Feminist Pub 15: The Bluestocking hangs up its, err, stocking and hopes for a chatty Christmas and a Feminist New Year

[YonicSleighdriver]

Festive greetings!

This is the 15th incarnation of the Pub and is meant as a place to drop by with random thoughts and meandering chats, on feminist or other related themes. Anything you want to mull over but not necessarily start a thread about. Alternatively, get some booze and snacks and hang out! Lurkers, newbies and oldbies welcome.

We have a pub goat, a feminist cannon for firing at crazy sexists and we cheer each other up when patriarchy grinds us down...

Last pub drinkie linkie:

Pub 14

Ebear I agree too. I'm so jaded these days that I can't stop myself thinking "you are only there because you are a man". Of course NAMALT but it's positive discrimination gone mad. Let's have some fairness now please.

Yeah, I've been thinking recently that as the pay gap is 9% at the lowest, and over 50% at the highest, then there should be a 'reset' on salaries and all male employees get a 5% salary cut and all female employees a 5% salary raise. I know it will never happen, and that there are a very few individual cases where there isn't a pay gap but otherwise it makes financial and moral sense. Imagine if every five years or so companies had to be checked for pay discrepancy then do a reset like that.

Some of these cartoons are quite funny ...

There is the Equal Pay Transparency bill going through parliament. Though it's not even at its second reading yet.

That has kept me amused for some considerable minutes, thanks LordCopper! She's very good - shame she's not got a Facebook page cos I'd like to follow her.

Oh, she's the Be a Bloody Train Driver author/cartoonist.

Some great stuff on there

She is on Twitter, Annie.

One ill child and one recovering child (in school for all of 1 hour and 15 minutes) at home. Watching Octonauts while I wrestle with fucking Microsoft fucking Word.

i don't watch big brother, but this news story is interesting - it sounds like it was handled pretty well by the show (and police are now investigating), though it doesn't sound like he understands what he has done wrong. hopefully chloe goodwin is ok

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30766963

*goodman

Another misheard lyrics:

Me: why has he got a waterfall? I want a waterfall. Is he some sort of national park?

DS1: Wild heart, mother, wild heart.

Hellooo...oooo...ooo...ooo!

Quiet in here tonight.

SNEEZE!

I am currently listening to Absolute Radio (that station which constantly elicits yells of rage at me with its sexist crap) and they are interviewing a woman called Sariah (missed her surname), who is from Equalisters, a Swedish company which sources women experts/panelists/DJs/anything. Fantastic stuff!

Bless you, Yonic.

How is the interview going Annie? Are they taking it seriously?

I pulled a back muscle demonstrating a pose in yoga class this weekend so of course I can't do anything or contribute anything useful to the conversation other than moan about it.

Poor Fib I will sit with you. I am very grumpy today though.

Examples include "it is not a fucking Terror attack, it was an attack by terrorists. Let us call them by their name and not glorify them by calling it by the effect they wanted. "

and the more mundane " children are rarely water soluble. A wet PE won't kill them so shall we calm down a bit. "

I have others too...

Oh, and you too Yonic. Get well soon.

There is no interview, Flora. Applications closed last Tuesday and interviews were to be scheduled for today and Wed so I am concluding that they didn't think much of my application.

But thank you for asking.

Those are excellent grumbles, Penguins. Just cos you're grumpy doesn't mean it's not true.

Your poor back, Fibonacci! Sometimes I think exercise is a Bad Thing. My ankle hurts today after wading running through mud yesterday.

Oh, no!

I thought that job looked great for you.

I have excellent skills with voodoo dolls, if you wish?

Ah, pants Annie.

Aw pants Annie. I am sending you vibes that there has been some almighty cock up and they haven't scheduled yet.

Fingers crossed something else is round the corner.

I can't even go on Facebook as I am friends with too many of the wet-PE mums and I shall Say Something Sarcastic and get in trouble. I think I shall drain my drink and head to bed (though there is little point as, after his brief interlude, DS has stepped up his campaign of night wakings). See, warned everyone I was grumpy

Sorry to hear that Annie. Hopefully better luck the next time. Keep at it.