What do you think of spinster?

[BlackLetterDay]

To me it seems pretty puerile, also very USA based. Is there anything similar UK based? Well apart from my

I quite like it.

DON’T TOUCH THAT LINK!

I'm still thoroughly enjoying it. Still avoiding all the XYs, even the ones I like. Being silly about half the time and serious the other half. It's what you make it.

I'm a bit disheartened with the victim blaming on there, towards trans widows and other domestic abuse survivors. It's been worse for me than Twitter, bizarrely. I think I'd better stay off it for a while.

There's been a lot of support too though, I probably should focus on that.

for you, Tinsel. We can take up that baton for you no problem.

Spinster is here: spinster.xyz

Women to follow? Well there is our very own
@LangCleg@spinster.xyz

Also
@PosieParker@spinster.xyz
@meghanmurphy@spinster.xyz
@FondOfBeetles@spinster.xyz
@ReSistersU@spinster.xyz
@DrLouiseMoody@spinster.xyz
@CroneInAMillion@spinster.xyz
@Dyketagnan@spinster.xyz

If you want to know what male transsexual allies have to say there is
@MirandaYardley@spinster.xyz
@Fionne[email protected]

Bluebonic I understand it was transactivists, but it might have just been men. Centring women in women’s health is transphobic. Check this out -

Thanks for the recommendations!

The novelty of being allowed to say men are men wore off for me. It all seemed to be a bit directionless and quite a lot of trivial stuff like dog and cat pictures. Plus a lot of bickering about whether men should be permitted to join, which was incredibly dull.

I'm sticking with it as I think it has great potential as a space for gender-critical discussion without lexiconical (is that a word even?) handcuffs. It's a good resource to have in conjunction with Mumsnet, Twitter etc... Thank's for the list, have added a few I hadn't found before.

The novelty of being allowed to say men are men wore off for me. It all seemed to be a bit directionless and quite a lot of trivial stuff like dog and cat pictures. Plus a lot of bickering about whether men should be permitted to join, which was incredibly dull.

Did you think you would arrive to find exactly the space you wanted, perfectly tailored to you, all ready and sitting there waiting for your attention?

Two people have put in a lot of effort to create the possibility of a successful woman-centred social media space. But that possibility can only be realised if women put in the work to make it so.

Ummm anyone who doesn’t like cat stuff on the internet doesn’t deserve to be online 😐

Just kidding

I haven't seen any dog and cat pictures. i've seen a fuck lot of feminism that isn't being shat all over by woke idiots tho.

Tinsel I hope people start seeing the light more and it becomes more supportive.

Tinsel  I hope people start seeing the light more and it becomes more supportive.

Well it's been enlightening to realise there are extremists on both sides of the debate. I'm used to being accused of being mean and bitter for leaving my ex, I'm not used to being accused of being weak and of facilitating child abuse, for not leaving sooner!

I'm used to being accused of being mean and bitter for leaving my ex, I'm not used to being accused of being weak and of facilitating child abuse, for not leaving sooner!

It isn't actually the 'other side' when you think about it. It is the expectation that we always put someone else interests ahead of our own health and safety. Some people expect women t prioritize men, while others expect us to prioritize children, and still others want us to sacrifice for the family. Who prioritizes women. Feminists are said to and yet we are constantly told by self proclaimed feminists that we are failing someone if we act on our own judgment.
Two quotes to live by.
Never set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.
Always put your own oxygen mask on before helping others.
Those who claim otherwise are not to be trusted.

I'm not used to being accused of being weak and of facilitating child abuse, for not leaving sooner!

Bloody hell, that’s shit. Took me more than twenty years to leave my abusive marriage. Beat myself up about it enough. Don’t need any other asshole telling me I’m crap. Sorry some fucker did that to you.

Thanks both.

It certainly highlights that whatever choices women make, there's always somebody who will feel the need to tell you you've done it wrong.

I've just joined and am a bit baffled. I'm pennyroyal on there as that was my twitter name. Shall try and learn it up a bit. Thanks for tips people.

I like it. I just don't like all the double posts within one tweet. That's the most annoying part of it.

Just tried to follow Bewilderness on Spinster and i saw this notification.

'Profile Unavailable'

She's not banned, surely? Or are her posts 'protected', in the Twitter sense?

And, just for the record, I like Spinster. But I'm waiting for the update they make, where it opens on the last message you read. So you can scroll up to the most current message, cos I don't like the way it is, at the moment. I'm just too lazy to scroll down to where I left it.

Unless there's a way to do that, which has passed me by...

No, she is still there.

I think "profile unavailable" simply means you have to be accepted as one of her followers before you can see her profile.

That makes sense Barbara...thank you.