TAAT, sorry... "Tell MNHQ why you use Mumsnet"

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So many posters on this thread are saying they're on MN for the FWR boards, so I thought it was worth popping it over here to say THANK YOU to the wonderful GC posters who keep this bastion of sanity going 👊

Tell MNHQ why you use Mumsnet:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3377940-Tell-MNHQ-why-you-use-Mumsnet

As I’ve just said over there, it’s the best slice of the internet bar none.

Articulate, witty, intelligent and unflappably calm women, stating facts, talking to each other and getting shit done. The radicalisation portal FWR has made me about 50x the cool girl I was and turned me into a woman. Thanks wims, you’re amazing

Wow

It will always be FWR to me. Not FC. Sounds strange when I say it in my head.

Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of the thread.
These responses suggest FWR is a major driver for visiting Mumsnet. I wonder if Ocado have read that one!

Started using MN about 2010 and stuck to SEN only for the first few years. Then forayed into other threads, though rarely posted. For the last year I have only really come on to look at FWR.

I wonder if MNHQ was expecting quite that response? I'm a bit surprised by it myself - and a lot of names I don't recognise, to you all.

I was quite taken aback too - so many posters are referencing this page. It's so heartening to read

Just goes to show @Datun is right about amount of lurkers here.

So, I have ventured over here for the first time after reading all the posts about the Feminism boards.
But I don’t know what FMR is or FC is or much about these threads. I’m sure a lot of people will venture over for the first time after reading that thread. Is it worth someone posting a ‘welcome’ and trying a brief summation of the space?

I stumbled upon FWR when goggling about gender stuff and not really understanding it. FWR :) its amazing.

@Nonomore2 You could start here:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) I have noticed herewww.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3335962-Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQs-I-have-noticed-here

I wondered if people saw the question as a vague threat that some areas might go after not getting the response required. FWR readers feeling constantly under threat felt the need to speak up for it, maybe I'm reading too much into it.

What is TAAT and FWR?

I have been one of your lurkers for about a year now. Thank you, everyone who is a regular contributer to FWR. I have learned so much from you all.

Knowing that you are all in my phone has made me braver in real life. I don't really contribute online (many of you are so much more eloquent than I could ever be) but I have recently managed to peak trans my DH and parents, and I am gently chilling away at some of my more woke friends and family.

Thank you all so much.

What is TAAT and FWR?

A TAAT is a thread about a thread
FWR is feminism and women's rights :)

What is TAAT and FWR?

Thread About A Thread - which aren't always allowed.
FWR - 'Feminism and Women's Rights', which is what the feminism board used to be called but for some reason isn't any more.

Someone upthread mentioned FC - I'm guessing they meant GC (gender critical- essentially believing that gender stereotypes are bad) as I've only ever seen FC meaning Father Christmas on here.

Ah ok thanks for clearing that up

Knowing that you are all in my phone

As a Terry Pratchett fan I'm now imagining teams of FWR gnomes inhabiting our devices

FC is perhaps "feminism chat"? It's waaay more than chit chat though, hence an adherence to FWR.

I think FC might have been Feminist Chat, not Father Christmas. Although staying for Father Christmas is probably a bit hopeful. I think I'll probably be on the naughty list anyway...

It’s so heartening to see. I’m a lurker/ sometimes poster. I find this such a vauluable space. There’s some
censorship/vocabulary and terminology laws to follow but it remains a safe place to discuss women’s rights without being instantly banned for transphobia.

I spend a lot of time lurking on the feminism board. Sometimes I get too invested and upset by what is happening, and have to take a break. But I am 100% behind the wonderful posters here.

I lurk a lot too and name change frequently but I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people mentioning the feminism boards.

I immediately answered that the feminist boards were the reason I am on MN. I just told the truth, it didn’t occur to me to be a voice for FWR. I originally came to Mumsnet for just general chat but once you come across the incredible minds and wit in this area and of course all the issues that I care very strongly about, it was a no brainer.

I think that a lot of people (myself included) lurk on the Feminism boards rather than actively post here.

I like hearing other people’s views here. They are generally well expressed and debate doesn’t often degenerate to the lowest common denominator.

There has been moderation with which I strongly disagree but perhaps that is a part of the reason the threads don’t become mud slinging matches.