The Feminist Pub is Open - Chat, Rant, or pull up a chair here!

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

This thread started when we all decided to imagine what the perfect local for feminists would be like. So far, it has taps with plenty of good real ale, and some decent non-alcoholic alternatives too. There are comfy chairs and there's a feminist film night, as well as lots of nice feminist-friendly books on the shelves and space to curl up and read. The open-mic nights are attracting feminist singers and comedians, and we're just sorting out the feminist creche.

Please come along, draw up a stool, and have a good chat about whatever you fancy - as serious or as trivial as you like.

For starters, I have a half-pint of lemonade. What can I get anyone?

I'll have a nice mulled cider. Yum. Loving the pictures of the Land Girls on the wall. Like the Pendle witches angle too

Cider you can feel stripping off your tooth enamel, fantastic! Also spicy, sweet and mulled, specifically for breaking the journey home, laden with shopping, in the dark and cold. It's all good.

Do we have lavatory plans? Are we providing for men at all? I think free hot water bottle provision would be good.

In the rush to get these over here while they're still hot I've left my wallet at home.

Would anyone buy me a half without any presumption that I'll pay you back later on tonight with my vagina?

Exactly, cider that strips tooth enamel.

I believe our loos are lovely, clean, large, and unisex. Our men are pleasant and clean, and enjoy nice loos, so there is no need for male-female ones (we are living in the feminist utopia here).

Hot water provision sounds excellent.

I'm about to mug bunny for the tapas, but will buy her a half (or even a whole manly pint!) if she so chooses.

Bunny I'm amusing myself with an image of an incredibly dexterous vagina that can handle change and carry out a transaction. Not bad at all. You're sitting on a fortune

@ dexterous vagina - I fear mine is quite clumsy these days...

Oh, I'd love to go to a pub with nice, clean unisex loos frequented by considerate men and woman. The seats will always be down after use.

Well, it IS utopia afterall...

Yes it certainly is a utopia!

Thanks LRD, just a half thanks very much, I'm breast feeding my little boy

A half is coming right up.

As to film night - what should we watch?

The Vanishing, about a boy and his passport...

The Heat?

Can I have a kahlua and milk please. It's an unusual choice but it tastes like alcoholic milkshake Some cake too please.

I love the witches and agricultural tools. Sounds like just the sort of place I'd like, I just hope dd2's ok in the creche as she's a bit grumpy tonight.

Didi - The workers in the creche work magic. Every child there is instantly content.

Sounds perfect, kim. Just so long as you bring a lovely river view for the rest of us.

Must wiki the Pendle witches. They sound great

Ooof. Might have a nice Wollstonecraft by the fire.

She'll have been hanged. Witches weren't burned in England.
You could be burned for killing your husband, though, because it counted as petty treason so the full treason penalty applied . I think some witches were burned for heresy too.

oops, I may become the Feminist Pub Bore

YES! Love it.

I'll have what Sabrina's having, please!

Just finished reading Tina Fey's "Bossypants." Has anyone else read it? Her insights on Queen Bees and women in the more intellectual side of TV writing are fascinating.

Also, any man who reads that and then says that women can't do funny is full of shit.

Ooh sorry typed slow-LOVE the idea of Quiz Nite!

Can we name the pub " Angry Birds" to show feminists have a sense of humour?

Feminist quiz night Question 1:

What percentage of rape accusations are thought to be false?

a) At least 30% (source: Anti*M i s a n d r y)

b) 90% (source: some dick on a well-known fathers rights site)

c) 2-3% (source: Keir Starmer, CPS)

(Answer: c)

Or is that not academic enough?