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Ribboning help please

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CervixSampler · 16/07/2021 11:35

Hi, I am armed and dangerous with the literal violence of purple, white and green ribbons. My plan is to attach meaningful quotes or phrases on laminated pieces of paper but I'm not sure what to write for the best impact and communication of Women’s rights. Please could you give me some ideas other than the dictionary definition of woman. Ideal places to put them too. Public loos? Park bench? Sea wall railings? End of the pier might be a good one. On the train somewhere?
My stickers are so far still where I've left them and we are on a day trip to a different area tomorrow so I'm going to make the most of it with some activism.

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NotAFuckingPenalty · 16/07/2021 19:49

I've made some of these. Got a few places in mind to tie them, On a few park benches near me, some gates on the way there as well.

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CervixSampler · 16/07/2021 21:12

Some great ideas thank you. I'm just going to sticker and ribbon tomorrow and save the tags for another time as I've run out of time to do it for tomorrow.

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BlackeyedSusan · 16/07/2021 21:24

Check your pens to see if the ink is waterproof

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BlackeyedSusan · 16/07/2021 21:37

Women's rights are not a hate crime.

This ribbon is not a noose. Support Marion.

Keep prisons single sex. No rapists in women's prisons.

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ScreamingMeMe · 16/07/2021 21:48

@BunnyRuddington

Can someone explain what wheest means?!

I have no idea either and I've tried to look it up as well.

Think this is the main problem with some of these hashtags, they just don't mean anything to a lot of people.

So they look them up on social media, and learn a lot from the posts they find. I think that's the point.
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CervixSampler · 16/07/2021 23:12

I've tested out different pens and regular biro is water resistant so far. I've written on the ribbons instead of using tags.

I have:

Stand up for the rights of women and girls

#Sexmatters

Don't tell women to sit down and shut up

#womenwontwheesht

Good things happen when women support women

I ❤️ JKR

Biology and truth matters

#Istandwithmaya

#istandwithmarionmillar

#sexnotgender

Fair Play for women

Women's rights are not a hate crime

Your daughters have a right to single sex spaces

Safe schools alliance



I've included hashtags and websites

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crossparsley · 16/07/2021 23:56

Those are all great!

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CervixSampler · 16/07/2021 23:58

I get so nervous just stickering so I'm really nervous of this.

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PurpleHoodie · 17/07/2021 07:55

Local workplaces have been stickered. It is a collective responsibility to ensure they are removed. This is done.

Obscene ones ie racist/sexist are removed asap.

There are a lot of critical jobs that need to be done before factual/non-obscene ones are removed. Lots of jobs crop up, so some others i.e #SexMatters end up staying there for much longer.

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PurpleHoodie · 17/07/2021 07:58
Wink
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ArabellaScott · 17/07/2021 08:00

Chalk is v environmentally friendly. Ditto slate.

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ArabellaScott · 17/07/2021 08:02

@BlackeyedSusan

Check your pens to see if the ink is waterproof

Cryptic, but it might draw people in if you add a hashtag.
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PurpleHoodie · 17/07/2021 08:05

For the everyday man and woman in the street, they'll understand the "I stand with JK Rowling because Sex matters" notes.

I say this due to listening to family/friends/colleagues learning about the erosion of Rights through the rabid sexist anti-JKR furore.

They were/are very much "Have you heard?!!!!"

Hmmmm, yes. Now let me explain....

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PurpleHoodie · 17/07/2021 08:08

Yarn bombing. Chalk, and slate.

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CervixSampler · 17/07/2021 08:09

So far I've stickered 2 train toilets, station toilets and have my ribbons ready for our final destination.

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PurpleHoodie · 17/07/2021 09:11
Star
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EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 17/07/2021 09:20

💜

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EyesOpening · 17/07/2021 14:59

“Keep rapists out of women’s prisons”
“Keep males out of women’s sports”
“Women deserve separate toilets”
“Stop police letting men call themselves women”
“Don’t let males skewer female crime statistics”
“What do you think about:
Laurel Hubbard
Michelle Winter
Barbie Kardashian
Ruby Eby”

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GroggyLegs · 17/07/2021 18:53

@CervixSampler - how did the ribboning go,.and where do you get your stickers please?

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CervixSampler · 17/07/2021 19:16

It went well I think. 4 ribbons tied. 4 stickers stuck. I got my Female stickers from the adult human female store.

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PurgatoryOfPotholes · 17/07/2021 19:45

Nice work!

People have been posting photos on twitter all day under the tag #IStoodUpforWomenToday

It's lovely to see the international solidarity.

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Anotheruser02 · 17/07/2021 19:56

I just had a look at that, I liked the poster message 'Women's sport is not a retirement plan for failed male athletes'.

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BunnyRuddington · 17/07/2021 19:58

So they look them up on social media, and learn a lot from the posts they find. I think that's the point

What I'm saying is though that I've looked tried looking it up and still hadn't really got a grasp of what it meant and I follow the discussions on this board.

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CervixSampler · 17/07/2021 21:18

I got another train toilet sticker in and am hoping to get the last of my ribbons in place somewhere between the train station and home.

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TooWicked · 17/07/2021 21:44

@BunnyRuddington I don’t know what you’re looking up, but I just googled “Women won’t wheesht” and got plenty of results on the first page, which don’t take much reading to understand exactly what it’s about and it’s meaning.

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