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 stopped volunteering at Park Run because they allow men to steal women's places and times
I won't watch anything with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint or David Tennant in it
And I'm another one who doesn't give way to oncoming male pedestrians

I look for opportunities to move books promoting self-id. Sometimes I move them to a completely random shelf and put them on the shelf with the spine facing inwards.
I have on occasion moved them to the "Fairytales" section.

Some might say that both countries are committing war crimes.

What's with not giving way to other people? I don't understand, it works both ways you know.

Do you have an overly large car?

It's always huge cars that seem to try and take up more than one space. Damn right I am going to squeeze my tiny car into what's left of the other space. It's why I chose a tiny car.

Interestingly it doesn't though. When I am in my wheelchair women pretty much always move out of my way but a decent percentage of men will walk straight at me

I've also played pavement chicken with men, so satisfying! I like to do it with sunglasses on, so I can appear to not be looking where I'm going (head turned to the side, but eyes watching my step)
Men seem to realise I'm just going to walk into them, so they move over!

Is all scientific research 'vanity', or just space? Should all research budgets be cut and given instead to homeless charities? What about the people working in then who will lose their jobs, and then potentially their own homes, don't they count?

I'm not trying to be goady, just interested in where and how you draw your line?

It seems to be fashionable to slag off Musk and SpaceX but most people who don't approve seem to have no problem with other research.

Because lots of people's morals and ethics go out of the window as soon as they see dollar signs. And lots of people do not have their children's best interests and safety as their foremost concern. Surely you know this?

What does that even mean? You teach them to repress all emotions except anger and to sexually assault girls?

Absolutely love this!

I refuse to wish people Happy Birthday on Facebook if they have ever been mean.

Pathetic I know. 😂

And then they leave a snotty note on your windscreen saying that you parked too close and they had to climb in through the tailgate. Tough shit I was between the lines, learn to park.

I have sprinkled wildflower seeds on unused private property near us. I have no clue who the patches of land belong to but they weren't well kept and looked a mess.

I avoid halal/kosher including the fast food and restaurant chains that use it
I call out shops selling real fur against their own sales policies or real fur labelled as fake. I'm familiar with customer services in most high street chains and department stores in the south east, trading standards and apparently come across like a Daily Mail journalist (which I'm neither keen on or am, but if it works it works)
I have been planting up and seeding all of the abandoned public realm flower beds in my local area at 6am on a regular basis including replanting council planting in better locations.
I heckle the far right on social media for relaxation.

All 3 are committing war crimes. But war crimes are meaningless these days, no-one is afraid of the ICC or the Hague - they've been complete defanged. The Geneva conventions are regarded as a quaint historical footnote.

This. I love doing this so much.

I avoid our village shop like the plague - their dog nearly killed mine and we had to go to court. Bastards never paid our vet bill of nearly £1k. So if people ask for directions, I send them the wrong way.

Oh no! I quite liked Tesco. We mainly shopped in Aldi when we lived in England, but did go to Tesco for necessities like good licorice and to donate to the food bank.

Michael Jackson was a paedo, seeing buses passing me in traffic with advertising this bullshit biopic makes my blood boil

I never take part in staffroom pools for anything horse racing related & don't get me started on greyhound racing

My OH & I didn't watch the last World Cup hosted by Qutar

Palm Oil is a nightmare to avoid but I'm really trying

@Nmss please could you share where you got your earrings? I tie suffragette colour ribbons to shrubs and trees. One set has been there 5 years. I have them on my handbag too along with a harry spotter keyring and take Tunnocks as snacks wherever I go.
I change any form that asks my gender to sex.

Disbelieving abuse allegations isn’t a great look.

Define ‘manly’. Do you mean not having feelings, using violence towards women, expecting a woman’s place to the home?

Yeah I also stopped listening to Michael Jackson, I was a huge fan before

I won't support the Happy Potter franchise
Try and use independent retailers where possible
Don't use Temu or Shein
Avoid Primark like the plague

Not really but either way I don’t believe he did anything to those kids.

I also frame jobs and accomplishments from a female being the default, e.g. explaining to my kids about a female tennis player/astronaut and if I mention a male one also I sort of say "because men are allowed to play tennis/go to space too"