Police investigate 'flasher' gender recognition reform protester

Can we swap woolem for silken? Wools a bit too scratchy for my delicate lady garden.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on jerkins
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen merkins
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

@WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles Google the story about haggis, they live on the sides of hills and how they only run round one way until haggis season then they turn to go the other way and their uneven legs cause them to fall over and roll to the bottom where the haggis catchers catch them.

Then create a similar story for a mythical merkin creature.

Anyone else remember Munroe Bergdorf scolding women for their pussy hats?

'Munroe Bergdorf fundamentally misunderstands the point of the pussy hat. America had just voted a man who bragged about grabbing women by them into its highest office '

'It wasn’t intended to be “fun, inoffensive & light hearted”. It was a howl of anger. This pussy bites back. We won’t be grabbed by you any more.'

pic.twitter.com/qTEyRqOl57— Victoria Freeman (@vjfreeman) February 27, 2018

www.feministcurrent.com/2018/02/27/munroe-bergdorf-like-please-keep-vaginas-feminism/

Pubic Service, surely.

Everyone clench....

Didn't Elaine used to be on here as @GussieGrips and have a thread reminding us to do our exercises? Genuine public service on MN!

Does this mean your pronouns would be me/mer?

I'll stop now

Snorting at the merkin/jerkin confusion.

In fact, obviously wicked women have misappropriated this term, it's a gender where you feel relationship to semi piscine people - mer-kin.

Excellent @ArabellaScott. Can you do one with merkins and jerkins in? Maybe mittens and kittens could be also incorporated?

(Apologies as I am also interrupting the Proper posts)

Sorry. I can't seem to stop merkin jokes.

Seriously @ArabellaScott I could kill you my pelvic muscles are not doing well today and I desperately need a pee. And they are very very funny.

Sorry, DragonsCrisps. I interrupted your Very Serious Post.

Baby, when I think about you
I think about love
Darlin', don't live without you
And your love
If I had those golden dreams
Of my yesterday (yesterday)
I would wrap you in the heaven
'Til I'm dyin' (dyin', dyin')
On the way
Feel like merkin
Feel like merkin love
Feel like merkin love
Feel like merkin love
Feel like merkin love to you

You gotta speed it up
And then you gotta slow it down
'Cause if you believe that our love can hit the top
You gotta play around
But soon you will find that there comes a time
For merkin your mind up

We're only merkin plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him

I said "flashing" not. "sexual exposure".

The continued existence of the common law offence of public indecency (see Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act to note it still exists, or here www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/it-legal-be-taps-aff-public-scotlands-laws-explained-anyone-going-topless-summer-weather-546843 ) could very easy cover Miller's actions.

The points about flashing and the comparator to flashing merely seem to make a strong case that sentencing for flashing/exposure is what should/could be considered here.

Well MN FWR has educated me on all sorts of things over the years, I'll just add "the meaning of merkin" to the list!

I'm waiting for my DDs to wake up to see if they know this or have also been confusing jerkins for merkins...

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles

Oh, pet.

It’s a classic! If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you will howl with laughter.

If you said it cheerily and confidently enough, other people probably simply doubted themselves, City. Assuming they even knew merkin=pubic wig to start with.

Oh I've just had to go and Google Naomi from waiting angry bush scene. (The algorithms well be going mental today).

A) oh my god that's so funny

And most importantly

B) ooh my god a Ryan Reynolds film I didn't know existed. You wonderful beautiful woman you. Thank you for introducing me to that. I shall be finding some way of watching that film later.

No, those are not merkins. 😂😂

Merkins are pubic wigs, or fake hair added to natural hair to make it look thicker- ie like a fake braided bun or fake dreadlocks, or the fuzzy thing used to clean out a canon between shots.

Hopefully people thought you were referring the second type of merkin.

This is written by a woman whose male spouse was in the process of transitioning. In other words, the author is most likely a straight woman, or possibly bisexual.

Headline: Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it.
When our children grew tired of marching, we plopped onto a nearby curb. Just as we got settled, our elementary-schooler pointed in the direction of oncoming floats, raising an eyebrow at a bare-chested man in dark sunglasses whose black suspenders clipped into a leather thong. The man paused to be spanked playfully by a partner with a flog. “What are they doing?” my curious kid asked as our toddler cheered them on. The pair was the first of a few dozen kinksters who danced down the street, laughing together as they twirled their whips and batons, some leading companions by leashes. At the time, my children were too young to understand the nuance of the situation, but I told them the truth: That these folks were members of our community celebrating who they are and what they like to do.

The kink community has participated in Pride since its inception — risking their jobs and safety to be authentically themselves in public. Still, every year as Pride Month approaches, a debate erupts about whether kink belongs at Pride at all. Those hoping to oust kinksters often cite the presence of children as their top concern. That was pointedly the case this year when Twitter users argued that kink at Pride is a highly sexualized experience that children should be shielded from. Thousands of users supported these posts, claiming that kink at Pride crosses a line because minors also attend events. I agree that Pride should be a welcoming space for children and teens, but policing how others show up doesn’t protect or uplift young people. Instead, homogenizing self-expression at Pride will do more harm to our children than good. When my own children caught glimpses of kink culture, they got to see that the queer community encompasses so many more nontraditional ways of being, living, and loving.

Fucking hell. I am missing the entire point of the thread here but I have The Fear. I always thought "merkin" was the genuine word for those fake fur gilet things (like the picture). Now I fear I have actually referred to these as "merkins" in conversation and people have either been too polite (or embarrassed for me) to correct me. DH must also think this as I have a pink fake fur hooded gilet thing and have often asked him to "get my merkin down for me" because I can't reach the coat hooks in the hall.

Please tell me merkin is actually the word for these and has just been appropriated as a secondary usage for fake hairy pubes. Is it a portmanteau of minge and gherkin or something?