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Feminism chat thread II

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ElephantsAndMiasmas · 22/02/2011 00:30

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

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StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 11:26

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AliceWorld · 26/04/2011 11:28

I'm sure it's really here she lurks. She's planning on taking the monarchy down from inside.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 11:33

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AliceWorld · 26/04/2011 11:34

well she needs something to read on honeymoon...

DontdoitKatie · 26/04/2011 11:35

Isn't that reception thingie because the commoners weren't invited to the palace. Not very nice or welcoming when two families are getting together.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 11:42

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DontdoitKatie · 26/04/2011 11:45

It's bloody astonishing and displays an unbelievable level of rudeness from the Royal Family. Then again, a royal family is about hierarchy so they are being consistent.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 11:48

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AliceWorld · 26/04/2011 11:49

Is it really true? Seems very odd. And very nasty too of course.

AliceWorld · 26/04/2011 11:50

If only there was someone I could ask... Wink

DontdoitKatie · 26/04/2011 11:52

I think the parents would be invited - you can't escape that bit of etiquette, it's the parents' friends and family who aren't.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 11:56

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DontdoitKatie · 26/04/2011 12:00

LOL at us discussing reception arrangements for the royal wedding in the FEMINISM section.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/04/2011 12:02

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InmaculadaConcepcion · 26/04/2011 13:06

I'm glad I checked on the chat - I was thinking DontdoitKatie seems very familiar, as if she's been posting here for yonks, but I can't place her... Grin

Haven't sussed Prince Humperdinck though. Great name, btw.

(There was a poster called MyNameIsInigoMontoya, I don't know if she's still around)

Proles that's truly awful. Your poor friend. Astounding that she's forgiven the guy, but it sounds like she had to do something to keep a vaguely workable relationship going for practical reasons as much as anything.
But what a bastard.

DontdoitKatie · 26/04/2011 13:59

Hee, hee, the fakekate is as straight and dull as the real Kate looks to be.

SybilBeddows · 27/04/2011 14:56

aargh, this Royal Wedding thing is everywhere.

I've just challenged MIL (nicely) about the fact that she always buys nauseating girly pink stuff for dd.

dh backed me up - actually it might have been him that started the conversation. Then I overheard her having a conversation with dd about 'Would you like me to buy you helicopters and racing cars?' and of course dd said yes. So it has sunk in Smile

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Unrulysun · 27/04/2011 21:05

Is this the place to hide from it all?

I was at MIL's on Saturday and SIL and GMIL were going on about the wedding and about how they 'just want to see the dress'

please can someone tell me why I agreed that I would like to see 'the dress' when I don't give a flying fuck if she walks down the aisle stark bollock naked?

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forkful · 27/04/2011 21:21

I am going to watch the Royal Wedding so that I can start a feminist analysis thread on it. Wink

DS 3.7 has a Royal Wedding themed teddy bear's picnic at nursery tomorrow Shock.

We have tried to explain marriage and wedding to him a little bit and said there would be a Prince and Princess and he wanted to know if there would be a King & Queen!

I told him that he might want to get married when he was older and that men can 'marry' men and women can 'marry' women. Smile. DH was a bit Hmm but bollocks to him. Equality has to start from a young age. Grin

SGM - re the convo in the park - when things like that happen to me I imagine our little virtual feMNist space here, safe in the knowledge that there are kindrid spirits here.

DontdoitKatie · 27/04/2011 21:30

Oh we have to do a feminist analysis of the Royal Wedding. Patriarchy in all its splendid glory.

I can't stop clicking on stupid Daily Mail wedding stories so now I know that they've shipped £50,000 worth of trees into Westminster Abbey as the floral (arborial?) decorations.

There will be riots.

Beachcomber · 27/04/2011 21:50

Yes to feminist analysis of wedding. I don't live in the UK so have been pretty oblivious to the whole thing so far - I didn't even know the date of the wedding, had to google it.

(Forkful, hope you don't mind me asking but are you a namechanger? Your style is familiar. You don't have to say, of course, if there is an outing issue. I liked your links on the AIBU thread and have bookmarked them, thanks.)

forkful · 27/04/2011 21:57

whispers I was t a b o u l e h not a massive secret - fancied a change and decided to be slightly less linkable/searchable back to old name

When I first started posting I didn't realise that I'd get so involved on certain threads! Also family know I MN and know I am a feminist...

So just trying to bear that in mind and not post things I don't want RL people to know!

Beachcomber · 27/04/2011 22:15

Ah! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. I did wonder where t had gone as noticed she didn't seem to be posting anymore but didn't put two and two together.

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