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WPUK: A Woman’s Place Is Fighting Back: Cornwall

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Writersblock2 · 13/04/2018 17:53

WPUK as events continue to take place across the U.K.
Save the date for Cornwall

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ArtemisRhodes · 14/04/2018 17:16

I wonder what TRA groups there are in Cornwall? Because the instant they hear where it is they will start harassing the venue.

I don't know if you know this but when they are done harassing one venue, they also harass every other possible venue in the immediate vicinity, warning that IF they were to accept a booking from AWP or Venice Allan, the venue will be subjected to picketing/protesting etc and also that they will tell all their friends locally never to use that venue again for anything.

And that is how they get their way.

Ereshkigal · 14/04/2018 14:52

Thank you Distaff!

DistaffSide · 14/04/2018 14:42

Raininsummer good plan. Ereshkigal wow, would love to meet you, always enjoy your posts.

Ereshkigal · 14/04/2018 13:42

Wow, a Saturday! It's not local but would make a lovely weekend break and I have family in Weymouth. Might consider going.

RaininSummer · 14/04/2018 12:44

Keen to make a plan to meet up before and after if possible.

DistaffSide · 14/04/2018 12:35

Now that is a good idea.....

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Writersblock2 · 14/04/2018 11:03

Excellent! We should all meet up for a drink afterwards!

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UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 14/04/2018 10:26

I'll be there if I can, I'm very supportive of what WPUK are doing and how they conduct themselves.

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Writersblock2 · 14/04/2018 09:55

Bump

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Writersblock2 · 14/04/2018 01:23

Haha. Can certainly have a Mumsnet signal if you want one. Would be great to see the event well attended - there isn’t much openly radfem activity down here. Maybe it will be the start.

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DistaffSide · 13/04/2018 23:14

I think commute is just about doable for me and I'll be getting my ticket early. Do we have a secret mn sign? A pom bear tucked discreetly in a lapel?

RaininSummer · 13/04/2018 23:12

Cornwall. Brilliant. Hope its not too far for me this time. Considered Cardiff but couldn't do it on a work day.

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Writersblock2 · 13/04/2018 22:34

And I can’t believe in my excitement I left the date off here! Yes, Saturday 9 June!
Expect to see some people from across the tamar too!

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Writersblock2 · 13/04/2018 22:33

It’s a Save the Date, so details will follow.

Disstaffside It’s exactly like that, and not just with WPUK - since women have become more aware of the proposed changes to legislation, loads of groups have been springing up. There’s a vast network beavering away to get the job done.

Women are brilliant. :)

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DistaffSide · 13/04/2018 22:08

9th June, it's on the WP UK Website.

'A Woman's Place is Fighting Back'

Trumpdump · 13/04/2018 21:58

What's the date? Smile

DistaffSide · 13/04/2018 21:49

This is brilliant news! Any announcement on speakers or is it just the date?

Bear with me for this weird analogy: but these meetings springing up everywhere makes me think of mushrooms. They pop up out of the soil but the mushroom you see is just the productive part that spreads its spores to create new mushroom colonies. What you don't see are the vast networks of tiny threads (mycelium) running through the soil that are the main part of the organism. So, you can knock down and jump on the mushrooms, but you never know when that vast underground matrix might make the next mushroom pop up out of the ground into the light!

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Pirrip · 13/04/2018 21:35

Excellent news Smile

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