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Feminist Pub 16: where the Bluestockings develop armoured stockings to deal with the thousand paper cuts

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FibonacciSeries · 14/01/2015 12:39

Carry on.

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HouseWhereNobodyLives · 06/02/2015 20:52

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PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:47

Three times.Grin

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:47

I have just learned that brontosaraus never existed Sad

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:47

I have just learned that brontosaraus never existed Sad

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:47

I have just learned that brontosaraus never existed Sad

kickassangel · 06/02/2015 20:44

me, I spend so long looking for things to be offended by that I exhaust myself.

PetulaGordino · 06/02/2015 16:38

I'm a spittle-flecked furious feminist most of the time Grin

SconeRhymesWithGone · 06/02/2015 16:37

That video brings a new dimension to the notion of "pearl clutching." Grin

UptoapointLordCopper · 06/02/2015 16:23

LOL. Whereas feminists are not concerned about anything at all. Oh no.

kickassangel · 06/02/2015 15:53
PetulaGordino · 06/02/2015 14:09

i probably shouldn't, but i have to laugh at the name. they can't even admit that they might express an emotion beyond anything other than the stereotypically ladylike "concerned"

SconeRhymesWithGone · 06/02/2015 14:04

I haven't seen Frozen, but yeah, if it's got Concerned Women for America pissed off, then I will appreciate it on principle. They are an avowed anti-feminist organization that was established specifically as a counterpoint to the National Organization for Women. One of their latest forays is to try to stop a proposed National Women's History Museum in Washington.

PetulaGordino · 06/02/2015 12:57

i don't by any means think that frozen is perfect or that it doesn't perpetuate some dodgy stuff, but if it's upsetting sexist fold then that's fine by me Grin

LightningOnlyStrikesOnce · 06/02/2015 12:31

You've just talked me into getting frozen. I was avoiding it: I avoid any modern disney thing until its proven. Yay consumerism (my poor deprived dd). I loved that fox news link, brilliantly written.

Artifexmumdi · 06/02/2015 12:19

Ah, the snow golem thing is too scary for my littlies so our current crack is Team Umizoomi.

See what you mean about Brave though.

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 06/02/2015 11:48

Maybe because Frozen is like toddler crack? DS adores it, knows it word for word and sleeps with a toy Olaf every night.

Hi enormouse. That thread is horrible.

Oh my word kickass that's brilliant, and also A LOT of stairs.

After all the talk of treadmills I managed to fall over while out running. Damage seems to be limited to my pride.

LurcioAgain · 06/02/2015 11:46

Artifex - it's because Brave could be dismissed as "she's just a tomboy." Frozen explicitly contrasts bad and good male behaviour, so it's much more threatening to a certain type of man - it's saying "Look, even Disney's telling you you shouldn't draw women in by being all over them in a display of false emotion, then turning out to be an abusive arsehole once you think you've got 'em trapped."

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 11:45

Probably.

Plus there aren't really any men in Brave. There's the King and the triplets. But the main baddies are female too.

Artifexmumdi · 06/02/2015 11:41

I wonder why so many people struggle to understand that other people have different experiences from them and why they often seem to be so threatened by that fact.

I read that about Frozen. I do wonder though why Brave doesn't freak them out more. Is it because Frozen was more of a box office success?

Enormouse · 06/02/2015 11:35

Just making a brief excursion to the pub to thank everyone that came onto that thread and the webchat one. Smile. And thanks to those that reminded me there are some posters that can't be reasoned with.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 11:09

My poor poor son. How on earth will he grow into a good and balanced man with shit like Frozen telling him men are useless.

FFS. I am starting to wonder whether Fox news is some form of complex and long running April fool's joke that will one day be revealed. As I was saying when we were in Birmingham recently. It's a no go area as I non Muslim I tell you Hmm

FloraFox · 06/02/2015 11:08

Here's an interesting article about arch MRA Paul Elam:

www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/how-mens-rights-leader-paul-elam-turned-being-a-deadbeat-dad#.teObeNaDY

What a hypocrite.

UptoapointLordCopper · 06/02/2015 10:47

It was a SAHM friend who commented yesterday on how easy my life was that nearly made me go over the edge ... But I'm not discriminating. I hate everyone, SAH or otherwise. Grin

Artifexmumdi · 06/02/2015 10:44

-Offers +5 Clue Dagger to Upto