Feminism chat thread II

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

Since it looks like the first chat thread is about to fill up, here's the next one all ready and waiting.

Think of it as the gated commune with babysitting on demand and gorgeous poolboys serving the drinks :o

Have an image in my head now like that 1970s batman series

KAPOW!!!!!

QUICK! Dittany? Or anyone! Does anyone know a good book for a 12yo girl who is just starting to feel the pressure of conforming to body image/worrying about weight etc?

suggestions required here

Hello lovely thread. Just been in the pub with Treacle, planning a bit of an expedition to a feminist meeting. How exciting!

Sakura i LOVE LOVE LOVE that post. You took him down. And I've never read dittany sounding so pleased (except possibly about Adam Ant's trousers...) :o

hello! I'm back. was lurking most of the time good job too as lots of you've also name changed Slight name change!

I'm going to be forkful now!

After FiL I realised that I didn't know how to pronounce my own MN name . Also when I registered I didn't realise that I'd become such a regular poster and my name was lentil weavery and I'm not really wasn't quite me

Also I'd like to change it up a bit and have name changes on a theme etc - eg ForkfulOfFeminism/ ForkfulOfEasterEgg!

So I've been a bit under the weather and felt a bit blah about posting and was/am trying to regulate my internet usage but I miss you all. .

I am coming to MWR! Off to see what threads I can add to!!

How are you doing lovely girl lady chica woman? :) Nice to see you round here. Are you meeting up with us all for MWR then?

Ha - I didn't miss it - I was lurking but it did prompt me to jump back in because I was "waah I am missing out here".

Yes I'd like to meet up for MWR!

Have just been looking at that thread re thefeminist texts for girls and it's made me really :(

I am missing Fawcett Society Feminist Parenting talk For various reasons tonight. But that thread and some of the recent ones about rape really make me think we have to radically reexamine how we raise girls.

I've worked in schools, I don't want her to have a life of coerced sex, body image issues and just struggling with it all. :(

Any cheerful thoughts?

Oh God look at all this happiness and me in the middle.

I'm like Marvin the Paranoid Android :(

Sorry this isn't really a feminist poem or relevant in any way, but you reminded me of it and I love it.

What a busy few days in the Feminism section!

I was just thinking that there hadn't been that many new threads recently.

This chat thread is good for community but I'd like to hope that there will still be a good mix of other threads around - as I know from other parts of MN that it can be hard for people to "break into" a chat thread.

Just want to get a little boast in about my DH!

He was on a course (can't be more specific) and he told people that I was a feminist and that it was trasferring on to him and he pointed out and discussed some advertising relevant to the location there were in which objectified women!

This is despite him often saying "gah feminism again - it's all you talk about "

There is a massive positive ripple out effect in declaring yourself a feminist and discussing these issues. BTW this is very unlike my DH in that he normally likes to avoid controversy/embarrassment etc.

SaF, vezzie, you can find answers in literature too, not just in the Bible. I tried to tell that priest that I'm not actually an atheist.
For example, I believe something channels through the makers of great art, which is transcendent, it's almost as though it has come from somewhere else. You can sense this when you read a powerful novel. And I think the root of this is integrity . YOu can find revolutionary zeal in simple fairy stories.

Englebert "dd is 10 and she realises she's not like the other girls"
In what way? In the sense that she asks questions and what have you? I want to be prepared for all this with DD

Forkful,you are absolutely right about the ripple effect.

I mean, I want to take notes and learn from your experiences Englebert

She sounds great Engelbert - really self-confident in who she is. She's right, it will take the other girls a while to get confident enough to be who they are rather than out of a mould