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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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Floisme · 20/01/2019 17:47

It does sound as if the event is for transwomen. I've no problem with that, just as long as they extend the same courtesy to women.

userschmoozer · 20/01/2019 17:44

Can you imagine after you've finished painting, you have to clan up as best you can with some wet wipes. You have to put your painty glittery moobs/tits back in their clothes. You grab your damp glittery painting, and go home on the bus, breathing proseco over your fellow passengers and trying not to smear paint on them or ruin your handywork.
They just don't think these things through.

AncientLights · 20/01/2019 17:34

Having owned a pair of breasts (my own, that is, not ones off the internet) for ooh, 40ish years now, I have zero interest in making 'art' with them. I think the clue is in the 'self-identified' bit - it's for men.

Winterlight · 20/01/2019 17:30

Hate to be a killjoy but scientists are calling for the banning of glitter as it is a micro plastic and very harmful to the environment.

So may pose a bit of an ethical dilemma for our Green self-ID friends.

sackrifice · 20/01/2019 17:28

This just sounds like an excuse for men to perve on women's breasts.

Melroses · 20/01/2019 17:25

Empowerment? Someone on twitter suggested that they had misspelt 'arousal'

Popchyk · 20/01/2019 17:17

They may as well stick a PERVERTS WELCOME - NO QUESTIONS ASKED on the front door of the venue.

The wording (for all self-identifying women) makes it sound like it is for biological males only anyways.

It is the kind of thing that Waxmyballs would turn up at and then sue them if he got turned away. And, knowing that, this shower would ensure that they would never challenge someone like Waxmyballs. They would just meekly let him in.

Singlenotsingle · 20/01/2019 17:13
Biscuit
Katispancuddly · 20/01/2019 17:12

DD1 just said "you better not be thinking of going mum, it sounds like something you'd Do! "

Cheek

Katispancuddly · 20/01/2019 17:11

Ah
The old whop out your boobs for booze chestnut.

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