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MiladyBerserko · 2021-06-17T03:27:32+00:00

[[https://mobile.twitter.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1405249375694114819]] Seriously? I am just sick of this. Kettled into the corner by mumsnet, conferences threatened, representatives of the Fawcett society screaming victim and attacking women because she fails to do the one job that she is in that position to do. #WomenWontWheesht

WinterTrees · 17/06/2021 12:57

Oh, that's great to know about the solidarity ticket distribution. I'll buy one now - thanks for the info.

YellowFish12 · 17/06/2021 12:45

I have purchased a weekend solidarity ticket. Thanks for highlighting.

viques · 17/06/2021 12:41

Gatekeepers of Womanhood

Now wouldnt that make a great title for MNs Feminism board?

JackieWeaversZoomAc · 17/06/2021 12:37

@ShowOfHands

I would like to take teenaged dd along. She's 14, a fierce feminist and mature. Would you recommend it if you've been?

I would say yes! Some of the topics are quite brutal - they are talking about effects of the patriarchy on women afterall, but there are so many different sessions and so much going on that your daughter is sure to find lots of interest. They have had special sessions for younger feminists in past years. I don't think the sessions have been released yet but here are details of topics covered. filia.org.uk/topics

I would have loved to have attended a conference like FiLia as a teen.

JackieWeaversZoomAc · 17/06/2021 12:32

@WinterTrees

Sorry if this is a daft question, but if you buy a solidarity ticket can you be sure it won't be snapped up by a poor-faith disruptor who didn't want to shell out to cause trouble? Do Filia have any way of checking?

FiLia distribute the solidarity tickets themselves, so I guess they will avoid giving any to disruptors in so far as they can identify them. FiLia are well established and linked to womens groups locally in Portsmouth (where October 21 conference is), UK wide and internationally and will be able to distrubute solidarity tickets via these established networks.

Link to solidarity tickets here if you want to buy one.
filia.org.uk/tickets/solidarity-ticket

Here is general tickets page - they have different prices depending on financial situation as they always aim to be available to as many women as possible:
filia.org.uk/tickets

Hope to see lots of you in October! Its such a fab conference and this year will be my 5th. Ignore the gender ideologues drama and please don't let that put you off coming - its an amazing conference, a safe space and a really memorable and uplifting event to participate in. The Saturday evening parties are legendary so be sure to get a ticket for that!!!

ShowOfHands · 17/06/2021 12:31

I would like to take teenaged dd along. She's 14, a fierce feminist and mature. Would you recommend it if you've been?

purpleboy · 17/06/2021 12:20

@WinterTrees

The tickets are distributed mainly though local grassroots organisations to Women that they work with who otherwise would not be able to attend

I just asked and received this reply from FiLiA

PaleGreenGhost · 17/06/2021 11:32

And here's a really great example (thanks lads) of how women actually want to be left alone to talk about women's issues but get disrupted apparently in the name of trans rights. The disruptors as ever are often not actually trans themselves.

Do you know who "antifa" and those like them who protested the Labour women's meeting near Grenfell with smoke bombs and costume dicks remind me of? The Bullingdon Club, but for lefty boys. Destructive, abusive, privileged, entitled, misogynists.

bellinisurge · 17/06/2021 11:08

@WinterTrees , I guess that's a risk but, fuck 'em. Venues have bouncers.

AlistairSim · 17/06/2021 11:04

I also can't make it but have bought a Solidarity ticket. Hope whoever uses it has a fabulous time!

WinterTrees · 17/06/2021 11:03

Sorry if this is a daft question, but if you buy a solidarity ticket can you be sure it won't be snapped up by a poor-faith disruptor who didn't want to shell out to cause trouble? Do Filia have any way of checking?

IheartJKR · 17/06/2021 10:56

I went to FiLiA in Bradford and as we were marching in solidarity with survivors of sex trafficking we were approached angrily by a group of men who demanded to know what we were going to do about Palestine.

FiLiA do great work, they won’t be putting me off this year. Pathetic.

purpleboy · 17/06/2021 10:51

filia.org.uk/tickets

Here is a link for anyone who wants to buy tickets or solidarity tickets.

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 17/06/2021 10:00

FILIA is amazing.

I am generally amazed by the amount of bat shittery against women that is going on.

It's as if King James the I and VI has resurrected himself. I'm not even joking.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 17/06/2021 09:52

Nice idea that...

PronounssheRa · 17/06/2021 09:39

@bellinisurge

Just bought a "solidarity ticket". I can't go but someone else might be able to and can't afford it. Not sure how you access a solidarity ticket but check it out if you want to go. In any case, they have my support

I didn't know you could buy a solidarity ticket, it's an excellent idea. I also can't make it, so will buy one of these

bellinisurge · 17/06/2021 09:32

Just bought a "solidarity ticket". I can't go but someone else might be able to and can't afford it. Not sure how you access a solidarity ticket but check it out if you want to go.
In any case, they have my support

TheWeeDonkey · 17/06/2021 09:28

Oh the hyperbole is giving me a headache, its like the rantings of a hormonal teenager, it would be funny if it wasn't so deranged. "Gatekeeping womanhood"? And how could any woman, least of all a woman who has discovered feminism, understand how it feels to be harassed, fetishised or attacked? 😒

purpleboy · 17/06/2021 09:25

I love the way this backfired on them though! They must feel like right idiots now.

PronounssheRa · 17/06/2021 09:12

@Whatsnewpussyhat

Why are those who claim to be anti fascist always the biggest fascists....

I used to work with a couple of self identified antifa types. They weren't shy about how they were attending demos to engage in violence. Opened my eyes up to they type of people who were involved in the circles.

BraveBananaBadge · 17/06/2021 09:11

Anti-hate group doesn't seem to know what a hate group is, then. Bit worrying.

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 17/06/2021 09:06

@Cwenthryth

Haha, that’ll learn me (I’m not on Facebook so get my info via Twitter and here!)

Fantastic to hear that there has been such a show of support for FiLiA though.

Isn’t it!

At the last one in Bradford I seem to remember there was some pillock wandering around outside with a placard but I don’t think anyone paid much attention to them.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 17/06/2021 08:42

Why are those who claim to be anti fascist always the biggest fascists....

PronounssheRa · 17/06/2021 08:32

These Antifa remind me of the student tits your find propping up the union bar, spouting utter nonsense about saving the underclasses

Cwenthryth · 17/06/2021 08:30

Haha, that’ll learn me (I’m not on Facebook so get my info via Twitter and here!)

Fantastic to hear that there has been such a show of support for FiLiA though.