"Spanish Stonewall" suing "Non Normative Trans People"

I'm sure there must be a World Journal of Any Sort of Shite That People Desperate To Get Published Will Churn Out To Get A Grant somewhere.

It will doubtless be very low impact and full of circular arguments and unreliable statistical evidence, but you could say the same for any journal that thinks people change sex . . .

I bet someone's already done a Masters on "Who has the most bizarre military marching style and why," with a follow up PhD in "Who has the most bizarre military uniform and why." I would like to meet this person.

Give us a fortnight @ScrotumGantry - we're just putting together the details for the ethics committee and preparing the grant application. Then we'll knock out the paper and submit it for publication and probably get an award.

You can meet us formally at the Nobel prize-giving ceremony.

Edited to add @SoupDragonsFriend to the team. Would you like to be in charge of inspecting the tattoos Soup?

Me too. Me too. I want to be an et al.
^^
I bet some of those very clever, now-independent, GC academics would be happy to supervise a PhD for you.

Well now that Kate thread makes even less sense.

Hence the peanuts.

Thank you! I knew the name but couldn't remember the spelling. Alexa said it was spelled 'KP' ffs.

I bet someone's already done a Masters on "Who has the most bizarre military marching style and why," with a follow up PhD in "Who has the most bizarre military uniform and why."

I would like to meet this person.

Those hats in the video ain't no toques, they's kepis.

(And now my mind has wandered off to smoking, er, herbal substances and eating peanuts.)

I'd bloody love for Mumsnet vipers to submit a jointly authored essay. What fuckingmad journal might consider it?

In case anyone doesn't think this is feminism related, I'm examining the heterogenity of gender roles within different national contexts working cross-laterally against assumed gender/sexuality matrixes.

Yeah, me too. Same. 😉

If you want anyone to carry out field work....!

Essay?

There's a PhD in there - get cracking.

(And the rest of us can be co-authors. I've been an et al before - I know the drill.)

Indeed, indeed, yes, indeed.

Strangely addictive though, aren't they?

The "chef's hats" thing crossed my mind, too - there's a special name for them and I can never remember it.

<googles frantically>

Toque Blanche.

Edit because instead of "crossed" I had tossed. My mind is like a salad sometimes, but even so I have to draw the line somewhere.

Brill!

I...oh, dear God. My passport is out of date 😭

Is that the one eyed trouser snake ? 😂😂😂😂

In case anyone doesn't think this is feminism related, I'm examining the heterogenity of gender roles within different national contexts working cross-laterally against assumed gender/sexuality matrixes. I might write an essay on it.

That reads like Judith Butler, Arabella.... OMG.... Could it be...You're not, are you?😱 Say it ain't so!

I look forward to your essay (with additional video content)!

No, I refuse to continue commenting on this, I'm a serious radical lesbian feminist with years of activism behind me .......
whaaat?! Actually singing Barbie Girl?? WTF.
Maybe they were told the English lyrics say 'we will restore the borders of greater Russia' and 'our glorious leader doesn't look at all camp riding a horse barechested'.

I just loved the American soldiers dancing to Call Me Maybe. That's owning it!
I loved the dancing and the attitude. Shame about the weapons and armoured personnel carriers in the background obvs.

And no it wasn't me that started this whole camp soldier thang, my profile must've been temporarily hacked😏

Here's a Greek one just for comparison.

In case anyone doesn't think this is feminism related, I'm examining the heterogenity of gender roles within different national contexts working cross-laterally against assumed gender/sexuality matrixes. I might write an essay on it.

I'll watch it again to just to check in case I've misunderstood.

Eh? That video is wall to wall manly men. It's practically made out of macho! It's testosterone to the power of infinity!

I am sure there were at least 3 or 4 heterosexual men in that video @ArabellaScott. But of course being homoerotic is very much within the bandwidth of manliness - let's not buy into the sexist narrative that men not conforming to stereotypes are somehow insufficiently man.

Next time I'm in Spain I'll try to approach one on sentry duty and ask him,* 'Excuse me, but would you say that is an eau de Nil?'

*I'll give him a good looking-over first, to assess if he would rather I begin with 'Excuse me, madam .....' I'm not going to assume based on tanned biceps and bulging trousers. If he is a lady I am sure he will enjoy a conversation about eau de Nil.

Possibly designed for combat in late eighties bathrooms with turquoise suites. tonal aqua towels and matching bathsalts? Or any gay nightclub?