Looksgood, the likelihood of anybody on here doing any of the things that Christinapple dreams up is zero. Or anybody encouraging or supporting them.

Anyway, even if we were so minded, it's been much too hot for all the energy-sapping 'seething with hate' we are regularly accused of

His strong suit is reporting people he doesn't agree with for no reason.

It can be coupled with his other talent of spouting absolutely bollocks

That is never going to happen. It is all a product of Chris's fevered imagination.

If anyone is deranged enough to harass or criticize anyone based on this poster, I hope they won't claim the support of others on this site in doing so. I very much doubt that would happen, though.

You mean how the Mens Rights Activists/Male Supremacists - er, sorry, "trans activists" harass a university any time they have a feminist speaker? Or harass feminist rallies?

You men can't take your own medicine back? You really think only your sex has the right to 'harass' people?

This is a SU event not a University event. The SU is a completely separate organisation from the university, with separate finances and sources of funding, so they have nothing to do with staff redundancies.
Universities have almost no authority over the SUs; they can advise, and would intervene if e.g. the SU was planning something illegal on university premises, but generally the SU is its own master.

People of all ages do face-painting for sports events, festivals, marches etc. And it's not unusual to add some handcrafted signs and accessories into the mix. Games are a bit of social bonding that have always been popular at universities, perhaps more visible these days because hard drinking is less so.

These are standard festival type events which will cost the SU relatively little, help students to bond (which is good for their well-being and their studies) and, like so much else on offer, appeal to some more than others. Post-covid, universities are having to put a lot of work into getting students on campus, joining in, speaking to each other. SU events are one arm of this, and it's appropriate that students unions decide what to fund, within the law, sometimes without reference to the university, sometimes in collaboration.

Mostly sensible replies to the thread - i.e. this is not a big deal and nothing to do with redundancies at the university.

Exactly. The fact that it is out of term time is irrelevant.

Most students will not have the faintest idea what the SU is spending their money on but would be mightily embarrassed to know that it includes toddler-level activities like face-painting.

Students from Newcastle are more likely than students from any other city in England to live at home with their parents and attend their local Uni(s) rather than move away.

They already have to put up being associated with the pretentious, patronising twats who are part of any student cohort without this additional stigma.

University hall leases will usually have ended before 19th July. (Some might not have)

Student private rented doesn’t usually start until August.

If they’re general private rented or live at home, they’ll be there.

So if their lease has ended, they may just travel up for the day for the event or stay at a hotel/friends..

Bees posts reminded me a conversation I had with one of my sprogs earlier today. We were sat on a beach enjoying the sun and watching the wildlife including several large bumble bees. We were wondering why they kept heading out to sea.

He’s on form tonight 🤣🤣

Those gags just keep coming.

If they are not living in halls over the summer where do you think they are living? They are not bivvying up under canvas on the Town Moor or perched in tree houses in Leazes Park.

Oooh the im just having a laugh trope. How er…. Original. You do know you posting here is just boosting Mumsnet and this board so your scolding is not having the effect you want. Unless of course you’re a secret mumsnet shareholder 😀😀😀

We have been informed, if not by you, Bee, by a visiting poster of similar persuasion, that Pride isn't for 'the gays' any more, it's for -'everybody except haters' if I remember rightly.

So we wouldn't assume that the organisers of, and participants in the face-painting, games and crafting at the Pride breakfast were lesbian or gay.

They could have been anybody, because that is who Pride is for - anybody and everybody.
With the exception of the wrong kind of lesbians, of course.

I think the reaction here was more about the 'kidultification' of universities than 'the gays' to borrow your own words - not a term we use about lesbian and gay people here - you have to admit that face-painting, games and crafting sounds more like primary school than uni!

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Honestly seems far more has been made of this thread than necessary. OP remarked on money being spent on pride breakfasts when uni is skint. Others pointed out it's the union doing it not the uni. A few sarky comments made about face painting being childish. Nobody is enraged or threatening to disrupt this harmless student event.

No real connection is there? Just because a Uni has a shit financial management doesn't mean it student union can't support LGB students. How much does providing a bit of toast actually cost?

I thought the American far right was organising a coach to take us all there?

Might have misunderstood that...

Well if current students think it’s an ego show for a current leader in the union then that’s different - I’ve just seen the initial comments saying “why would anyone want to do ABC” when it’s usually students who’ve decided on the activities!

😂😂😂😂😂

”complete lack of insight….”

oh the irony

😂😂😂😂😂

@brunettenorthern91, despite the handwringing of Chris, I don’t think anyone was actually thinking of going

So a course mate of mine used to be president of NSU many years ago and it’s run by students.

LGBTQ+ students involved in the SU have likely had meetings and decided this is what current students would like and appreciate.

Theres more details on the link: https://mynsu.co.uk/events/id/1521-pride-breakfast

As many students won’t have accommodation (eg uni halls) over summer, they’re nicely offering to use the SU as a meeting point to have breakfast, gather together and have even said the first 75 people get a free drinks token. It’s a nice and harmless event to celebrate Northern Pride weekend where there’s a lot of activities in the town.

It’s not harming anyone. If you don’t like it, don’t go?

None of us have posted on a support thread for trans widows though (and we support them). My contempt for any Transwoman who has the fucking audacity to post on there, knows no bounds.

I'm just having a laugh at you lot, take a step back and see how ridiculous it is for a second.

Honestly, this forum is depressing for it's complete lack of insight, but it does have its highlights and you lot getting upset at breakfasts almost as funny when you dogpiled a Welsh health board for a change of signage 10 years previously or when you lose it because of optional pronoun requests.

Feel free to say hi on Bluesky, but just don't do the creepy thing where you appear out of the blue pretending that you're 'just concerned' - it's very obvious and just gets you a block.

Oooh we have leaders now? Is that who we apply to to get the right wing money you keep insisting we are getting. Who knew? I mean, I thought stonewall getting money from the US government was weird so are the right wing funding both sides now? Does this mean you’re right wing @Christinapple ? Surely if you support stonewall, it means you’re a right winger just like us. Yay! Welcome to the crew. 😘😘😘