[ThatBloodyWoman]

I would have

Ffyona Campbell -for a fascinating talk on her adventures on foot
Lynne Cox - for a fascinating talk on her adventures in the water
Maria Coffey-for a fascinating talk on her adventures paddling on the water
Alison Hargreaves -for a fascinating talk on her adventures mountaineering
Lucy Irvine -for a fascinating talk on her adventures as a castaway, and
my uncle peter so he can get an education into why girls should be allowed to wear trousers.

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OK here is a first bash at it. I reserve the right to change or add to the list should anyone else come up with better suggestions .

Maya Angelou
Abigail Adams
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Germaine Greer
Baroness Helena Kennedy

and to spice it up a bit Louise Mensch

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Ooh and may be E L James just to ask her what the hell she was thinking of .

[FuckOffWeasel]

my uncle peter so he can get an education into why girls should be allowed to wear trousers.

This made me snort out loud

beer you don't have to invite a man, you are allowed a maximum of one man. SO you may invite someone else to your dinner party!

I'd have Joan of Arc for one..because I've always wondered if she believed everything she said or just used it as a brilliant excuse to get what she wanted.

Jo Brand to be hilarious.

My nana because she'd love it as much as me.

Not sure about my other 3 yet, I can't narrow it down...

[PetulaGordino]

i'd definitely have mary wollstonecraft. she died so young and i'd like to hear more from her

[TheSporkforeatingkyriarchy]

Rigoberta Mechu Tum : Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Presidential candidate, indigenous feminist who helped women rally during and after the Guatemalan Civil War and protected indigenous women's and community interests throughout.
Frida Kahlo : How her disabilities and drive for art fueled her activism was my main reason for picking her, hearing her talk with Rigoberta would be amazing.
Grace Lee Boggs : A major activist throughout some major changes in the US changes, her input on solidarity and actions would be great.
Marsha P. Johnson : She fought and was a major part of the changes in how Western society treats LGBT people.
Leymah Gbowee : Another Nobel Peace Prize winner, hearing about the rallies and actions she's done would work well.
Fusae Ichikawa : One of the pioneers of equality and suffrage in Japan, hearing her along with many others move from dissedent activism to politics would add a lot.

I don't think my explanations did them justice, but it would be awesome. I wouldn't imagine saying much!

[MrsTerryPratchett]

My Gran
My DD
My Mum
My Great Grandmother
My Great Aunt
My Aunt
Me

I know there's a bit of a theme but the women in my family have been pretty kick arse. Bringing up kids alone, in the WAAF, in the Navy, survivors, doing their own thing. Three of them are dead so it would be lovely to bring them all together again.

[TheSameBoat]

Jo Brand
Amy Poehler
Ruth Jones
Mel and Sue
Dolly P

It would be the funniest most raucous party ever, with everyone cracking jokes obvs, followed by Dolly and Ruth giving a rendition of Islands in the Stream.

The male would be my DS because if I didn't invite him he'd never forgive me.

[OnlyLovers]

Mary Wollstonecraft
Dorothy Parker
Dolly Parton
Lauren Laverne
Maxine Peake
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Awesome.

[gargalesis]

I was thinking about this only the other day.

Mary Wollstonecraft
Virginia Woolf
Andrea Dworkin
Mary Daly
Valerie Solanas

I am getting so excited about my fake dinner party. What I would give to be in the presence of these women!!

[gargalesis]

Oh! One more space. Possibly Janice Raymond.

[CrotchMaven]

Mary Wollstonecraft
John Stuart Mill
Rebecca West
Dittany
Beachcomber
Nadine Dorries/Louise Mensch/Maria Miller

Can the dinner take place in 2014?

[hoobypickypicky]

Germaine Greer.
Hilary Clinton
Rosie Boycott
Jill Craigie
Marie Stopes
The jury's still out on number 6.

I've met one of the five above, only once, but for long enough to find her interesting not just as a feminist but as a person overall.

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