Feminist Pub XX - may the summer rains wash the patriarchy down the plughole

[NoTechnologicalBreakdown]

Ooh ooh! Do I get to start it?

Wine and cake all round. And a celebratory burst on the patriarchy-blasting cannon!

Old pub here

[Myownperson]

Elisaveta that's exciting news. There is a new thread here

[EElisavetaOfBelsornia]

I've made an offer on a lovely house. It's the last step in getting away from my violent abusive STBXH. Please think positive thoughts for me!!

[myownperson]

Sounds fun erinaceus.

I'm thinking either crisp sandwiches or takeaway tonight. No DC.

Hope you enjoy your dim sum.

I fancy a cup of tea but a 4am start with youngest means I'm too tired to go make it.

[JacquettaWoodville]

You have a REAL social life, Erin?

Did you clear that with the Humourless Feminist committee?

[erinaceus]

I'm going for dim sum. Any suggestions? I won't be at the pub tomorrow either. I'm going to a gig.

Busy round here this week.

[erinaceus]

Indeed.

[JacquettaWoodville]

Grrr! Aaargh!

[JacquettaWoodville]

Back and forth across the country trying to combine family and work. Zzz!

[Felascloak]

Why the fuck does my autocorrect think ex pimento is more likely than experiment? It's an anti science backlash I tell you!

Jacquetta what have you been up to?

[Felascloak]

I got unreasonably protective of the board the other day after a poster said there is no proper feminism on MN any more because we don't discuss things like the gender pay gap. So I'm trying an ex pimento due to a topical news item. Let's see how many people actually want to discuss the gender pay gap 😁

[JacquettaWoodville]

Zzz should go to bed

[NeverEverAnythingEver]

Last day before school. We'll do something ... But I also have lots of work to do ...

[erinaceus]

doe!

[Xenophile]

[JacquettaWoodville]

:-P

[JacquettaWoodville]

BOOM!!!!

[erinaceus]

Sounds lovely Never

I do not garden, as a rule, but I will water the pot plants, as long as I remember to do so.

I usually work somewhere with a lot of green space and outside space. Today I am working from an industrial estate. It is funny how I do not realize how much I value being able to look out of the window, until I am sat for hours in a windowless room.

[NeverEverAnythingEver]

Good morning all!

I still haven't had any luck finding a gardener. But I'm embracing the wilderness look and planted bulbs instead. It's finally rained and I think it might be time for grass seeds too. And we want a tub of bamboo...

But I need to do some work first!!!

[erinaceus]

Yes. In some areas, for example urban areas where few properties have their own garden, there is a real shortage of allotments and a long waiting list to get one. So I think that whilst the sheep might have a way to travel, the whole thing could be pulled off somehow.

[NeverEverAnythingEver]

That sounds like a great idea. I did hear once on the radio about this farmer who goes and graze her sheep in people's garden as lawnmower...

[erinaceus]

Never I have heard it suggested that people who wish they had a garden get matched with people who have gardens that need to be gardened, a bit like Borrow My Doggy.

I like this idea.

Rage away, Felas, rage away. I wave my angry fist at the patriarchy.

[Felascloak]

I'm on the gin. Not sure feminism is doing me any favours today. I have the rage