Hello. We've been following the various recent threads about the Feminism boards with interest. Just a couple of things we'd like to make clear (we've posted this on Lenin's thead in Femimism, too)...
The Feminism board is, like all Mumsnet Talk boards, open to a range of opinions and views. We'd like to think it's a place where all are welcome to post, whether you're a hardened rad fem or a non-quite-sure-what-all-this-feminism-is-about type. And, wherever you sit on that spectrum, we'd hope you'd respect and respond respectfully to others - even if they're sitting right at the opposite end of that spectrum to you.
We know there have been a few "interesting interlopers" on the Feminism boards recently - and that one of their declared objectives has been to sow dissent and division on these boards.
We've been doing all we can behind the scenes to make sure these people's interloping days are over - but it remains our policy to delete personal attacks and any accusations of trolling. If you have any concerns about any particular poster, please let us know about them by using the Report link instead - and we will get onto it ASAP.
In the meantime, we'd be ever so grateful if you could bear in mind that feminism, like parenting, can come in all shapes and sizes. And we think Mumsnet is a big enough and tolerant enough beast to flourish with all of feminism's shapes and sizes being reflected, discussed, agreed with and disagreed with (respectfully!) on the boards.