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Manchester based publicly funded arts centre offers Glitter Tit painting for self-identified women

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OrchidInTheSun · 20/01/2019 17:02

Owl and Coconut is a Mindful Arts centre in Manchester funded by the Big Lottery, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Santander, Manchester City Council and the Manchester Wellbeing Fund. They have advertised a session using your tits to make glitter paintings as an empowering workshop.

They apparently deleted their post on twitter advertising the session because they were overwhelmed by the number of responses they were getting.

There is a screenshot though.

Twitter would like to know what safeguarding they have in place for an event where women are exposing their breasts and making art with them alongside self-identified women. They haven't responded.

Also I'm not sure how putting glitter on your tits is empowering.

Manchester based publicly funded arts centre offers Glitter Tit painting for self-identified women
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MillytantForceit · 08/02/2019 10:41

I am a badger who identifies as a beaver.

Popchyk · 08/02/2019 10:34

Nah, then you'd get the neo-Beaver crowd in.

With beavers that look remarkably like bio-cocks.

TinselAngel · 08/02/2019 10:26

A "Beavers only" rule would be a good way of ensuring an event was for actual females. Wink

MillytantForceit · 08/02/2019 10:21

Beavers Lego(ver) Fun Day?

Popchyk · 08/02/2019 10:12

Beavers fun day. Grin

Etino · 08/02/2019 09:59

The twitter link has gone and there’s this suggested event... 😂

Manchester based publicly funded arts centre offers Glitter Tit painting for self-identified women
littlbrowndog · 08/02/2019 09:58

Yeah ordinary women
Home from work pick up kids make tea walk dog blah blah but on no
I think will pay £22 and glitter up my boobies as they call them
Then a chat about slut shaming
But why is glittering up your boobies a fun thing

Popchyk · 08/02/2019 09:49

"All you have to do to get in is say that you 'identify as a woman' and then you get to listen to women talking about their experiences of being 'slutty'"?

No, you can simply say that you are non-binary.

Then you don't need to bother with the lippy.

Redshoeblueshoe · 08/02/2019 09:47

I'm a transMancunian I think I might have to move

RockyFlintstone · 08/02/2019 09:41

This week's theme is going to be about SLUT-SHAMING. We are going to discuss and share with each-other our thoughts and experiences. We can also share about any other shame we've experienced linked with Womanhood.

Oh my god this is a pervert's dream!

All you have to do to get in is say that you 'identify as a woman' and then you get to listen to women talking about their experiences of being 'slutty'?

😂

MiddleAgeRage · 08/02/2019 09:40

"Fancy dressing boobies" as "an act of contesting" shame. What a pile of steaming horse shit.

TinselAngel · 08/02/2019 09:36

It all sounds very itchy.

Needmoresleep · 08/02/2019 09:33

Is this sort of event commmon in Manchester? Why?

the North is different isn't it

Popchyk · 08/02/2019 09:25

Yeah, the Chorlton one states twice on Twitter that it is for females only.

Then later on the link to the event:

This workshop is for women, trans and non-binary people who want to celebrate their feminity.
Only 10 spaces avaiable

Entry: 22£

I mean Christ, that's just terrible.

£22?

SwayingInTime · 08/02/2019 09:17

The life drawing class were very keen to state that it was for females (twice!) But they you click through and it's all loosey goosey...

littlbrowndog · 08/02/2019 09:16

Why just why
Everyone knows that glitter is a beastly fecker that stays around for ever

Melroses · 08/02/2019 09:04

There is a lot of vegan stuff going on at that place, along with the life drawing...…..Hmm

Melroses · 08/02/2019 08:59

Goodness, that sounds even more pervy than the first one, with all the sharing your slut shaming stuff. Not even any Prosecco for anaesthetic.

Is Goddes a non-binary Goddess/God or a typo?

SwayingInTime · 08/02/2019 00:10

Has it maybe just moved?
manchester.carpe-diem.events/calendar/9531217-valentines-special-breast-fancy-dressing-at-boho-utopia/

But some confusion with affiliates about the nature of the audience maybe?

RockyFlintstone · 07/02/2019 11:11

Oh...

feelingverylazytoday · 07/02/2019 11:01

Lol this is funny. It reminds me of the painted ladies feature on the 10 minute preview of the old Adult channel. I bet some of these numpties think women really do this kind if thing in real life.

Popchyk · 07/02/2019 09:45

A lot of people on Twitter referred to their Mindfulness for Men events (note that they state that these events are open to men, not self-identifying men). It is telling that even now they haven't changed the title of those events. Despite their "inclusion" stance.

But Owl and Coconut were unable to provide an explanation for that.

I do wish that one day somebody somewhere would try to provide an explanation as to why men are men but women are self-identifying women. I've not heard an explanation yet.

RomanticFatigue · 07/02/2019 09:31

Maybe they didn't have as much interested from us wimmin as they expected.
Incidentally, did anyone call them out on their Men Only events?

Marylou2 · 07/02/2019 09:20

I live near Manchester so I’ll pop along and get the double Gs out. There’ll be no glitter left for anyone else 😆

Melroses · 07/02/2019 09:17

Maybe you haven’t drunk all of it yet? There might be a crate or two left.

I did have a look through the website to see if Jess’s friends had any influence, it being in Manchester and all that, the centre of naked veganism as it looked right up their street.

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