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Womens Place Newcastle

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Ingsoc · 30/03/2018 18:05

New to mumsnet, terrified.

Anyone going?

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PositivelyPERF · 30/03/2018 20:27

Oh dear.

Womens Place Newcastle
LangCleg · 30/03/2018 20:24

No problem. I've a ticket for sale if anyone wants it.

Hmm.

No offence, Ingsoc, but you went from "I'm terrified" to "how dare you not rush to welcome me" to "I have a ticket if you give me your private details" in ten seconds flat.

If you know enough to worry about your job, you also know enough to work out that women here are leery of infiltrating TRAs who want to doxx them.

"sisters"

Sorry, but that's what my son would call an oops what a giveaway.

HerFemaleness · 30/03/2018 20:17

I've got my ticket, can't wait.

AsAProfessionalFekko · 30/03/2018 20:13

Was it a budgie?

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 20:08

I'm fact now I'm even more sure of my spider senses tingling..... "sister's"......

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 20:07

Ingsoc

What?? I welcomed you and you've said your going 3 times now...... Fgs, if you have any awareness whatsoever you'd understand why we are being reticent, tra's are spying on us!!

vicviking · 30/03/2018 19:53

I think our queries were valid. Your statements were very misleading and potentially damaging. Remember this issue is bigger than a mumsnet thread so if you are truly gender critical then hang onto your ticket.

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Ingsoc · 30/03/2018 19:48

No I am gone. Horrific welcome to an older rad fem. I will not be replying any more. Sleep well "sisters"

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PlectrumElectrum · 30/03/2018 19:47

I've been to 2 meetings. 1st had a last minute venue and we were able to get in & out at a different entrance to the very small but noisy protesters. The 2nd, there were police there when we arrived keeping the protesters 'in line' so again, noisy but kept apart. It was the same exiting.

It is nerve wracking but I'm sure the organisers let the police know well in advance so that they can attend to help maintain order. I highly recommend going as on both occasions the highlight for me was meeting, talking & connecting with other women, and feeling less isolated in my concerns.

I guarantee you'll leave feeling inspired & really determined to do more.

Trumpdump · 30/03/2018 19:40

I'm from this area, but I can't make this meting. That said, Newcastle is a very safe city. If a man attacked a woman in the street ( like Speakers Corner), I am sure that bystanders would step in.

All of the trans people I know in the region are against self-id. They are much more old-school.

I realize that I'm generalizing of course, but I'm just trying to give a local perspective on things.

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 19:39

Ingsoc

Then welcome Flowers, lots of excellent discussion on here to be had!

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Ingsoc · 30/03/2018 19:35

terragette I'm new to mumsnet not to radical feminism.

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Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 19:32

DaisyDrip

No, my bites are strictly reserved for tra's, and if the newbie is on our side they will only get fluffy cuddles and high fives......

DaisyDrip · 30/03/2018 19:24

Terfragette69 I would expect nothing less, added to which TRA's deserve to be bitten Grin You're not going to bite someone like the OP who is on 'our side' once you realise and accept that though are you? lol

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 19:20

DaisyDrip

Speak for yourself lol..... I am solid hard nosed radical feminist all through........ Tra's beware.... I Do bite!

DaisyDrip · 30/03/2018 19:17

Ingsoc Don't be terrified and don't take the questioning to heart. MN gets 'ploppers' who just appear from nowhere, cause mayhem then leave. The idea I suppose is to divide and conquer. The posters here may have tough exteriors but most have marshmallow interiors. Grin

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Ingsoc · 30/03/2018 19:15

No problem. I've a ticket for sale if anyone wants it.

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vicviking · 30/03/2018 19:13

Lol. Let's hope it snows then. Northern lasses will be out and no troublemakers will travel north of Derby Smile

DaisyDrip · 30/03/2018 19:12

AsAProfessionalFekko Quite! I'm a Geordie but don't live in Newcastle now. I do still live in the NE though.

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 19:11

Ingsoc

Because you're new you probably don't yet understand just how underhand some tra's are being, Mumsnet is being targeted by these imbeciles so we are right to be wary. Go to the meeting if you want but if you are genuinely scared for your job then you need to be sure. As I and others have said, we don't yet know of anyone who has lost their job because of going to a meeting. So personally I wouldn't worry.

AsAProfessionalFekko · 30/03/2018 19:10

The won't dare attack geordie lasses.

DaisyDrip · 30/03/2018 19:09

OO - I'm in the NE. I wonder if I could get to Newcastle that night.

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Ingsoc · 30/03/2018 19:06

No the OP isn't scaremongering. The OP is new to mumsnet. Dont't worry I am still going to the meeting, I just genuinely wanted to connect with others who were going. Never mind. This will be my last post on this thread. I wish you all well.

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PleaseDontGoadTheToad · 30/03/2018 18:53

Well if the OP is scaremongering then it hasn't work as I'm probably still going to go.

Terfragette69 · 30/03/2018 18:51

vicviking

That's what I was thinking. I'd go but it's too far for me. Will be going to the next one in North West.