Daily acts of feminism - a thread for ideas

[teawamutu]

Pinched the idea shamelessly from another thread after an hour of speechless rage reading the papers and Twatter. I need to DO something.

I pledge to do something positive every day to stand up for women. Deeds not words.

Today was taken care of for me - a subscription to The Radical Notion for Mother's Day. I'm also going to fill out the VAWG consultation.

Thought might be good to share anything else we come across here, so anyone in need of ideas could check?

[Leafstamp]

Are you up to date on petitions tea?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard

[Swashbuckled]

Great thread.

I really like the pp’s suggested response to the referring of “girls” (usually used by certain men to refer to the secretaries at my place of work). I can also see me using it with comic effect if the situation calls for that approach.

When I thought about using it, however, I imagined the man apologising and replacing with “ladies”. Does anyone have any ideas what to say to that?

[Cuntysnark]

My first daily act is a dig in Maya’s new garden.

[FortunesFavour]

I am the proud new owner of a This Witch Doesn’t Burn t-shirt. I shall be taking it for its inaugural outing round town later. Be sure to say hello if you see me!

[teawamutu]

[quote Leafstamp]Are you up to date on petitions tea?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard[/quote]
I wasn't - but I am now! Thanks for the reminder.

[RabbitOfCaerbannog]

I shall be doing some digging for Keira Bell. There's an update on her case for those interested in searching. Her legal team have got a lot on!

[334bu]

Wight-Dash looks like a charity worth supporting.

[334bu]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4227395-Wight-DASH
Forgot link

[oldwomanwhoruns]

Today's act - email Woman's Hour to ask them to cover Maya Forster's appeal which is TODAY (Tues 27 Apr)

[Wrongsideofhistorymyarse]

Bumping this excellent thread.

[ChristinaXYZ]

If you are complaining - move it up a level. Moaning on here/to your mates about the BBC? Actually send a proper complaint. If you sent a complaint (or several) and the answers are poor and you're gathering evidence combine it in a larger letter and make an official complaint to the top and say next stop OfCom and then, if the answers are still rotten complain to OfCom with your dossier. Similarly move the complaints up a level if you're writing about the behaviour of a charity (gather evidence and move on to the charity commission), or have you had the brush off with a poor response to a freedom on information request to the police, school or government department. complain again to them and then use the office of the information commissioner who can and does make rulings in the public's favour. These actions can work.

[teawamutu]

Confession: I've been utterly disheartened and avoiding the news over the last week or so. Feeling very dispirited and need to get the fire back.

Have started by signing the Sex Matters open letter.

[Terranean]

There is another petition on the petition board or if you check G lineham website requesting IPSOS to report offenders by sex and stop saying ‘woman’ abused x when it is not a woman.

Just signed and put the link on the petitions board!

[teawamutu]

Back on the case! I've signed that petition, dug for Sonia Appleby (GIDs whistleblower) and just written a very frank response to Labour about exactly why I'm not renewing my membership and spoiled my ballot last week.

[Carriemac]

Today's act - use this reply when asked for my pronouns

"Obviously when you're talking to me you'll use my name. When you're talking about me, it's really not my business to police your language."

[teawamutu]

@Carriemac

Today's act - use this reply when asked for my pronouns

"Obviously when you're talking to me you'll use my name. When you're talking about me, it's really not my business to police your language."

Love it. Filing that one away.

[teawamutu]

Bumping the thread - yesterday's act was to explain exactly what JKR actually said when a friend innocently said 'she's a transphobe, though'.

A few mins later it turned to 'oh, I didn't know any of that'.

Was a bit nervous of being a RL GCer but seemed to go ok.

[Leafstamp]

Brilliant work @teawamutu

I’m chipping away at a few things - had a conversation with a friend about sex and gender and the social contagion of ROGD in teenage girls.

I’ve had some disheartening replies from organisations I’ve written to but at least they know my view exists.

Am delighted with the ACAS break from Stonewall news this morning and thinks like that spur me on .

[JediGnot]

[Man here] - do you think that this is an appropriate daily act of feminism for a man? Emailing / messaging / commenting online to TRA men asking them to justify why they, as men, feel that they have a right to campaign against the rights of women?

I know which side I'm on, and I understand that some men take a different view... but on what basis does any man have a right to give up women's spaces on behalf of women, any more than any man should have an opinion of restricting women's reproductive choices?

If you do think it is a reasonable idea then to what extent is it possible to treat all biological males the same for this purpose, and to what extent messaging trans-women is by definition bullying and transphobic? Would it be reasonable to have a "don't message any trans women" policy? Or perhaps a "don't message any trans-women unless you are sure that they are abusive to women?"

[Leafstamp]

Hi Jedi

I definitely think it's reasonable to ask certain TRAs the question you pose, but personally, I would use the policy as per your last bit - only to those who you can see are campaigning to infiltrate women's spaces and break down their rights.

Do take care of yourself, it can be stressful and upsetting getting into debates with some of these characters. Keeping it polite and respectful yourself helps you keen the upper hand and to sleep at night knowing that you are doing nothing wrong.

Lastly - do come back and let us know how you get on!

[Iootraw1]

Write to your school’s Head Teacher if they have started to promote Woke policies to express your concern.
I just sent an email to my daughter’s school after the fe ale pupils were referred to as vagina-havers and ‘people who menstruate’ at today’s Menstruation Hygiene Awareness Day’.
Made it quite clear what I thought of that!

[mum2jakie]

I know she doesn't need the money, but if anyone wants to show thanks to JK Rowling for putting her head above the parapet, paperback copies of Troubled Blood are only £3.50 on Amazon at the minute! I love the Strike series so it's not exactly a hardship buying this one but there was a lot of misreporting about it being 'transphobic' when it was first released in hardback. Lots of respect to JK Rowling for having so much integrity and commitment to women's rights.

[Leafstamp]

The latest Glinner update shows the powers of letter writing (by email in reality), eg Macmillan had changed their wording from people to women re cervical cancer:

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/how-to-challenge-institutional-buffoonery?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

[teawamutu]

Reviving this because the Bell judgment has given me a rage kickstart.

Today I will be writing to my (Tory) MP, expressing congratulations that Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch remain charge at Equalities, and ask him to raise the issue of male sex offenders in women's prisons.

I know he's been sent a copy of the Joyce book, so will also ask if he's read it.

[Thelnebriati]

Note to mods; these are consultation links, not petitions.

Women and Equalities Committee survey about the menopause
Main page;
committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/

Link to survey;
forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nt3mHDeziEC-Xo277ASzSugWXtlS9G1OpuyhNtc2h8lUNkpKMUhIOFFINURIQlZMTko5ME5XU1VTTSQlQCN0PWcu&wdLOR=c132E7441-C178-47BE-B863-D79F4828FB36