Happy International Women’s Day

Hi OP. You lucky bugger, having a trip! I hope you had a lovely time chatting with DD about IWD. And thank you for starting this thread.

I sent one of littlebrowndogs pictures to some friends .... a few replied as we are here. Radio silence from others which is a little disappointing but hey ho. I'm trying to assume that in these cases people are still lurkers and watching what's going on. If just one person sits up and says "What the F?!" that's a great thing.

I tell you what though .... my feet are getting very itchy these days. Wouldn't it be wonderful if in the not too distant future there was a march ...

I came in our stair door an£ held it open for a delivery guy

He said happy women’s day. I was dead chuffed

Never had anyone say that before

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I didn't know we could have a paper version. Excellent I'll also request one and do the same.

Yet another set of emails away to my MSPs today about the Hate Crime Bill & I’ve taken my photo to send to the FWS virtual protest.

I love the pic littlbrowndog posted above 💪💪💪

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Happy International Women's Day. You're all so wonderful. I appreciate the work done on this board more than I can say.

Can I ask a favour? Are any of you openly GC on Facebook? A friend of a friend of mine runs a business which supports vulnerable new mums (among other women) through singing groups. It's a wonderful business run by someone properly decent and caring. Except she's very much going down the route of 'what is a woman? etc' They've just put up a long post for IWD discussing just that. I would LOVE to put a comment on their post which is polite but tackles what they're saying and talks about the harm done by that position but I really can't because of the work I do. I don't want them being attacked in any way (but I don't believe that's how people behave on the gc side otherwise I wouldn't be posting this here). This is someone kind who really means well and is genuinely striving to be welcoming and inclusive, but equally they'll be letting down the vulnerable women they work with if they go down this route. I think if there were several comments on their post sharing why this approach is so harmful rather than it actually being kind, they would at least stop and think even if they don't actually change tack.

Anyway, thank you so much if anyone is able to. I've watched this business grow from the sidelines and although I'm not a mum, I've felt so happy thinking of mums with new babies who are feeling v vulnerable having this lovely support and to know they're going in this direction has been upsetting.

www.facebook.com/singingmamas/photos/a.960895607340918/3671013669662418/

Today I am sending a picture to forwomenscotland's virtual demo.

These are to protest the upcoming Hate Crime bill which threatens to criminalise discussion of biological sex, etc

forwomen.scot/05/03/2021/virtual-demo/

Twix be
Radical Tea Towel. They manufacture in the UK and donate £1 for every mask sold to food banks. It was another MNer who suggested them.

Really well made and arrived the following day

Resolute

Morning all. Happy IWD. I've started the day by setting up a regular donation to Women's Aid. Going to request my paper census in a minute so I can put my written objections to it and then have an email to my MP to write.
I'm loving seeing everything the rest of you are doing too. I think I'm also going to copy McDuffy's idea and write up some thank you cards too.

Happy IWD everyone.

Started my morning with coffee and by emailing all my TD's about the housing of male bodied prisoners in a women's prison here in Ireland. Sent the email and then promptly felt a knot in my stomach, it is wrong that I should feel on edge about pointing out the risk to women in that situation isn't it. Lots to reflect on today.

Happy IWD day.
Or if not happy, then resolute.

I'm behind in my digging, so I'll try to do some on this auspicious day

Happy International Women's Day!

This is an interesting follow for the day: twitter.com/PayGapApp/status/1368264962263707651, particularly this one: twitter.com/PayGapApp/status/1368833894741651456 - in the Body Shop, women's mean hourly pay is 43.4% lower than men's

Happy IWD everyone. Courage calls to courage etc.

Great thread! Enjoy the day everyone.

Thanks for the link for the t-shirt PotholeParadies - off to order one of those!

Twizbe - I have a couple of these radicalteatowel.co.uk/face-masks/suffragette-stripes-face-mask-with-elastic. I find them comfortable and good quality, and like the the company's ethical policy too.

She's spot on. Love it.

Happy International Womens Day

Thanks for the reminder to send my thank you cards to the HoL members who spoke up for women's rights! I only have 12 stamps so need to prioritise
Have a courageous IWD all 🥂💜🤍💚

Happy International Day.

I want to share an upbeat video with you to get the day started (or UK women) or ending (for others in the East).

Here's to a positive day.

mobile.twitter.com/its_hira/status/1295741366442631176?lang=en

Happy International Wimbots Day - inclusive of vipers, cake-makers, bluestockings, transwidows, recipe-swoppers, Bunbury spotters, Badley Fuckitt dewellers, careful drivers, sweary ranters, random lurkers and all of the glorious, acerbic, clever, thoughtful, courageous, determined posters on these boards.

You woke me up, educated me, made me laugh, made me brave and made me angry. You are totally awesome.

I've just remembered what else I'm doing.

I'm going to prepare my questions for political party canvassers, and have them all written out, ready to hand, next to the front door.