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Feminist Pub 17: The Bluestocking frolics in the fells and fens of feminism

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 07/02/2015 19:25

This is the 17th incarnation of the Feminist Pub!

Here be goats, cannons and chat on feminism and related themes. Also snacks. And booze, copious booze.

Welcome!

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SoMuchForSubtlety · 16/03/2015 20:02

Goat poo and shotgun ammunition - both called pellets. Coincidence or not? The English language is practically insisting we utilise the goat in a wider-than-originally-planned defensive apacity!

BuffyEpistemiwhatsit · 16/03/2015 19:45

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MsDragons · 16/03/2015 19:26

Well done Annie! Grin Grin Grin

kickassangel · 16/03/2015 19:26

For as long as there are targets and a goat, there will be ammunition. You can, pretty much fire anything out of a cannon as long as you have explosive. So, goat turds aplenty to fire at the butts of patriarchy. From one butt to another.

ISaySteadyOn · 16/03/2015 19:07

Well, I have that to look forward to Grin.

We must still have a cannon, we need it. The only question is whether we've run out of ammunition for it.

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 16/03/2015 19:04
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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 16/03/2015 19:02

If my school librarian had looked like that...

No, never mind. You won't have seen "Fear, Itself" yet.

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OublietteBravo · 16/03/2015 19:02

I think Demonic Hyenas would be a great name for a band.

I've always thought Quantitative Easing would be a fab name for a racehorse

OublietteBravo · 16/03/2015 18:59

Can I have the spot nearest the fire this evening? The heating is broken at work and my office was hovering around the 15C mark today.

Congratulations Annie - awesome news on the job front.

Should we fire the cannon to celebrate (do we still have a cannon)?

ISaySteadyOn · 16/03/2015 18:48

I have to say the vampire makeup is a little cheesy. Also, if my high school library looked like that, I'd never have left it.

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 16/03/2015 18:43

Marvellous, well done.

I think if I'd been as feminist when I first watched The Pack as I am now, I'd've given up on Buffy. Which would've been bad and wrong. Grin

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ISaySteadyOn · 16/03/2015 18:40

Is the pack the one with demonic hyenas? If so, my inner feminist sat on my inner teenager and explained what was wrong to her.

Incidentally, wouldn't Demonic Hyenas be a good band name?

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 16/03/2015 18:24

ISSO, your inner teenager might need to tie your inner feminist down during The Pack...

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BrightBlowsTheBroom · 16/03/2015 18:06

I had a misplaced apostrophe ' "my mother in law's antipathy" - which has lessened towards me but remains solid in relation to Mothers' Day.

UptoapointLordCopper · 16/03/2015 17:59

I never lie about food to the kids. I sometimes hide things but then always disclose it during the meal so people have a chance to object. Makes life jolly difficult for me. Hmm

Goat is defensive and doubles as recycling centre.

Can't stand mother's day but do it for MIL.

StillLostAtTheStation · 16/03/2015 17:57

Fish should have rights. I'm serious. Factory farmed salmon conditions are appalling. If you enjoy salmon buy wild salmon.

StillLostAtTheStation · 16/03/2015 17:55

And second, why does it seem that mothers are pedestalised and reviled at the same time?

I think that explains my, my mother's and my mother in laws' antipathy to Mother's Day. Appreciate us every day (or don't ) but a bunch of flowers and a card on one day is either unnecessary or too little.

SoMuchForSubtlety · 16/03/2015 17:51

I rewatched lots of Buffy while I was stuck on the sofa feeding tiny DD while on maternity leave. It's great.

SoMuchForSubtlety · 16/03/2015 17:49

Technically squid is fish I think? The magic part might be a teeny lie though.

Although there is no such thing as a fish. Conflating all non-mammal non-amphibian things that live in water into one category is like having one word for all land animals. A form of habitat bias, if you like. Not that the fish particularly care about this erosion of their nominative rights I suspect...

I vaguely recall that the goat was a mascot with defensive abilities but I'm not sure.

ISaySteadyOn · 16/03/2015 17:33

Late to the party, but yay for Annie!
As to domestic appliances, you can take my washing machine over my dead body. DS has just spent a happy 5 minutes throwing all the dirty clothes on the kitchen floor while singing to himself.

On wildly differing notes, first, I have just begun watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (only on series 1) on Netflix only what 20 years late? And I love it. My inner teenage girl kind of fancies Xander a bit which makes sense given that my teenage self resembled Willow without the hacking skills.

And second, why does it seem that mothers are pedestalised and reviled at the same time?

StormyBrid · 16/03/2015 17:22

Can I recommend not lying about what food is? It can backfire badly - I was so pissed off about being lied to that I refused to eat leeks for twenty five years after the Welsh vegetables incident.

PuffinsAreFictitious · 16/03/2015 16:53

The goat is like a regimental goat, isn't she?

PuffinsAreFictitious · 16/03/2015 16:53

Copper depends how well you carry off deeply patronising. Grin

AnnieLobeseder · 16/03/2015 16:47

I can't remember why we have a goat either. Confused

UptoapointLordCopper · 16/03/2015 16:26

Going to try grilling squid.

OK I'll stop obsessing about squid now.