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OK there are no feminist groups where I live. WI???

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LadyBiscuit · 02/02/2011 20:49

I don't know a soul here (we moved here from London a few months ago). What do we think about joining the WI? It's women only, enshrined in their constitution.

I've never made jam in my life. Can I effect revolution from within do you reckon?

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 20:30

See the TWG looks good when you look at its history and then you look at the events and it's all a bit Hmm. There isn't one I can go to anyway - DS only goes to pre-school in the morning and their meetings are afternoons/evenings. I will see how the WI is. I wonder if I can knock up that teacosy by next thursday? :o

I might make a feminazi tshirt to wear. Or perhaps a very old anarchist one? Decisions, decisions ...

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ElephantsAndMiasmas · 04/02/2011 20:16

See this - it sounds like MN but with (possibly) less swearing.

LOVE the cross-stitch link. This would add oomph to any coffee morning.

And this seems apt for the MN Feminist t-shirts :o

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 19:41

What's proper mystique gear? Denim dungarees? :o

(entirely off topic but did anyone watch Marchmont last night and see Alex Kingston in those hideous dungarees? I cannot believe I used to wear them and kudos to her for allowing wardrobe to dress her so vilely :o)

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AliceWorld · 04/02/2011 19:18

Well I never. I was looking at the Townswomen's Guild to make some feeble joke intelligent observation, and look at their history

But thenthis disappointed me...

Do we know anything more?

TimeWasting · 04/02/2011 19:17

Baggy jumper and jeans is very anti-mystique.

I have found out where and when my local WI is.

We also have a Mother's Union and a (name of village) Wives, whatever that is.

I appear to live in a retirement village. Grin

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 19:00

Ooh blimey - I really don't have the right clothes. I am just going to wear a baggy jumper and jeans I think. Go for dull and inoffensive

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 04/02/2011 18:39

oh golly, I was going to wear this. (I call it my Feminine Mystique dress.)

FlamingoBingo · 04/02/2011 18:25

I just don't think that I've got the right clothes for the uniform, which seems to be loose, linen trousers and tunic tops!

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 18:02

Aha we shall all subvert the WI flamingo! It's listening to the Archers that gave me the idea - I'm sure I'm going to fit right in

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FlamingoBingo · 04/02/2011 17:55

Blimey - you're all making me want to go and see what it's all about! Grin

I can sew

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 17:51

Brilliant Alice :o

I have never finished the Thomas the Tank Engine embroidery I started when my sister was pregnant with my nephew who is now 10 but I reckon I could cope with that

I'm hoping my gardening credentials will stand me in good stead. I'm always happy to discuss propogation

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AliceWorld · 04/02/2011 17:46

maybe make this and take along to show too?

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 04/02/2011 16:07

I could do that

AliceWorld · 04/02/2011 15:39

Maybe make some of your own lace to go round the edges too?

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LadyBiscuit · 04/02/2011 15:27

Good thinking. Will sew a few ribbons onto the top. I

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 04/02/2011 14:50

tbh I think the thrifty sewing will go down better at my local one than Cath Kidston.

AliceWorld · 03/02/2011 20:01

You could make the tea towel into an apron. Then you tick both CK and thrifty sewing Grin

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 03/02/2011 19:36

Shit, time for plan B then, I hear they're very strict :o

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LadyBiscuit · 03/02/2011 17:05

I've got a Cath Kidston teatowel but no apron

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slug · 03/02/2011 15:48

I go to the WI with my MIL. We sit in the back and get the giggles. It's actulaly full of working women, none of whom is a pushover. We are a London branch though.

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 03/02/2011 15:47

I live in a very WIish area too (deepest Yorkshire).
My cleaner and I were talking about Nigella the other day and she said 'She's not for people who live round here. Her type of cooking's for people who live where she lives.'
-which was brilliant - ie it wasn't 'her cooking's for rich people' or 'her cooking's not for the likes of me', it was seen in purely geographical terms.

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 03/02/2011 15:21

You are made for it SSM, with your Cath Kidston apron etc :o

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LadyBiscuit · 03/02/2011 11:17

Do it, do it! We can compare notes. I live by the sea so there is a very large contingent of elderly people here. Am expecting I will be the 'youth' of the group. Which is quite exciting considering I'm 46 :o

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 03/02/2011 11:11

ooh, LadyBiscuit, I was thinking of going to mine too.

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LadyBiscuit · 03/02/2011 10:32

I'm not getting my kit off for a calendar :o

I've had an email from them saying that I can go to three meetings as a guest to see if I like it.

I'm quite excited - will report back

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