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Feminism in London has been cancelled!

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thefinerthingsinlife · 25/03/2011 08:12

see here It doesn't give a reason why though, just that they will hopefully organise one in 2012.

I'm gutted

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sandhya72 · 28/01/2012 17:45

They are listed alphabetically. This does not mean that we think ageism is more important than sexism - just that a is before s! We hoped calling it go feminist would have made it clear that our focus is on feminist activism and this is the prism through which we will view all the other oppressions listed. We really hope to see you all there - there is a sliding scale from £0 to £50. Do pay what you can afford (don't get too hung up on the wage brackets). We hope to live stream it as well - watch our website, facebook and twitter for details.

AliceWhirled · 16/06/2011 21:24

But surely sexism is central, and then they can also say that also recognise other -isms such as... etc.

Prolesworth · 16/06/2011 21:21

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AliceWhirled · 16/06/2011 21:20

Is sexism really second from last on that list?? For a feminist organisation?

CrapolaDeVille · 16/06/2011 13:38

Transphobia? argh.

dittany · 16/06/2011 13:36

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AliceWhirled · 14/06/2011 21:25

Yep FiL is still happening next year.

CrapolaDeVille · 14/06/2011 19:46

I love chitra....I retweet nearly everything she ever tweets!!

I'll make both events but knew about FiL being cancelled a while back! Gutted.

StewieGriffinsMom · 14/06/2011 19:42

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GoFeminist · 14/06/2011 19:14

Hi everyone

We're really touched by the kind words about Feminism in London. As you know, Feminism in London is not going to happen this year, but several of us from the FIL 2010 committee really wanted to make sure a conference still happened. Unfortunately we don't have the time and resources to pull it together for this year, but we're organising Go Feminist on Saturday, 4th February 2012: www.gofeminist.org.uk.

We're really excited about seeing you there. We'll let you know more details as they're confirmed. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/feminism) or twitter @gofeminist to stay updated.

Caroline, Chitra, Giordy, Kate, Mary, Shannon

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 29/03/2011 11:10

ha ha, dh and I met on an online dating site and have thought we could always tell people we were at the same university when I was doing my PhD and he was doing his postdoc; never mind that we didn't actually meet then....

steamedtreaclesponge · 29/03/2011 09:55

I just say "Oh, Elephants did English (same subject as me) at (same university as me), only a couple of years below me"

Which is all true. Note that I never actually claim we knew each other at that point...

I still haven't told my housemates how we actually met, or that we only met in person the day before she met the rest of them!

I have told a couple of people that we met on Mumsnet. They tend to look a bit puzzled and then say, "so will you be living with children then?"

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 29/03/2011 09:33

Ooh the youth of today.

I say "we met through feminism" which is actually true although we met online through AIBU books. Treacle will have to tell you how she explains my presence!

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 28/03/2011 21:03

or do all the young people make friends on the internet these days?
is it just normal for them?

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 28/03/2011 21:02

'we met on the internet' - weird
'on Mumsnet' - you don't actually have any children. Super-weird.
'on the Feminism topic' - aaaargh get me out of here!!!!

they have to be lying about it.

Unrulysun · 28/03/2011 20:49

Where did you find other housemates? Who are these people who don't hear 'We met through a shared love of literature, feminism and trolls' and run a mile? Or do you have a cover story? 'We met at work'

SardineQueen · 28/03/2011 17:52

Oh no! It was already on the calendar Sad

Yes to doing something else instead Smile

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 28/03/2011 17:27

HAHAHA no to big house in Mayfair :)

We have other housemates who are not overtly feminist yet bwahaha

Mind? Mind? Pah! We won't give them the chance to argue will give them sixpence and send them to the cinema.

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 28/03/2011 17:24

don't you have other flatmates who would mind or are they all feminists?

is it one of those big houses in Mayfair and you are squatters?
is SteamedTreacleSponge a secret aristocrat?

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 28/03/2011 16:43

I know, I have been mentally measuring the house to work out how many MNers we could fit in! Pushchairs etc might be a bit of a problem though (unless we chuck all the kids in the garden to fight play nicely).

Prolesworth · 28/03/2011 09:55

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steamedtreaclesponge · 28/03/2011 09:46

I think we should definitely do our own thing. And I wasn't joking about potentially using our house... although if a thousand of you want to come we'd definitely have a problem!

LeninGrad · 25/03/2011 19:22

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