Bluestocking lock in!

He's snp so there's no hope really...

Oh I'll be interested to know how the appointment goes

My MP doesn't want to talk about it but he's Tory and I get the impression, from MN, that they are stopping to think....!

spring you sing beautifully i am tone deaf

It was male/female/other blah blah (cant remember)/none or prefer not to say on the more depressing/up side it was an appallingly written feedback survey in other ways too survey monkey is sooooo easy to use & still they will generate fairly useless data

I have an appointment with my msp next week & am worried i will either mumble incoherently or rant...

Waddle, the only qualifications are
a) admire my dire singing
b) admire my bottle of Bombay Sapphire

That's awful. Did they have a biological sex and gender question?

I had to fill in forms for training at work and it was "do you feel that your gender aligns with your biological sex" or something. Apart from anything else, it had as much relevance for the training as asking me "do you prefer deep house or acid house".

I dont feel qualified to be here but I need somewhere to say that I filled in feedback for the edinburgh science festival today & they asked my gender the science fucking festival! They probably regret the comment box now

Gin for all

It's actually been a daily treat for a while now.

Passes all round

It's been a hell of a day.

IW madness. Julia whatsithername has been an unexpected delight

James Kirkup - liking him lots. Might even consider a Spectator sub, I listen to the podcast but Fraser Nelson's voice - oh Lordy, it's a crime against humanity

Proof that I hang out here too much

Autocorrect just changed "there" to "theorem"

She sure did! (Although you wouldn't think so - the convicted assaulter is somehow also claiming victory ) But you can't help the delusional.

So Maria won the court case then? Thats good news

Yup a glass for Maria!

Not sure if she prefers or but the verdict is some positive news in the face of so much

Feeling really disillusioned with everything at the moment - I'm not very good at playing nice so I feel like I should keep off the boards but then I get at the self censoring, so I shall just hang out in the pub with all you lovely women and all the lovely booze.

Cheers m'dears!

I'm still feeling sad they hid the board.
Women know your place
Me too. But on the plus sideto Maria.
Also managed to peak trans my physio today. Hes a really good man. He was shocked about all this SI stuff, had no idea. He said he will sign the petition and hopefully get others to sign too. Nearly 10000 ! Happy friday !

To Maria!

Yay! Cheers everyone

Happy Friday. Very please for Maria MacLachlan. That must have been an awful experience - but she got a conviction.

So I'll drink a toast to Maria.

Let's celebrate. It's still illegal to give gender-critical women a public smacking, ww3 hasn't started yet, and it's the weekend.

Hi Anita first one's on me!

Yup, it absolutely is a backlash and yes it's a clever one to boot as you point out, wrapped up with a glittery pink bow...

Evening.

Solidarity Katara

Really feeling there's a backlash against women - but it's a clever backlash. It's only some of us. The ones who'd quite like some rights left at the end of 2018. Sigh.

Barkeep, I need the stupid of the world to go away (even if it's just for a little while) so that'll be a double Dark&Stormy for me and what ever anyone else here is having...

Hi Just marking place for tomorrow. Will have a good read tomorrow - I keep seeing you and losing you again. FWR is so fast moving right now.

Agree, consent issues are a huge concern now.

Oh dear
It does feel like doom and gloom and I can't cheer it up

I've just been out with a group which included a woman I've met once or twice, friend of a friend, always thought she seemed nice.

Tonight she said to me that she thinks feminists are ridiculous and she worries that women are starting to treat men very badly and they shouldn't complain about things like a "harmless" kiss at a work party etc. I changed the subject. Ugh.

Yes, but I am reading that thread and I came across DARVO. Oh my goodness, this describes what stbxh tried to do and to some extent succeeded.

Knowledge is power, if you cannot name a behaviour, you cannot condemn or challenge it. That to me has been the most important thing and this is one more bit of the puzzle.

I have avoided all of the press about the Ulster case, there is a backlash against women, particularly when it comes to rape and sexual abuse. There are very important issues of consent being eroded.

I am on the gin tonight, I think

Best not say really.

I hate saying this on MN but I half wonder if I should come off MN. Makes it sound like an addiction, oops.

Sometimes it's great though.

How's everyone doing anyway?