Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere

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As a long time lurker I want to post a positive message of thanks to the amazing women (and men) of FWR who have opened my eyes to so many important issues. The fight for women’s rights can be exhausting and there are so many brick walls but just by talking about these issues you are making a difference. I suspect there are many like me who don’t often post on here but take on board a lot of what is discussed and use it to spread the message in our own lives, educating our children, donating where we can, etc. Please keep going. And thanks.

I don't do much and I'm not as eloquent or knowledgeable as others but thanks anyway

To all the women standing for the rights of women and girls

Absolutely

I’ll second that, I hardly post really, but I’m reading threads in here every day, clicking on every link that’s posted, financially supporting when I can, learning of new groups and people to follow on social media and I’m frequently in awe of posters eloquence and knowledge in here.

One here who posts intermittently but still learning, always learning. The breath and depth of knowledge of the women on this board is staggering; a hub of intellect and humanity. Thank you everyone on this board for making me stop and think.

You are all responsible for my late onset feminism.

...and its voice cannot be denied.

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Well said OP.

There is a reason that the trolling is picking up again: some people are absolutely furious that there is still a forum where women can discuss these issues together.

It's a sign of how effective it is as a community for discussion.

Cheers to all the women here . It's lovely when lurkers post. Please share your thoughts too. You don't have to be super eloquent or knowledgeable.

It's so obvious how the trolls are keen to disrupt and deflect the threads on this board recently.

Women talking together are a threat to the male-dominated status quo

Yes, thank you to those who post tirelessly and eloquently in the face of organised hostility.

Hello to all the other lurkers.

It's so obvious how the trolls are keen to disrupt and deflect the threads on this board recently.

Very true.

Great idea! I'm a frequent lurker and occasional poster and have learnt so much on here. I work in quite a woke environment and increasingly feel like an alien - it's such a relief to have a forum of women who share my concerns and support one another.

Yes thank you to all 💐
My DH has listened to me talk about this for a few years, but it's actually the trolling being reported on twitter that really made him see that there are those who hate women discussing things together.

I'd like to thank some of the trolls though!

They shine a powerful light on women's rights. They don't mean to but they vitalise each and every one of us to refuse to be silent, to be patient, to not let them spread their disinformation and utter tripe without being challenged on it!

Without them some of the most energetic, fact filled posts just wouldn't exist.

Mind you without htem those posts wouldn't have to exist!

So maybe I don't want to thank them after all!

Read you all elsewhere sometime soon

I don't post on many of the fast-moving threads, as I'm just not quick / articulate enough. I do "borrow" a lot of phrases, perfectly reasoned rebuttals etc.. for use outside of MN, tho. Thanks to those who say what I think without having ever met me!

Hello Lurkers! It is a joy to see you.

I have found this place to be such an inspiring place, full of amazing intelligent women. I have certainly had my eyes opened by the standard of analysis and argument in here - it took me a while of lurking before I started posting :-))

Now I feel that I have a better understanding of the issues and their implications and I have been writing letters here there and everywhere - I wrote to Jacob Rees-Mogg as Leader of the House of Commons this morning :-)).

Things are definitely moving forward and I’m glad we’ve got this opportunity to discuss things together

Seconded.
Some absolute legends on here.
The TRA's have so missed a trick.
By coming on so hard and destructively they have missed out on women who could have been their strongest, most effective supporters.

Imagine if trans rights didnt mean the removal of women's rights. But that's the way they've framed it. I have no idea why. We're 99% in support of "The Trans Agenda" - just leave our language and certain limited spaces alone, and tread a lot more sensitively with gender non conforming kids.

It could have been a dream team.

Another frequent lurker, occasional poster here. Thank you for this and for all the reminders on this board that I'm not completely on my own and there are others out there who think like I do.

Wow so many lurkers in the same boat! I am trying to educate myself on the issues discussed here but don’t feel like I know enough to post regularly. When I do engage my posts are generally fuelled by passion rather than knowledge but, as another poster put it, “Thanks to those who say what I think without having ever met me!”

I am another lurker and occasional poster. So grateful for all of the wisdom and relentless bloody calm rationality from so many posters on here. I often copy and save posts for future use. The eloquence displayed here is beyond what I can usually muster.

I have been feeling a bit down about it again since yesterday. I recently met a woman who thought could well be a GC ally. Science background, very down to earth and sound. Yesterday she posted on Facebook that she is running yoga courses for 'pregnant parents'. I checked through and she definitely means pregnant women. Sigh.

I know it's been said multiple times before but when this happens it feels just like being in a scene from Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. A sinking sense of bafflement and despair that someone you like and respect is blatantly onboard with the woo.

Will try to find a gentle way to ask about it when we can meet in person again sometime. Could be that she just hasn't thought it through 🤞

Anyway what I mean to say is that having this space and all the wonderful posters on here gives me hope and strength in the knowledge that I'm not alone. I'm learning all the time and feeling more confident to express myself in real life too. Thank you.

Another lurker popping up to say thanks.
I'm finding out how many women are fighting silently and not so silently in the background to protect our rights and keep the ones we have.
It shouldn't have to come to this. It's a shame our rights are being taken away to facilitate the rights of a minority of other's.