Small feminist acts

I always put extra sanpro in the food bank parcels, instead of the piddly little single boxes of pantyliners the male volunteers always put in, even after I've explained.

I've started really checking my use of gendered criticism, and I deliberately avoid calling women hysterical.

Always cross out gender and replace with sex on forms.

I'm implementing a new 'off the peg' IT project and have left the standard issue 'gender' field unused in favour of a new , custom field "sex". Also replaced 'maiden name' with 'previous name'.

Love it. It’s small wins but very satisfying

Nice to see a fellow woman in tech.

It's women who criticise other women. Most "womens magazines" are not only edited by other women, but full of articles body shaming their own readers.

That's what happens when you live in a structurally sexist society (patriarchy). It affects everything, not least how members of the oppressed class interact with each other as opposed to how they interact with the dominant class and how the dominant class interacts with them.

Quite outing but I input sports results/tables for newspapers. I always put women's tables above the men's tables.

My tiny bit of activism - I do my best to stick up 10 Fair Play for Women postcards every day whilst I am out and about (always have a pile ready to post up in my handbag).

That's brilliant, well done

Excellent ideas on here. They are reminding me that I must get back to some more. My favourite recent one was sending a mailing of 300ish letters to person name unknown, so I addressed them 50/50 to dear madam or sir, vs dear sir or madam.

I'm implementing a new 'off the peg' IT project and have left the standard issue 'gender' field unused in favour of a new , custom field "sex". Also replaced 'maiden name' with 'previous name'.

I've introduced my whole team at work to the concept of not giving way to men in the street and have been loving their response to it.

I challenge every use of 'bossy', 'feisty' and other terms typically used only in relation to women.

I use female pronouns for all the animal characters in the children's books I have to read

That's no better than defaulting to all male.

It's women who criticise other women. Most "womens magazines" are not only edited by other women, but full of articles body shaming their own readers.

In the context of clothes, looks, fashion mags etc, women have been conditioned under the patriarchy to criticise each other for not conforming. Where does the body shaming ultimately come from and for? Who does it serve?

The male gaze.

I use female pronouns for all the animal characters in the children's books I have to read.

And refer to god as "she" and "mother"

It's women who criticise other women

This!

I’ve also started challenging anecdotes about bossy/stroppy/crazy women. like a man would usually covers it.

I agree op, life is a series of small decisions and every one counts. I always vote for women whenever possible, whether it's for government or just a committee, if there is a suitable female representative they get my vote.

I no longer move aside / change my course / swerve on the street to get out of the way for a Man going Somewhere Important. It amazes me how much it shocks them and I always give myself a little fist pump

My point exactly. You picked "just one".

Please list, with annotations, the "media" you have referred to earlier.

Ive got my guides to sing sisterhood instead of brotherhood during our opening song.

I encouraged/insisted DH watched the womens rugby on tv with DD (he loves watching men play rugby) they both really enjoyed it, shame it’s only the highlights but better than nothing.

"We have been taught to be critical of eachother by man and their media"

OP. It may have escaped your attention that the editors of virtually all major fashion/lifestyle magazines which women buy are actually women. Not men.

It's women who criticise other women. Most "womens magazines" are not only edited by other women, but full of articles body shaming their own readers.

Your list of things femenist should do is frankly embarrassing.

Great thread.

Not apologising (for being female).

As a Cub Leader, Complimenting girls on the efforts and achievements, not their looks, encouraging them to become sixers (team leaders), consciously not picking boys over girls. Encouraging resilience in girls.

At work I insist that the minutes of all meetings refer to the chairperson, that people are referred to by first name surname (no reference to marital status as irrelevant to meetings - for some reason men were being referred to as John Smith and women as Mrs/Miss Smith ) and that all policies and procedures refer to he or she (not just he throughout).
My tiny bit of activism - I do my best to stick up 10 Fair Play for Women postcards every day whilst I am out and about (always have a pile ready to post up in my handbag).
I ask my suppliers about their gender pay gap and let them know that it influences my decisions and I actively put work to those who have women in senior positions.