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Still Blue, Still Stocking: The Bluestocking remains open in 2021

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ErrolTheDragon · 25/06/2021 14:06

I've nicked a title, opened the door, dusted off the bar.

Come in and drown your sorrows, celebrate or just hang out in good company.

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ErrolTheDragon · 26/06/2021 11:13

Matthew Parris had an interesting column in the Times on the fallacy of 'inalienable rights'... how in reality many 'rights' conflict.

The one downside of this bar being virtual is that we can't have a pile of actual newspapers, and times sharetokens seem not to be working nowadays.

Apropos of which ... the view over to the lake is enhanced by the crumbling stone wall, isn't it?

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EmbarrassingAdmissions · 26/06/2021 11:00

@Leafstamp

Oh how frustrating for you Embarassing. I saw some of that on Twitter (not sure if same thread as you were reading).

I suppose it’s not surprising that if people don’t know what a man and a woman are then the rest of their biology knowledge will leave little to be desired.

The one that was me-railing to the reproductive justice right for TW to have uterus transplants as analogous to Britney Spear's IUD and the campaign for abortion rights?
Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:57

Good luck with that Just. We’ll make yours double measures!

Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:56

Oh how frustrating for you Embarassing. I saw some of that on Twitter (not sure if same thread as you were reading).

I suppose it’s not surprising that if people don’t know what a man and a woman are then the rest of their biology knowledge will leave little to be desired.

JustcameoutGC · 26/06/2021 10:51

May need to pop in here today. Hosting party for 15 6 year olds.

EmbarrassingAdmissions · 26/06/2021 10:49

I very nearly wrote a very detailed post in here last night about uterus transplants - and then decided to post it as a standalone post.

In the end I cancelled it because I tried to archive the Twitter thread that sparked it but after 8 hours it still hadn't worked its way up the queue. I left it running overnight (when I was still something like 9867 place in the queue) and when I looked today in the interim the tweeter had locked their account so archive wouldn't work.

And the post made no sense without seeing just how out there that thread was - but, unknown to that tweeter, some of what was being demanded as reproductive justice is already happening in some countries. However, it's hard to get a clear story because the clinicians who talk about it don't always seem to understand the difference between trans and DSD, and it's unclear there is a consistent usage of what it means to be TW or TM.

So - upside, you've all been spared that. Although I may need to return to it at some point.

Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:46

@highame

I was going to write a diatribe about Gavin Williamson then Leaf but realised I might end up derailing. Things may change (sooner rather than later) hopefully.

A bit early but can I get you a bucket of gin, it's pretty cheap here?

Sounds good high.

Anyway, do let rip on Hancock. It was a comfort yesterday when I realised he was having a much worse day than me!

Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:43

Thanks Arabella, that’s really kind. Flowers. Im resigned to it being hard work for a while, things worth fighting for often are. Hopefully I will get more satisfactory engagement before the end of term.

I’m going to have a read of the Feminist Self Care Thread today/tmrw.

I get quite worried about putting too much on a public forum but I am in touch with one or two people offline.

SelfPortraitWithEels · 26/06/2021 10:42

Yes, good luck. Flowers

highame · 26/06/2021 10:39

I was going to write a diatribe about Gavin Williamson then Leaf but realised I might end up derailing. Things may change (sooner rather than later) hopefully.

A bit early but can I get you a bucket of gin, it's pretty cheap here?

ArabellaScott · 26/06/2021 10:34

Oh, Leaf. That sounds really hard. Anything we can do?

Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:29

Thank you. It does help to know I’m not the only one dealing with this and that we support each other.

Chin up!

BlackeyedSusan · 26/06/2021 10:25

Good luck leaf.

Leafstamp · 26/06/2021 10:23

Checking in, large coffee and a bacon sandwich please!

In all seriousness, I’ve had a tough week with school being dismissive of my concerns, quite worrying as I’m actually now losing sleep over it.

Such a horrible feeling when you feel like you’re not being listened to.

Next stop, I’m asking a for a meeting.

BlackeyedSusan · 26/06/2021 10:17

I've got one who thinks it is acceptable to use the word Karen at me.

First time venturing into the Bluestocking. I normally drink gin from the barrel with a snorkel in the G&C way over there-->

ArabellaScott · 26/06/2021 10:10

Coffee and Eggs Benedict would be tip top, thanks chef!

The cafe is lovely, I particularly like the wisteria draped all over the thingummy [waves hands vaguely] and the view of the lakes.

Helleofabore · 26/06/2021 10:06

Wow. Thanks for opening Errol.

And lovely to see so many new faces as well amongst the regulars.

I will have a Rosé vermouth and tonic and a great wedge of lemon please. Summer is here after all.

Cheers🥂!!

WoolOfBat · 26/06/2021 09:53

I’ll have a coffee please, with lots of milk! I’ll pass on the woke cookies.

DaisiesandButtercups · 26/06/2021 09:52

I believe there are some bigoted biscuits under the counter…

teawamutu · 26/06/2021 09:48

@ErrolTheDragon

Some things are much improved by being virtual, and housekeeping is one of them.

As far as I know, the only things we don't stock in the cellars and larders are kool-aid and oversweetened waffles.

No woke cookies either, I trust?
EmbarrassingAdmissions · 26/06/2021 09:46

A nice pan roll with some mushrooms, please. And keep the coffee coming, there's a lot to work on today. I'll be DND and taking up a table somewhere quiet but it will be relaxing to be in this cosy space.

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ErrolTheDragon · 26/06/2021 09:21

Some things are much improved by being virtual, and housekeeping is one of them.

As far as I know, the only things we don't stock in the cellars and larders are kool-aid and oversweetened waffles.

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NewYearNewTwatName · 26/06/2021 09:16

just swinging by for a morning coffee.

I felt I could do with popping in here, The blue stocking seems even more relevant a place now.

I can put out some nice bristow tables in the garden for the cafe part?

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 26/06/2021 09:15

< passes crumpled Marlboro Red and the lighter>

highame · 26/06/2021 09:08

Coffee and bacon rolls available here. I'm just in to clean up the pig sty after you lot trashed it last night.

Any fags left. I've given up but a virtual fag whilst I'm flicking a duster round will do nicely. Btw I don't do housework in my own home but virtual housework I quite like