What little acts of rebellion or activism do you do?

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I’m not talking about going on marches, but minor things, that you know about.

Mine is I won’t play Michael Jackson songs, after all the alleged behaviour, which certainly wouldn’t be accepted by today’s standards.

The second is I won’t buy McCain products, after they put out an advert for Smileys, which referred to ‘knocker’s’ in them. I thought that language had died out in the seventies.

I wear a necklace that is the female symbol (circle with the + sign) I accept trans people but I also believe biological females need protected status. I also refuse to be called ‘cis’ I am female I don’t need any other description than that.

As a newbie 13 years ago at work I saw through our director and I refuse to bow down to them still even after being warned about their influence in the company on my career.

Haha! I refuse to eat at a local cafe that had my DD in to do a trial unpaid shift and didn't give her the job. 12 years ago.

I think it is wise to drop the speed if someone is driving close behind, from the point of view of safety, the faster you go the more likely they will crash into you if have to do an emergency stop. I usually pull in to let them go by though if I can.

I love you and want to be you.

I am a wheelchair user and I have joked about getting razor wire added to my footrest to deal with the men who try and walk straight at me and expect me to move out of their way! If they really insist on their game of chicken I just stop in my tracks, I'm not deviating from my route just to appease their sense of entitlement

Fat chance. You need a blue badge for a disabled bay, there are loads of people who have a mobility limitation but don’t qualify, and the P&C bays are filled with all sorts - hotted up hatches, work vans, etc are common around here.

So as I did yesterday I went to the back of the car park so that I could hope to come back and still wrestle my toddler into a rear facing car seat without some self appointed car park boss deciding to park as close as humanly possible to me for shits and giggles.

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I refer to the upcoming football world cup as men's world cup.

Won't go in to Starbucks
Only shop locally and sustainability
Won't drink tap water
Teach boys positive Masculinity
Starting to phase out social media

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Calling out bad behaviour

Will not watch films by Woody Allen and Roman Polanski.

Buy only vegan / cruelty free products.

(Pretty much) only read fiction written by women.

Stealing this!

What do you mean “you won’t buy halal?”
cheese is halal, vegetables are halal, water is halal
i can understand don’t buy halal meat as you are veggie.
but what is the reasoning for the rest?

Honourable Jews and Israeli’s are, In MY opinion, those who can practice their religion but also stand up to the oppression and genocide being inflicted on the Palestinian people. Surely no one believes innocent children should die or be orphaned in the name of a dispute over whos right it is to live on the land? I am in NO way calling all followers of a particular religion or all inhabitants of a particular country dishonourable… just those who support genocide - peace out ✌️

I refer to men's football as men's football.

I don't say trans women, I say TIMs or men who say they're women.

A new cafe in my neighbourhood set up right across the road from an existing one (they're both indies) and was painted the colour that refers to the existing one's name (think 'Blue Frog Cafe' and the new one is painted blue). I see it as an act of provocation and refuse to give them my business. Plus the owner of the existing one says they haven't been over to say hello, which most of the new small businesses in my neighbourhood do. Rude.

There's a small precinct that pedestrians use, with railings at each end to slow/deter cyclists. It never has, so the council recently put up 'no cycling' signs. Of course ignorant entitled people still cycle through it, but if one approaches me when I'm near the railings I stand my ground so they have to get off or stop. If I see which way they're going through the railings, I deliberately walk that way too, so they have to cede to me. I will probably get myself hurt doing it, but I'm just so sick of them all.

Have boycotted Nestle and all associated companies for decades.

Been boycotting M+S since “knicker review gate”

I ask men if they will be changing their names when they get married, or going part time when they have children. I ask men the same questions about domestic activities that most would ask women.

I don’t eat anywhere that only has a vegan burger as it’s non-meat option or doesn’t state what the vegetarian option is on its Sunday lunch menu.

I don’t display pronouns.

I don’t use my husband’s name or Mrs as a title. And correct anyone that assumes I do. I’m not the first parental contact at school. There are no girl jobs or boy jobs in our house. I’ve never worked part time.

I was quite surprised at a formal government website - I forget how many years ago it was now that I read it - advising women on the (quite unnecessarily complicated) process of what to do surrounding the issue of their family names after marriage.

One of its pearls of wisdom was that - and I paraphrase - even if you choose not to change your name, 'you will want to change your title to "Mrs"'.

Will I?

I didn't.

Op you say about Michael Jackson do you have kids? I was only thinking about this the other as I plan to see his movie soon. If you had kids abused by this famous man why would you take money and stop him going to jail? Because if that was me or my dc I would have wanted him in prison for this but they only wanted his money? Why?

I am old now. So if I want to do an act of rebellion I come out and do it!

But when I lived with my parents in my teens my mother was nosy and thought she had the right to open my mail. So I took an accommodation address in a local shop. I was paid by transfer so never saw a single bank statement or knew how much I earned.

She used to look in my wardrobe to see if I had anything new then interrogate me as to where I bought it and how much it cost. I had at least half a dozen dresses and three pairs of shoes in my locker at work. I used to go out in the same old dress and change when I got there. Every so often I would filter one into my wardrobe. If she asked about it I would tell her it was £1 in a dress agency.

My parents did noty like me to see too much of my grandmother because of a family rift. While at secondary school I told them I had netball and hockey practice after school twice a week and used to sneak off to see her. I bloody hated sport and would have cut my throat with a rusty saw rather than willingly enter a team.

I'm glad you're not calling out all Jews, although by labelling some "honourable" you can see how one would conclude this, as by extension, some are dishonourable.
Of course not all Israelis are Jews, and many Israelis are Arabs, so I don't know where they would fit into your honourable grouping.

I move Israeli fruit out of eyesight of shoppers.

The Male Lionesses.

So, does this mean you report posts obviously made by Ai, posts using Ai, or posts advertising Ai? I'm thoroughly sick of Ai tripe and I'm in a creative industry being decimated, but even bloody community posts are using Ai to create crappy posters etc and I'm not sure how far to go.

I ignore the opinions of anyone with pronouns in their bio.