Feminism chat thread

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Hello

Been saying for ages that it'd be nice to have an area for just saying hi, letting off some steam and sharing the little things that don't warrant a whole thread.

So, I'll start...

My brother made me :o:o:o last night when we were talking about some crap sexist song. And he said (in all honesty) - well this is just one of the millions of ways the patriarchy keeps itself going.

Also got the updated email from the Feminism in London conference this morning - can't wait.

Anyone else?

The mainline stations will probably be OK. Where do you come into in London? Maybe someone could meet you there? I'm coming from North London so could do it if you come in on that side (no idea where slough is )

It's in Berkshire ISNT (smug at knowing something about geography for a bloody change - awaiting correction :o)

Info on Slough station here.

Now tell me to get on with my work. It's come to a pretty pass when I'd rather google Slough station than buckle down :(

Ah south eh

I think it's south too

I'm sure you'll be fine on the tube, ISNT, and it shouldn't be tooo busy that time on a Saturday (TF not a weekday!). I usually come in from Paddington too, and IIRC you just need to walk straight across the concourse when you get off the train, there is an escalator down into the tube (although possibly few stairs within tube bit). You go through the ticket barriers and then more or less in a straight line forwards to find the circle line platform that'll take you towards Kings X way.

So what's this about the pub? I am getting confused between this and the Reclaim the Night/Christmas party plan!

im wondering if anyone is interested in
setting up a feminist/social group with me?

it could be in london or just outside of london-windsor way?

maybe once a month and see how it goes?

i thought it would nice for people to meet and when theres other things on-people might know some fammilliar faces aswell then.

dont worry-im not as mad as my posts

Feminists only live in the celtic fringes apparently (all that witch burning really wound us up back in the day) - I am in deep SW, sorry sparky :(

yep i like Windsor-its a nice place isnt it-
im thinking of windsor as its nice but im also thinking of london as it might be more accessable for people.

oh thats a shame Elephants-
im really sorry-i think i have just accidently hijacked youre thread-i appologise.
[ive just realised this]
do you want me to set up a diffrent thread with this?

Only if you want to! That's the whole point of this thread, to throw a few ideas around or just pop and say hi or have a rant or be cheered up or whatever. Sometimes you don't want to start a whole thread to say "did you see that thing on TV where...etc"

Hmm, I think that's Object Proles! Although if rabbit costumes are compulsory maybe they have lost their way a bit...:o

TBE - aren't there or weren't there better inheritance laws in Scotland as well? None of this entailing to the male line stuff?

Christianity where I come from is mostly magic wells and blessing boats and pagan country festivals.

hello everyone, i am a bit of a lurker on here. you have all just inspired me to search out a local feminist group although i highly doubt there are any where i come from

SWC - I voted Tory at the last election and have always been upfront about it on here at any rate and no-one has been mean to me because of it .
I don't know how the woman with whom I am setting up a feminism group will react when she finds out; probably with surprise rather than anything else!
Anyway we reckon our diversity is our strength (in that I have kids, she doesn't; we have very different lifestyles) so hopefully this will apply to our politics too.

In fact if Sparky is setting up a new group then isn't this an opportunity to be in from the beginning and make sure it's right-friendly as well as left-friendly?

thankyou Elephants

yaaay-maybe two people[apart from me]so far then.

im hoping for the group to be derverse.
personnally i dont give a monkeys what kind of feminist someone is-just hoping everyone just can get on with each other.
to me-people are just people and can learn from each other.

surprise surprise i can't find anything.

is there anything particular i should search for?

Lenin - (sorry clambered over from the other thread) :( Surely the teachers must know that his parents are both women? I'm sure they wouldn't stand up in class and say "Littlegrad's mummy is making us read this odd book", it would just be A book.

I don't get the boyfriend/girlfriend stuff either (but have no DC so maybe I'll do it too, who knows) in relation to small kids. I can still remember my parents etc calling boys I liked "my boyfriend", and I'm sure it wasn't that good for me! Would far rather have been able to play chase or trains without someone looking at me and making me self-conscious. Then I went to primary school and started thinking that if I "liked" boys I had to fancy them...

roughly where are you booyhoo? there's one in Belfast (have a NI feeling about you).