Coordinating spoilt ballots

Can I suggest spaces and services? It's one of the things that has bothered me about this "women's spaces" discourse, that apart from the fudging of the single sex bit, there's no mention of single sex services. Not only do I want to be able to use a female only changing room, but if I need intimate care I want that to be female only too.

I think I will write "protect single-sex spaces" in big capitals, across all the boxes.

Because to me, spaces, i.e. changing rooms, loos, hospitals, counselling rooms, etc. are more important than sport.

Genuinely, it's a waste of time. It just gives extra work at the count and they're not really the people who will institute change.
Just stay at home if there isn't a good candidate.

Ok there is almost zero chance my vote will arrive on time but it is in the post. I was quoted 60€ for express delivery and even then it might not have arrived until Friday.

Threads like this demonstrate just how successful female socialisation actually is.

In every single election, every single revolution, every single instance of civil disobedience, women are told to wait. To ignore their own needs and to do "what must be done for the greater good." We are told that once X or Y has been achieved, we will be remembered and rewarded for our patience. That the fight is bigger and more important than our rights and our needs. That we must wait and hold the line and be good girls because we cannot prioritise our needs right now. But that day will come soon. Very, very soon.

Well fuck that. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of being expected to prioritise the needs of everyone else above my own. I am tired of being expected to hold myself to a higher moral standard at every turn. I am tired of being expected to be kind and think of everyone else.

Controversial as some of you may deem it: my right to my sex class and its associated protections are just as important as the NHS and education. Why shouldn't they be?

I will not take part in this incessant game any longer. I will not vote for a party that is trying to tell me that my sex class either does not actually exist or that if it does, it is not important.

Let others take the fall this time. Let others put their needs on the back burner. Because if every single woman in this country who is sick and tired of this nonsense spoilt their ballot on Thursday then yes, it would make a huge difference.

Stop telling women to take a backseat yet again. I for one am done.

Threads like this demonstrate just how successful female socialisation actually is.

In every single election, every single revolution, every single instance of civil disobedience, women are told to wait. To ignore their own needs and to do "what must be done for the greater good." We are told that once X or Y has been achieved, we will be remembered and rewarded for our patience. That the fight is bigger and more important than our rights and our needs. That we must wait and hold the line and be good girls because we cannot prioritise our needs right now. But that day will come soon. Very, very soon.

Well fuck that. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of being expected to prioritise the needs of everyone else above my own. I am tired of being expected to hold myself to a higher moral standard at every turn. I am tired of being expected to be kind and think of everyone else.

Controversial as some of you may deem it: my right to my sex class and its associated protections are just as important as the NHS and education. Why shouldn't they be?

I will not take part in this incessant game any longer. I will not vote for a party that is trying to tell me that my sex class either does not actually exist or that if it does, it is not important.

Let others take the fall this time. Let others put their needs on the back burner. Because if every single woman in this country who is sick and tired of this nonsense spoilt their ballot on Thursday then yes, it would make a huge difference.

Stop telling women to take a backseat yet again. I for one am done.

I am aware of that. I'm not claiming to live in poverty. I'm challenging your assumptions that have been formed on the basis of a very narrow concept and definition of 'working class'. A form of identity politics whereby being 'working class' is supposed to say all sorts of things about what you think and believe, about how you act, your values and so on.

I said some children, not that it was the norm. I'd never spend that sort of money on a coat - but clearly some 'working class' people do.

Threads like this demonstrate just how successful female socialisation actually is.

In every single election, every single revolution, every single instance of civil disobedience, women are told to wait. To ignore their own needs and to do "what must be done for the greater good." We are told that once X or Y has been achieved, we will be remembered and rewarded for our patience. That the fight is bigger and more important than our rights and our needs. That we must wait and hold the line and be good girls because we cannot prioritise our needs right now. But that day will come soon. Very, very soon.

Well fuck that. I am tired of waiting. I am tired of being expected to prioritise the needs of everyone else above my own. I am tired of being expected to hold myself to a higher moral standard at every turn. I am tired of being expected to be kind and think of everyone else.

Controversial as some of you may deem it: my right to my sex class and its associated protections are just as important as the NHS and education. Why shouldn't they be?

I will not take part in this incessant game any longer. I will not vote for a party that is trying to tell me that my sex class either does not actually exist or that if it does, it is not important.

Let others take the fall this time. Let others put their needs on the back burner. Because if every single woman in this country who is sick and tired of this nonsense spoilt their ballot on Thursday then yes, it would make a huge difference.

Stop telling women to take a backseat yet again. I for one am done.

I'm really hoping that someone comes along to tell us what happens to the spoilt ballot papers.

Genuinely, it's a waste of time. It just gives extra work at the count and they're not really the people who will institute change.
Just stay at home if there isn't a good candidate.

Currently thinking about how to spoil my ballot (or not) in a way that means it might need to be looked at by more than one person for a decision on its validity. Probably by writing a message within one of the boxes.

Stick it in and hope, I think. It's priority mail once it hits these shores, so should hopefully be OK (can it go into the postal system tonight?). How much is express?

I just got home (it's 4pm here) to find my ballot paper in the letterbox.

I've just scrawled "none of the above. I am unable to vote for Tories, racists or people who believe a woman can have a penis" on it.

So my conscience is now clear.

The question is, do I just stick it in the postbox and hope it arrives by Thursday, or do I pay for express delivery so it arrives on time?

How did that work out for Brexit? Like I said, people can do what they want but lets not pretend it is anything noble or impactful.