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Feminist Pub 17: The Bluestocking frolics in the fells and fens of feminism

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 07/02/2015 19:25

This is the 17th incarnation of the Feminist Pub!

Here be goats, cannons and chat on feminism and related themes. Also snacks. And booze, copious booze.

Welcome!

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Enormouse · 23/02/2015 20:35

oubliette have you seen these?
Long ago when I was a vet student when you ordered your stethoscope it came in a choice of colours. IIRC, no one chose the bubblegum pink littmann. (There may have been a sparkly lilac too) Mine was blue, most people chose black, navy, dark green or red.

Feminist Pub 17: The Bluestocking frolics in the fells and fens of feminism
AnnieLobeseder · 23/02/2015 20:37

I will stand vaguely corrected that the "male" sucker-upper-er is in fact a Pipetboy. It's the micropipettes that are PipetMan. Odd how the bigger piece of kit is a "boy" and the smaller one is a "man", but meh....

All besides the point that PipetGirl gives me the RAGE!

I have posted about this on FB and a friend with a teenage DD has responded "Shall mention to DD that she and her friends will finally be able to do science!" Smile

And another friend has suggested that I could use it on the Labour WomanBus.

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 23/02/2015 20:38

Oh yy Annie - the pipetteboy comes in a nice range of colours but isn't illustrated with a female scientist doing a heart shape with her hands...

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PuffinsAreFictitious · 23/02/2015 20:40

I cannot imagine a planet on which I would get a pink Littman. Mine was a fetching shade of green.

Enormouse · 23/02/2015 20:43

The names are depressing puffin - lemon/lime, bubblegum pink, raspberry. It's a veritable ice cream factory.

But yaaay female medics will be able to accesorise their bubblegum littmann with a pipettegirl.

Enormouse · 23/02/2015 20:44

annie not only science but they'll be able to do medicine and veterinary science too now!

OublietteBravo · 23/02/2015 21:01

I'm glad I'm not alone in being pissed off by the whole concept of PipetGirl. At least smiley girls lab coat isn't emblazoned with glittery letters which read 'lab princess'

AnnieLobeseder · 23/02/2015 22:04

"Lab princess". Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Grin

EBearhug · 23/02/2015 22:15

You get pens for long service? I was lucky enough to get a printed out sheet of A4. My manager was in a generous mood, and printed it in colour.

Talking of prostate cancer, I was in the women's loos in a pub on Saturday, and all over the mirrors were sticker for #MenUnited and prostate cancer. I went out of the loos and checked the door, because I was beginning to think that I must be in the blokes loos, despite the lack of urinals and the presence of sanitary bins. I have nothing against raising awareness of prostate cancer (my father died from it, and his brother has been treated for it - were I male, I'd almost certainly be in the running.) But I did find it an odd subject, not to mention confusing, for the women's loos, which is by definition, a women-only space, no men. And if it's causing me to question whether I'm even in the right loos (I was stone cold sober, no alcohol,) then I'm not sure they've got the campaign quite right.

(Also, I thought I'd just check the campaign name, in case I remembered it wrongly. Do not google "Men together" without parental controls on...)

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PetulaGordino · 23/02/2015 22:26

At my old company for long service (10yrs, 15yrs, 20yrs etc) you got a few hundred quid to take your colleagues out for a celebration. Great, you get to spend MORE time with your colleagues! Thought I

Though having seen what other companies offer that was clearly rather churlish of me Grin

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 23/02/2015 22:27

He thinks he washed it? With what - on it's own or in with a load of washing? If in with a load, what happened to that load. Could it be inside any of it? In the airing cupboard, can anything go down the back of the water tank? Has he checked her swimming bag? Anyone else in the family who has a swimming bag? The drum of the machine. Yes, he's binned it

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 23/02/2015 22:28

Excuse the apostrophe!

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 23/02/2015 22:36

Has it fallen down behind the hot water tank?

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BuffytheThunderLizard · 23/02/2015 22:49

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 23/02/2015 22:51
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EBearhug · 23/02/2015 23:00

It will turn up as soon as you've got a new one Buffy.

Petula, one of my colleagues has 5 years and one week more service than me, we could have a massive night out on the combined contribution.

OMG, I've just realised today is actually the anniversary day. 11 years service today.

GibberingFlapdoodle · 24/02/2015 08:38

I have to admit that in our house it is me that loses things and dh is just fab at finding them. He seems to have a real 6th sense for it, I've been known to send him text messages at work asking where x is and 90% of the time he just knows.

i'm letting the side down again aren't I or hang on, am I actually building it up? Yes we can be as absent-minded as the male half of the population! Hurray I've rescued my sense of self-worth!

Bearhug's right, it will turn up when you buy another, it always works like that.

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AKnickerfulOfMenace · 24/02/2015 08:46

GF, not at all. You're showing that finding things is a skill either sex can have!

I have a good incidental memory - if I've seen something out of place., I remember it. But if it's part of the normal backdrop, like the washing basket, I don't notice it.

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PetulaGordino · 24/02/2015 08:59

my only objection is when the person who mislays things doesn't even bother to look for them (including in the most obvious places) before asking "where is X?"

so now my first response after that question is "where have you looked for it?"

GibberingFlapdoodle · 24/02/2015 09:00

Hurray, I'm not just a lazy git it's political activism!

Mentioning 'lab princess', has anyone else come across the comic / tv series "Adventure Time"? I know we have a lumpyspaceprincess around. It is fun for adults, but my dd likes it because of the princesses. I live in hope that one day she'll get over it.

PetulaGordino · 24/02/2015 09:02

"I'm not just a lazy git it's political activism"

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ChunkyPickle · 24/02/2015 09:49

We have the looking for things song ('Stand in the middle of the room, dah, dah dah, dah, daahh') which forces DP and DS1 to calmly look all around them before yelling for someone (me) to find it for them.

DS1 has selective vision (very much like selective hearing) - can't see the remote control right in front of him, but can spot the emergency mashem bribes put right at the back of the top shelf within seconds of entering the room.

I know they do see and hear the stuff though, because the moment I try to get away with anything they'll correct me (both of them have a fairly eidetic memory, unfortunately not for anything useful - they can only use the power for trivia, not for good)

FibonacciSeries · 24/02/2015 10:44

Hi everyone! I'm still in Asia (though surprisingly I haven't had many incidents of feminist rage yet) and frantically job hunting. So I can't contribute anything of interest to the pub but want to mark my place.

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 24/02/2015 13:30

DS couldn't find a pair of trousers if he was stood in a room that was wallpapered with trousers. He also likes to pretend he can't find the bin when he is asked to put anything in it. He, too, can find the well hidden sweets and chocolates. He's only three. I'm just a skiprat so all things I need are usually on the floor, somewhere.

So, I didn't get the job. But... I didn't want it so that's OK.. Had a big think over the weekend and the commute would have been awful and although it was more money, ultimately it was a step slightly backwards. I got really positive feedback as well, which is nice.

BuffY I suggest spending £20 on a new swimsuit, the other one will miraculously appear just as you cut the tags off the new one.