The Feminist Pub - come in and chat.

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

This is something like the fourth pub chat thread - please pull up a chair at the bar. Everyone welcome.

Old thread is here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1920422-The-Feminist-Pub-continued?

But it's pretty much full so welcome in.

Isn't laurel the head-leaves that you get when you win the Olympics in Ancient Greece?

That doesn't look like a comfy bush to sit on anyway.

I think it is 'rest' on laurels - as in being satisfied with the win you achieved and not strive for more.

Oww Buffy

Re menstrual blood - I do kinda find it disgusting and I don't mind sanpro ads mopping up blue water. I am no fan of any bodily fluid, in all their multicoloured glory, or even blood from a cut finger. So, I probably do have a long way to go but at least there's consistency.

I know about laurels! It's the stuff they put on Julius Ceasar's head and Asterix and Obelix replaced it with parsley leaves and Julius thought he felt like a fish.

I have only had one sip of wine too!

Buffy, did your feet go forward and you went down hard on your bahookie?
You're unlikely to have broken your spine (can you walk? feel your toes? do a pelvic floor clench? - all good then), but will have bashed/sprained/possibly cracked your coccyx, the v last bit of your tail bone.
V painful, but not dangerous. Take Brufen/Nurofen if you can/are not allergic. Sit on cold pack and/or aforementioned swim ring doughnut. Give it time 4 to 6 weeks.

And sorry to hear that it still hurts buffy. Have you had it checked out?

Sal you are not a fan of mooncups then?

LordCopper, your knowledge of literature is astounding .

I love Asterix and Obelix - even though the comics only ever featured curvaceous, simpering females.

Are laurels not the same as bay leaves that I put in my stew??

I don't mind mooncups, although I've never got on with them. They always seem to stab me on the inside. I don't mind fluids as such. I am in the depths of the poo/snot/vomit stage of parenting too. But I do object to Greer's weird obsession with tasting it, having sex during your period, etc. Why so much time and insistence on such a niche issue.

Sometimes I am glad I am such a badly read feminist .
Menstrual blood - tasting it, really? I had no idea... Why??

I've considered trying a mooncup, but don't dare to because I am not sure my pelvic floor would be up to it and also if menopause puts a stop to this nonsense soon, then £20 seems a bit steep

I love my mooncup. But I'm not tasting any blood. What am I? A vampire? Though solidified animal blood is food in many cultures.

No, the Asterix books don't really do female characters well, do they?

4-6 weeks if you are unlucky.

Tasting menstrual blood might help

That is what I recall. I gave up soon after.

No, the Asterix books don't really do female characters well, do they?

No, they don't, but they take the piss of virtually all their male characters quite nicely too . The dog's cute though - cannot remember his name

My 4 year old DD was complaining tonight that the boys always went 1st on Swashbuckle and it 'was not right'.
I am most impressed she noticed and it just goes to show how much they pick up!

Ah, solidified animal blood is quite yummy. If well spiced. Yum.

I don't think laurel is the same as bay leaves though. I could google it, but then what would be the fun in that?

"if you think you are emancipated, you might consider the idea of tasting your own menstrual blood – if it makes you sick, you've a long way to go, baby".

There you go. I googled one of the quotations.

No, not a fan no. Though I agree in principle with all the arguments for them. Just ... you know..

Yes Greer does say something like If you think you really accept your menstruation taste it - Can you? No? You have a long way to go baby

badly paraphrased but that's essentially it

Dogmatix.

That seems a weird argument. The tasting menstrual blood thing. A confusion of biology and social whatsit. >

I suppose... I am more likely to lick a bit of blood off a cut on my finger than I would making an effort to 'taste' my menstrual blood, but so what? Nope, don't really see it.

You get laurel and bay leaves and real bay leaves - 2 of those are the same thing. I think. I may google...

I quite fancy some Chinese blood tofu now. Soup, with lots of white pepper, please.