Suffragette Lanyard

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I have just taken delivery of my suffragette lanyard, ordered after seeing one mentioned on the suffragette scarf on here . I have no idea whether anyone at work will so much as notice, let alone accuse me of being a hateful bigot for wearing it, but anything seems possible in these crazy times. So am wondering what approach to take if asked about it.

1. "It's purple and green. I like purple and green" <innocent smile>

2. "It's suffragette colours. I'm an ardent feminist and enthusiastically wearing the colours of the brave women who fought for our rights. What do you mean anti-trans? I know of no such thing. It's pro-women, that's not anti-trans." <Innocent smile>

I'm more inclined towards 2 - but feel like if it does somehow cause unbearable trauma then admitting it's intended to make a statement is more likely to result in me being asked to refrain from wearing it, which I would potentially escalate (as I'd tell them to feck off)

Which do you think is the best approach?

I agree - get the coat.
I never bought a Brora Phenomenal Woman scarf when they were out (largely because I couldn't afford it), and yet have wished ever since that I had just bought it anyway.
Get it and don't regret.

There's no way I could wear a sufragette lanyard.

I've been considering some cheap dinosaur earrings, if I can find some in silver purple and green. As a subtle nod to anyone else who would understand them.

I did see some dinosaurs with rainbow colours which I thought could be pleasingly ironic

I have a ether snazzy cardigan with dinosaur buttons. And a dress with a lovely leafy pattern (but when you look it’s for dinos peering out). People always compliment me on them!

suffragette dinosaurs 🤣🤣🤣. It’ll be unicorns next.

David Lamy started it.

I know it's tempting to want to oppose the rainbow crowd, but a huge part of the issue is how inappropriate the political lanyard of any kind is in a workplace that should be serving all people with no element of political ideologies involved.

My lanyard predates all this nonsense. I have been a feminist since I was a school kid in the 80s. Why should I hide and pretend?

This is just a progression of the worst misogyny I have witnessed in my lifetime.

If you get aggro, you can always innocently ask them why they have a problem with the genderqueer flag

Etsy has a lot in suffragette colours, including dinosaur pin badges

I quite like this necklace

www.museumselection.co.uk/jewellery/suffragette-necklace/

I think you're really brave. We have to wear a company logo'd lanyard but I don't think I'd be brave enough to get a suffragette one if I had a choice. I do have a ring but it's not very noticeable. I'm eying up that necklace linked further up - that would be a lovely Xmas present...

I have this, and it's really nice. Thinking of replacing the metal with sterling silver but don't want to ruin it. Anyone have any ideas how they are made?

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1186183756/suffragette-bracelet?click_key=0195a188d6615f0cca08550dfbef38bcb4c1125f%3A1186183756&click_sum=4635e717&ref=related-1

We are supposed to wear coloured work ones too but I just put mine in and said ‘I hope you don’t mind…’

There's a how-to vid here - and attaching the findings is covered from about 19 minutes.

Thank you!

Day 1 report: Not a single eyelid batted 😊

Oh which one did you go for!

my (gay) sister was so happy a few years back when her company got rainbow lanyards (back when it was LGB). When I enlightened her about the cotton ceiling a few years later, it wasn’t pretty.

I have a suffragette face mask that I got to vote in during covid. It has Votes for Women written in huge letters across it.

I wore it a lot and never had a comment that wasn't positive.