Dark and stormies all round! Bluestocking piss up

[QuentinSummers]

A friendly place for feminist or general chit chat. Welcome all!

no one for coffee?

I'm thinking I need a Twitter break for at least a week. Can you lovely pubgoers help me keep off it? I like my online chat

I'm perilously close to saying something that might upset someone (though admitted if "woman = adult human female" is upsetting then it's a hard line to stay behind).

I hate Twitter. Bunch of weirdos on there. I don't understand how transgender women posting videos of their erect penis is ok but woman = adult human female is not

I don't twit or FB. MN is more than enough - I sometimes need to go cold turkey even from here. I'm going on holiday soon, which sometimes kicks off a period of abstinence.

there's been some really warm afternoon sun in London, getting to about 20, 21 outside. I think the last of that is today though

It's still been lovely today - have spent most of it out in the park, and latterly in the beer garden. It's got that lovely autumnal feeling, but still with some nice sunshine - bliss

I don't twit either, errol, and I dip in and out of facebook. I have to limit time and engagement on social media, I just don't find it's good for me.

Yes, today was nice too, hope it continues. Autumn cyclamen in the park, lovely sunsets.

I do some creative writing so most of my Twitter contacts come from that. It's mostly a lot of fun for me but last night I was looking at the Leeds thing and argh....

I find social media really helpful, partly because of being an introvert and partly because of spending a lot of time at elderly mum's house, which can be lonely in a way.

Don't want be presumptuous, but may I turn on the lights, take the little towels off the pumps and plug in the jukebox?
Am in need of a cider and would like to buy sophoclesthefox a drink. You proper choked me up today with that Lord of the Rings analogy. And I've been trying so hard to be less emotional lol!

I'm off the booze most of the time at the moment, but will take a virtual gin and tonic, if anyone's making one.

Make mine a hot toddy as DD has just passed on her cold and it's feeling chilly up north.

I have also been finding the lurkers threads very inspiring. Hence delurking myself!

Have a G&T from me, vicky. Hot toddy is a great idea tricky -it's freezing here too.

It's been a rough weekend but mumsnet has really cheered me up and I feel like celebrating.

So many women from all walks of life coming together and speaking up.
to you all!

I fancy a Prosecco!

Jukebox request....Sisters are doin it for themselves....oh yes we are

Hello, heard the music was on so thought I’d pop by and see if there were any other recent FWR de lurkers in? It was great to get a sense of how many of us there really might be out there.
What a week!

It's great to see you, delurkers

Great choice of music womaningreen , maybe we can follow it up with some more Annie Lennox. 1984 seems appropriate!

Evenin' all.

Bloody, bloody awful time IRL, and I'm enjoying the opportunity to escape for a few minutes during the day with women who are intelligent and fearsome, funny and kind.

Hope no one has brought their alcohol from Ocado!

Meredith Brooks "bitch" anyone?

Nothing against Shania Twain, but if there's a banned list, "man, I feel like a woman" should be on it.

floral to you -sorry life is tough for you. Your posts are always so informative -lots of love on here for you.

I was thinking about the transpel according to Shania actually. The line that's always boggled me a bit is 'Men's shirts, short skirts'. I still don't really know what she's getting at there. But it occured to me that I bet the Bunce does as his star turn at Karaoke...

definitely needed these days.
For anyone who hasn't come across this, I use it to cheer myself up - even start my day with it, just to remind myself of what awesome women and groups are out there.
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=eZY0uVxrM7c

And if anyone missed the Julie Bindel interview this is so worth listening to. She was one of the first feminists to identify this issue - and maybe if she'd been listened to back in the day, we wouldn't be in this mess.

So end (or start) the week with this inspirational lot.

Yeah, never really got that song.
Did anyone see CJ on the last leg? They played 'natural woman ' in memory of Aretha Franklin.

Proper pissed meself!

The video is great. 'Mumsnet lurkers': good name for a band?

Thanks sceptical , great video

Evening all, I'll have a glass of port. Seems suitably autumnal; although today was lovely and warm, the nights are drawing in. And a spot of Aretha on the jukebox - R.E.S.P.E.C.T will do nicely.

I'd love to know what Aretha would have said about all this -there was someone who knew about true oppression.