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A subforum or sticky thread for FWR?

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ArsenicSoup · 04/11/2014 18:21

Can we explore the options for a 'Shallow End' (working title) for FWR please?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2226781-Why-can-practical-feminism-not-be-a-sub-board-Or-thread?msgid=50511811#50511811

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ChristmasKateMumsnet · 06/11/2014 18:00

Sorry - being el thicko here (am prepared to have my feminist badge and gun taken from me for not getting it) - what would the subforum be for?

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ArsenicSoup · 06/11/2014 13:52

Sorry Skully - it took me a while to work my way back over here to answer properly.

I don't remember the FemWars, no.

I have just stumbled in on the back of the recent discussion.

There do seem to be frequent instances on the main boards of posters saying things like "I never considered myself feminist, but this rape/maternity/.... stuff has opened my eyes and now I am seeing inequality everywhere. Where should I go to find out more?"

I think I have noticed two a week recently. Nobody has anywhere on MN to direct them. Which is what made me look more closely at what was happening.

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BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 05/11/2014 21:52

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IrenetheQuaint · 05/11/2014 21:11

I don't see what's wrong with Feminist Theory, actually - I've always been sad it's not been used properly.

I used to be a keen FWR-er, but the intellectual level is really too high for me to contribute these days (at least in the limited time I have), though I still learn a lot from it. I used to try to chip in with the odd post, but they would either get ignored or someone would (kindly and quite accurately) point out the weaknesses in my argument or terminology.

I should add that I'm not a newbie... I've read Greer, Jeffreys, Millett etc and gone to various feminist conferences. I have a decent grip on the fundamentals. But I can't contribute intelligently to a complex thread on gender theory. And if I feel like this I can quite see why less informed lurkers are terrified and put off. The Feminist Pub threads are lovely, but VERY fast-moving.

So - why not move the more intellectual threads to Feminist Theory, and let FWR chat be the home of spirited arguments about pubes and moaning about ludicrously gendered children's toys, etc?

FrauHelga · 05/11/2014 20:03

Bit like a fart in a space suit, Arsenic Grin

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ArsenicSoup · 05/11/2014 19:32

Gosh that was easily dropped.

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Blistory · 05/11/2014 18:33

Sorry, Arsenic - it was worth a go. I don't think that the request this time is under the same circumstances as last time but there's obviously some long memories.

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ArsenicSoup · 05/11/2014 18:23

Wine anyone?

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FrauHelga · 05/11/2014 18:19

Oh dear.

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AuntieStella · 05/11/2014 18:14

If FWR gets a stickied thread of this sort, will you be reversing the decisions to deny them in other topics?

I hope for consistency.

SkullytonFlowers · 05/11/2014 18:11

fucking hell.

you do know that there was world war 3 not too many moons ago about FWR getting different sub forums?

Feminist theory and activism were supposed to be for the more hardcore discussions, and the chat meant to be a nice, friendly, casual place for people just toe-dipping to be able to come in and talk about the idea of feminism.

We did originally suggest a rad-fem section, but then we got accused of trying to shove them in a corner, Dittany threw an absolute fit and left over it, so feminism chat was created for the rest of us to use.

Now that lot have taken it over (like i said would happen) and once again, the milder feminist/toe-dippers are in here asking for yet another sub-board.

It wont work, they'll just piss all over it with their opinions and apologists accusations and no-one will still want to post over there for fear of being shouted down, shut up and run off the board.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 04/11/2014 21:12

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Blistory · 04/11/2014 20:52

Bump