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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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CervixSampler · 22/07/2021 08:11

Littering 🤣

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CoffeeWithCheese · 22/07/2021 08:46

@adviceseekingnamechanger

Can someone explain what wheest means?!

The word definitely comes as far down the country as the North East of England - I remember learning the song about the Lambton Worm in Sunderland and it's got the line "Whisht! Lads, haad yor gobs," basically meaning "oi quit talking" in it. Spelt differently as these dialect words often are.

Apparently, just in terms of "rival" QR codes - one dot of sharpie stops them working. Just throwing that out there for information.
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CoffeeWithCheese · 22/07/2021 08:48

@CervixSampler

A local station 💚🤍💜

I developed the habit of always saying thank you to the statue of one of the suffragettes whenever I walked past it in a local city.

Was rather impressed with DD2's class teachers the other year who managed to whack every strong inspiring female they could into the school curriculum having got sick of teaching about "dead white rich men"
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EishetChayil · 22/07/2021 08:55

Those TRA signs are pathetic. Terfy terfy bum bum? Such trenchant and far-reaching analysis of our current dilemma!

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ArabellaScott · 22/07/2021 19:06

I thought they were quite funny, tbh. I'd far rather 'terfy bum bum' than 'die in a grease fire' etc.

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GlomOfNit · 23/07/2021 00:16

Could anyone a-ribboning let us know how long they stay up? I did some benches along a well-used river path and then inside an adjoining park. They were ripped off within a few days. Sad I used white Posca pen on black tags (clarsy, me) and didn't laminate. The only things left were the loops of hairy string I'd used to tie them to benches, fence posts, etc.

(I have a modus operandi whereby I sit down on a bench, enjoy the view whilst furiously tying the string under a fold of my dress. I like to think that the Edwardian suffragists did likewise with their attire concealing their purpose. Grin )

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Wearywithteens · 23/07/2021 00:27

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PurgatoryOfPotholes · 23/07/2021 00:57

Anywhere from a week to 4 months, in my experience.

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EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 23/07/2021 08:06

I’m aware of a couple of stickers in a town centre that have been up for over 2 years.

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BlackeyedSusan · 25/07/2021 01:28

cor, empress, that is going some...

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CervixSampler · 25/07/2021 09:47

Someone has removed my sticker from by a local pub. I take heart in that it was there a couple of weeks and would have been seen by many.

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EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 25/07/2021 10:05

@CervixSampler

Someone has removed my sticker from by a local pub. I take heart in that it was there a couple of weeks and would have been seen by many.

Usually happens, but as you say plenty of people will have seen it in the meantime.
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PurgatoryOfPotholes · 25/07/2021 12:45
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IheartJKR · 25/07/2021 12:50

Some of my work

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MargaritaPie · 25/07/2021 12:56

"Can someone explain what wheest means?!"

I thought they were saying "wee shit" and I was a bit confused.

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Cailin66 · 25/07/2021 16:42

@EyesOpening

“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”

Bunny I agree with you. And I think the first five suggestions here are very clear. Bear in mind many people will not know of Laurel Hubbard, never mind Barbi Kardashin.
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superram · 25/07/2021 16:46

I’m going to take my sharpie to the beach this summer!

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CervixSampler · 25/07/2021 16:57

I have found my sharpie and my UV pen Grin

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Cailin66 · 25/07/2021 17:20

[quote PurgatoryOfPotholes]New range of stickers dropped.

thefamousartistbirdyrose.com/collections/stickers/products/limited-edition-stickers-2[/quote]
That poor woman, unbelievable what people post on Twitter about her. I’ll be putting in an order tomorrow. I like her Medusa artwork. I’ll buy that as a t-shirt. Plus a load of stickers.

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TooWicked · 25/07/2021 19:28

I have ribbons on order but here is the first of my work! This is on my own property on a post that faces a fairly busy road.

I also have stickers on order from Standing for Women and Wild Womyn Workshop and now I’m going to order some from Birdy Rose.

Ribboning help please
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KohlaParasanda · 25/07/2021 19:30

I needed some new t-shirts anyway Wink I've chosen one that's safe for work to begin with but have my eye on a couple of others.

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EyesOpening · 25/07/2021 22:51

Bear in mind many people will not know of Laurel Hubbard, never mind Barbi Kardashin.

I was thinking that people could easily find out who they are and their stories whereas someone else said #WomenWontWheest was proving difficult

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Mockolate · 26/07/2021 02:04

Terfy terfy bum bum? Such trenchant and far-reaching analysis of our current dilemma!

That one made me smile, won't have people accusing of being too aggressive, or threatening, but gets their point across nicely lol so pretty cleverly done Grin

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 26/07/2021 07:13

If you're a 10 year old, perhaps!

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TalkingtoLangClegintheDark · 26/07/2021 12:44

@Mockolate

Terfy terfy bum bum? Such trenchant and far-reaching analysis of our current dilemma!

That one made me smile, won't have people accusing of being too aggressive, or threatening, but gets their point across nicely lol so pretty cleverly done Grin

By the same token, presumably you’d think “Poo poo head TRAs!” was pretty clever too?

Not that I’ve any intention of ever using such a slogan in such a way, or would ever suggest anyone else did, because I really don’t think either slogan is “clever” in any way, but if you appreciate that level of discourse, it would follow you would approve of this too, surely.
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