I wish Posie had been there

[GreenTeaBean]

The woman is a legend, she is bloody fearless, has put herself in the line of fire numerous times at great personal cost. I know her politics don't perfectly align with the lefty lot, and she's pissed of people like Julie Bindel, but honestly, she's done so much good in this fight and reached people all over the world.

artichokeleaves

No, not all grown ups like each other. It's not nursery, not everyone in the group is 'your friend', and grown ups generally also have the emotional sophistication to cope with agreeing with someone on one point but not on another.

We used to have this ability, even in the bearpit of AIBU. I used to agree with someone on whether it was shoes-on or shoes-off in the house on one thread, and then argue with them on toilet brushes on the next thread.

@AnnesBrokenSlate

Nah ... the wide-eyed 'I'm just asking' whilst talking about 'cliques' and 'snubs' is bullshit. Women have been working on these issues for years. Of course they don't all socialise together or even necessarily like each other. They don't have to. JKR held a lunch. She wasn't crowning queens of the movement. She wasn't claiming to bridge all different gc groups. And I don't think the many women who weren't there will be upset about it. Because those of us who have been involved for years know who the different groups are and who the women are who have made a difference including names that never get lauded or interviewed. They're all important. They're all valuable in their own ways. But threads like this don't have a value except to make TRAs happy; feed into a 'all women must be kind and get on with each other all the time' mentality and try to turn a positive story into a negative one.

This. Such a tired old way to try and bring women down.

@Datun

Of course it's not a snub. Does anyone seriously think that J. K. Rowling is deliberately excluding countless, wonderful women?

No.

She's including a dozen fabulous ones.

If not inviting women to that lunch means they are snubbed, then J. K. Rowling, the woman who has done so bloody much for the cause, has just given them all the finger.

Nobody seriously believes that.

I think part of the problem is that J. K. Rowling has an almost mythical status, even more so, since she stuck her head above the parapet for women.

It's the Willy Wonka golden ticket.

Except it isn't.

Her being on our side is.

And she is. And so are all those wonderful, raucous, lionhearted, dependable women clinking glasses with her.

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And here's to Posie and all the others too.

And the Albert Hall full of vipers! Hell yeah to that idea.

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Yes to this.