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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Feminist pub no 12: The Bluestocking Returns, this time with goats!

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YonicScrewdriver · 05/10/2014 09:18

Welcome!

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PenguinsIsSleepDeprived · 30/10/2014 19:22

Can we have some tall ones too? Bar stools od assorted heights.

UptoapointLordCopper · 30/10/2014 19:31

Have been hols. Anyone missed me? Grin

Hello Bella!

Now to cook something spicy.

BellaSolanum · 30/10/2014 19:35

karma Been to a few pubs where I've had to get someone to lift me up onto barstools! Deeply embarrassing

PumpkinGordino · 30/10/2014 19:45

Hate bar stools. Most uncomfortable

I will stretch out on a banquette while you all look down on me from the bar

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 19:58

This is the third time I have wanted to join this amazing pub but unlike the other times, I WON'T be bottling it. So hello to everyone!! :)

Is it possible to be a shit feminist....because I feel like one??! Angry and motivated yes, but just clueless as to what to do!

Anyway, as in most pubs I used to frequent (pre-kids) I might just listen a lot. Blush

BriarRainbowshimmer · 30/10/2014 20:11

Hello Pepper Smile
Perhaps this thread can inspire you.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/2219820-Little-or-big-feministy-things-you-can-do-to-help

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 20:18

Thanks Briar... I am checking that thread out as you read this!! Yes, I just feel like an angry whirlpool of unreason....with absolutely no direction. A few posters were so helpful to me earlier and recommended books and so on....that actually felt pretty wonderful. It's funny to be a feminist yet kind of shy and unsure...almost an oxymoron.

MyEmpireOfDirt · 30/10/2014 21:16

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rosdearg · 30/10/2014 21:25

Hello Pepperwitheverything,
Welcome. I like your name. Do you have black pepper on oranges? Yum.

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 21:46

Thanks Empire and Rosdearg!! I have black pepper with grapes, strawberries, blackberries, yes oranges, even toast!!

I LOVE pepper!! It livens up scrambled eggs, omelettes, toasties, mash....you name it!!

My husband loves white pepper...I am a black pepper lover!

UptoapointLordCopper · 30/10/2014 21:52

I love both black and white pepper! Chinese cabbage soup with a healthy dose of white pepper. Yum.

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 21:54

Is everyone feared up for Halloween? My girl wants to watch Monster House, so that is what we are doing! Plus dunking for apples. DH suggested Hocus Pocus for DD but she hated that idea!! It was too scary for her I think.

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Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 21:56

Copper, DH would love you. I've never heard of Chinese cabbage soup.....it sounds right up his street!!

UptoapointLordCopper · 30/10/2014 22:31

Chinese cabbage soup dead easy - boil some chicken/pork - spare ribs the best - add lots of cracked pepper, add cabbage. Cook a bit. Eat. Very warming. Grin

Come to think of it, it works with black pepper too. But not a mix, I think...

Not doing halloween. Bah humbug. Will be drawing the curtains and hiding upstairs.

thatstoast · 30/10/2014 22:33

I don't really know what this thread is about but I felt obliged to come over and show solidarity and what not after seeing the AIBU thread.

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 22:41

What AIBU thread?? Something negative probably.

Anyway Thatstoast....welcome!!! I am new too and everyone on here has been nothing but very lovely and nice!

BellaSolanum · 30/10/2014 23:14

That thread is equal parts sad and infuriating.

Can see how feminist theory can be intimidating, and I imagine the anger is quite scary too. After all we are still taught that an angry woman is somehow unnatural, especially one angry at men.

Plus I can see why they get frustrated with sentences like "Men do this", because they aren't thinking men as in the class, they are thinking men as in the individuals. It took me a long while to get my head around it, I confess I once used to say "not all men" in response to feminist critique.

It's not easy is it?

Don't know about on here, but I've seen so many people try to explain things and it just never seems to lead anywhere. And there's no way of removing the confusing/scary bits without diluting the important messages. And of course there are enough people who are really keen on deliberately misunderstanding and having other misunderstand.

Wish there wasn't this weird perceived divide between feminists and other women. Like we are some odd other.

I also feel reluctant to go on at those who find it intimidating in case it seems like I am trying to convert them to some cause. I want to run after them going, "we're not scary honest, just talk to us", but that's creepy behaviour. Grin

On that note, less seriousness, pass me a drink!

BecauseIsaidS0 · 30/10/2014 23:15

Only because you are goat approved Grin. Fess up, you fed her didn't you?

ZombiePuffinsAreREAL · 30/10/2014 23:15

Welcome to the pub, toast. We have a feminist goat, she tends not to eat weird things though, so you're safe.

YonicScrewdriver · 30/10/2014 23:18

PEPPER!!

TOAST!!

PEPPER ON TOAST..??!!

Welcome!

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ZombiePuffinsAreREAL · 30/10/2014 23:19

Yes!

Stop that, shouty feminist person Grin

YonicScrewdriver · 30/10/2014 23:20

OK PUFFINS!!

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ZombiePuffinsAreREAL · 30/10/2014 23:24

Grin and Grin some more

Pepperwitheverything · 30/10/2014 23:32

Haha!! THANKS YONIC!!!

xxx

AsAMan · 30/10/2014 23:36

Anyone watching Question Time? Anyone else fucked off that they had a long discussion about letting male jihadist come home after going away to fight but when vulnerable teenage girls go abroad he says he hasn't got time to discuss it? Angry

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