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Bluestocking lock in!

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QuentinSummers · 29/01/2018 22:00

Posted a whole thing on the last thread and it was locked!

Last thread here
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3062013-The-Bluestocking-is-open-for-business
Here's my post replying to Moth
Thats an interesting article moth. Best not on the board or MRAs would be all over it!
I was wondering today, hopefully, if the news about darts getting rid of the girls means the overton window is shifting and maybe p0rn will become less acceptable?
If not all this hooha about F1 girls and the presidents club is just tinkering on the edges.

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53rdWay · 29/03/2018 23:05

I am still disappointed that Bombay Sapphire isn’t that actual colour.

SpringNowPlease2018 · 29/03/2018 22:53

Oh I nearly forgot

Was given a bottle of Bombay Sapphire today, let's make cocktails! I actually don't know much about this, I'm a vodka person. Gorgeous bottle though.

SpringNowPlease2018 · 29/03/2018 22:20

53rdWay

I could not cope with all that.

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QuentinSummers · 29/03/2018 10:38

So now we have “feminist” discussions that are all about how feminism is doing things wrong, and which of us can feel the sorriest about it, without ever making any concrete plans for action or change

I know exactly what you mean. When did feminism become so self obsessed? It's tedious. Blah.

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53rdWay · 29/03/2018 10:27

Not sure what they believe, to be honest. Don’t get the sense there’s much of a framework underneath it if that makes sense? It’s more like, I have been told there is one correct way to be a feminist/progressive and this is it and any dissent from this is right-wing and bad bad bad.

So now we have “feminist” discussions that are all about how feminism is doing things wrong, and which of us can feel the sorriest about it, without ever making any concrete plans for action or change.

SpringNowPlease2018 · 28/03/2018 22:53

Hmm
So they believe in the feelz? The thing I tried to say to one friend was that even if she believes in the feelz, that shouldn't alter or impact on things like public spaces. She hadn't heard of Tara Hudson or any other prominent and problematic types.

53rdWay · 28/03/2018 22:43

Oh, and we can’t even discuss gender without endless references to Trans Identities Are Valid either. Why are young women buying this shit? What does that even mean?

53rdWay · 28/03/2018 22:41

Well that’s the thing, I think they are in many ways - like if I was to say “hey my son wants to wear pink, should I stop him?” they’d call that out for the nonsense it is. But you say “women are oppressed because of our biology” and it’s like a warning siren goes off.

SpringNowPlease2018 · 28/03/2018 22:35

Oh no 53rdWay

No one gender critical at all?

53rdWay · 28/03/2018 21:20

Hello I have been talking about gender in the offline world and now I REALLY need a drink.

SpringNowPlease2018 · 28/03/2018 18:33

I really want to live in a woman only commune.

Well, always have wanted that, but even more so now.

Would a nunnery consider me? do you have to have years of regular church attendance under your belt? I suppose you do.

BeUpStanding · 28/03/2018 11:47

Mouth I'd love to hear more of your yarns!

Am I right in thinking you're a man in a frock? Apologies if not... It's dark in here and I haven't got my glasses on. Can I pour you a drink?

SpringNowPlease2018 · 28/03/2018 11:12

need another coffee before doing dull household tasks, then a long shift tomorrow

The forecast for Easter seems to be rain rain and rain....I knew it would be but it's still kind of a bummer.

Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 27/03/2018 09:19

Morning

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QuentinSummers · 27/03/2018 07:14

Ooh chatty in here. A bit early for wine sadly but Brew

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Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 27/03/2018 00:08

Hell, it's all true. There is lot more too, I've been around the world.......

hipsterfun · 26/03/2018 23:51

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Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 26/03/2018 23:27

I arrived at HMS Dauntless in 1981, the day Bobby Sands died, which was a collection of dilapidated 2nd world war Nissan huts near Reading to be chased and bullied around in the sports fields and parade grounds by the most beautiful bunch of butch lesbians you could imagine. It was fun. They let us off when we climbed over the fence and legged it into the village for a pint or a gin and lime.

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fascinated · 26/03/2018 22:00

This is it. What’s WRONG with men in dresses? They need to own it!

Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 26/03/2018 21:54

Totally. I remember in the 1980s when an RFA ship came in to a port I was working in, a bunch of guys would get their dresses on and sit at the bar waiting for the men who liked men in dresses to drop by, and no -one batted a lash.

fascinated · 26/03/2018 21:49

Well exactly, who does care. It’s ridiculous that people do!

Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 26/03/2018 21:46

Fascinated, hello, I don't pop by often for a drink, I'm normally irritating people on the threads. I realise I've become rather mannish over the years of working in male dominated sectors. Or maybe I was always mannish having grown up with three brothers.

Who cares.

ISaySteadyOn · 26/03/2018 21:18

Good points, Assassinated and Tallulah. Thank you! Knew I could count on the patrons of the Bluestocking.

fascinated · 26/03/2018 21:02

Hi all! May I please join you for a drink? Off the alcohol at the moment, got any hot chocolate or a nice cup of tea? Some of you may have seen my postings - I dived in at the deep end after lurking for ages as I was so riled about all of this trans nonsense but I’ve just realised that perhaps I have breached etiquette by failing to properly introduce myself... apologies for that!

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