Page 5 | Found this in the New Forest!

Boomboomboomboom · 2021-12-23T17:47:37+00:00

Thought you would all enjoy this little bit of guerrilla feminism spotted deep in the New Forest, Hampshire today. Brought a little Christmas cheer to my sister and I!

MsFogi · 25/12/2021 22:29

OP that is bloody marvellous - I think I may be joining this movement in addition to continuing to leave a significant number of stickers in my wake...

ChattyLion · 25/12/2021 22:21

What a lovely thing to find!

Leafstamp · 25/12/2021 20:40

Whether or not posters think the message should be in the forest, I just want to clarify/reiterate that @BlueberryCheezecake has stated that it’s hateful and anti-trans to state that women’s safety is more important than men’s need for validation.

I repeat, Blueberry has said:
It’s hateful to state that women safety is more important than men’s need for validation

Wow.

EarthSight · 25/12/2021 16:47

Oh sush @BlueberryCheezecake.

My views on political littering, advertising, defacement or graffiti in places of nature extends to your beliefs as well. Thought I needed to point that out unless it wasn't obvious already.

WarriorN · 25/12/2021 16:02

(Not directed at bluebling.)

WarriorN · 25/12/2021 16:01

Blue.

It's not about you.

Hth.

bluebling · 25/12/2021 15:40

That message is not hateful

ArabellaScott · 25/12/2021 15:26

"feminism is the radical notion that women’s safety matters more than men’s need for validation"

Is it women's safety that is 'anti-trans', Blueberry?

Helias · 25/12/2021 15:02

@BlueberryCheezecake

Agree with EarthSight, the forest is not the place for your hateful graffiti. Imagine being a trans person out trying to enjoy nature and get away from it all and you come across an anti-trans message scrawled on a rock, and it reminds you that to some people, you're just not welcome to so much as exist in the world.

How is "feminism is the radical notion that women’s safety matters more than men’s need for validation" possibly "hateful"? Do YOU believe that men's need for validation IS equally important as or more important than women's safety? If so, perhaps consider simply saying "I am a misogynist!" and leaving trans people out of it.

There's nothing "hateful" in this thread, pictures or words, except YOUR transphobic post, which takes a wild leap from "men" to "trans people", and another wild leap to assume that either group is as a whole so incapable of self-control that being asked or expected to behave in a cooperative, equitable and non-bigoted manner constitutes a threat to the existence of the invididual.

Perhaps you should report your own post.

PatriotCanes · 25/12/2021 14:50

Every time you label a pro-women thing as "anti-trans" BlueberryCheezecake you simply reinforce that for you it's a men's rights issue which one could say is actual transphobia

The slate doesn't mention trans rights. Women are supposed to validate men every day. Every wolf whistle, every request to smile, every assumption of women as support humans - it's all for male validation. Any women knows that, any woman subject to a lifetime of female socialisation gets that. You? Not so much.

Grimchmas · 25/12/2021 14:46

What about it is hateful to trans people please, Blueberry? Can you tell me specifically please?

Swirlywoo · 25/12/2021 14:43

Bit of a leap?

Bearsinmotion · 25/12/2021 14:40

Surely it’s only anti-trans if it’s an opinion that the majority of trans people would object to it? Which would only be the case if the majority of trans people believe that men’s validation is more important than women’s safety? That’s a huge generalisation of trans people.

EarthSight · 25/12/2021 14:34

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

codexa · 25/12/2021 14:34

It is not anti trans, it is pro women. I'm all for raising awareness of this simple fact.

ArabellaScott · 25/12/2021 14:31

How's the sign transphobic Blueberry?

BlueberryCheezecake · 25/12/2021 14:26

Agree with EarthSight, the forest is not the place for your hateful graffiti. Imagine being a trans person out trying to enjoy nature and get away from it all and you come across an anti-trans message scrawled on a rock, and it reminds you that to some people, you're just not welcome to so much as exist in the world.

EarthSight · 25/12/2021 12:53

I didn't suggest or say that the New Forest was a primeval wilderness.

What I did say is I would like to discourage using the countryside as yet another place in which to leave political messages or litter. I'm glad this slate heart brought joy to someone's day but I wish people would find a different way of doing that.

Funnylittlefloozie · 25/12/2021 10:00

I see what you're saying, EarthSight, but suggesting that we pretend that the New Forest is an untouched primeval wilderness is akin to pretending that a sex offender in a wig and a frilly frock is suitable to be sent to a womens prison.

That said, I wouldn't want to see every stone festooned with political slogans either....

WarriorN · 25/12/2021 09:56

@EarthSight don't worry; I can't use acrylic, which are pretty much the only things that last on stones, as I can't bare the thought of more plastic in soil or water and I never have enough time anyway.

Doyouthinkeirsaurus · 24/12/2021 23:26

Gingercake. That may have come from FiLiA, I purchased some from there for Christmas presents.

I did a little happy dance and literally squealed when I saw these recently in a branch of THAT bookshop. I was with my 20+ year old daughter who rolled her eyes. She gets it really, but has been indoctrinated by taking a social science degree!

malanimo · 24/12/2021 17:24

Slightly less profound but I just came across this!

Gingercake2018 · 24/12/2021 17:23

There is a memorial bench in a park near me with a plaque saying something like "dedicated to the victims of the patriarchy".

Stealhsquirrelnutkin · 24/12/2021 17:20

How uplifting. It's lovely to come across such messages, and realise that women are adding their art to the beauty of nature. It reminds us that we are not alone.

EarthSight · 24/12/2021 13:52

however small they are*