Can I have a sisterly hug?

[KnitFastDieWarm]

I have been though the ringer on social media today and I wish I could put the clothes back on the emperor and the genie back in the bottle

I feel totally drained and and shit and let down

Kick me up the arse please

Unmumsnetty hug/arsekick for you.

Social media is just a great big bag of crap. People take off their brakes in there and try to be hurtful.

But you are fighting the good fight and clothing the emperor. We know This Is Wrong, and as Burke (might as well have) said, “the only thing that is required for evil to triumph is for feminists to do nothing”

((hug))

Well done - it's worth it. I've been on there too and am soon to be on the 'kill list' I expect.

((((Kinit))))

It's the weekend. Avoid the negativity and do something good for yourself.

^"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off "
^
And how!

There is no going back Knit, so take a pause, a drink maybe?, regroup and then continue to push back - we have to!

Here have a massive sisterly hug from me ((((knitfast))))

These are crazy times. Well done for sticking your neck out, you did the right thing.

(Hugs)

It does get easier, is the one consolation I can offer. The first step is always the hardest.

Havent seen your particular episode of tweeting but hugs and well dones here too. Twitter is rage inducing and exhausting

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Thank you all so much
I’m just drained and sad and weepy and wish I could go back to happy clappy let’s all get along ignorance.

It's Friday night! Go have a drink, collect some hugs from friends/family, and take a break. This giant pile of mindbendingly absurd shit can wait a few days and will still be there when you're ready to wade in again.

I love you all
I’ve just had a stiff gin and emailed Sarah ditum and Hadley freeman thanking them for their sterling work and offering my support and that’s made me feel much better

I've had to unfollow someone I used to admire. On IWD she posted calling out IWD as being unnecessary, and made a ridiculous ranty victim blaming post. She has a lot of stunned responses, as she does a job only men used to do until very recently.

Thankfully there's still women like Sarah Ditum.

Hugs, and OP

Keep fighting the good fight

Hugs... hang in there, stay strong and have

Give yourself a big hug OP and maybe some nice strokes on the cheek.

((((knitfast))))

There are enough of us, step away someone will take your place in the shieldwall for a while so you can return with more energy

It's a relay, not a solo race. Always someone else there to take the baton for a while.

Sending hugs ….

A big wraparound hug from me Knitfast. We know what we know. We can't unknow it.
I feel like I'm in the Resistance, sneaking around, collecting and passing on information, in tiny pieces, when the opportunity arises.
I like Waddle's image, keep shuffling, like a penguin, so the pressure is spread and shared.

Yes - I'm giving you a sisterly hug.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

No going back is there? Once you know stuff you can't unknow it, and stuff that makes sense can't be rearranged back into nonsense.

Take heart. This is an exponential curve of people giving themselves permission to say, feck it, it's all bollocks, I can't go along with it any more.

Slow to start but then blam.

It's already happening.

Have a break. As you take a rest from the crazy someone else is stepping up already.