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A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet

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Boiledbeetle · 02/04/2023 14:09

For once we can do a thread about a new book where all the writers are actually on this very board!

Some of you know what I have been up to recently, when I can tear myself away from posting twaddle, gifs and sweary words in bigly letters on here, but for the rest of you…

Over Christmas and New Year after the passing of the GRR (Scotland) Bill a thread was started by TerfranosaurusVagina on the Mumsnet FWR board with a poem about Nicola Sturgeon. Eventually on that thread (and a couple of other threads) over 80 poems were written.

Ramblingnamechanger suggested we do something with them to raise funds to help the women of Scotland and whilst Dodecaheidyin was tempted to write to Poetry Please on Radio 4, and ask them to do an extended special for Hogmanay about our poems, in the end it was decided to make the thread into a book.

After much procrastination by me “Under the Duvet of Darkness: Poems written by angry women for angry women because WOMEN WON’T WHEESHT” went live on Amazon on 31st March

https://amzn.eu/d/98aEnJy

If searching on the site you need to:

Select BOOKS as the department and UNDER THE DUVET OF DARKNESS in the search box.

Currently it doesn’t show up in the main all departments search (I don’t know why or if it will, it takes a while for everything to work properly according to Amazon).

Theres also a QR code below which should take you right there (hopefully the attached works)

MONEY FROM SALES:

In honour of Magdalen Berns, who co-founded the Scottish campaign group For Women Scotland, 100% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to For Women Scotland.*

*Please note that whilst the profit will be donated to For Women Scotland they are not involved, nor are they responsible in any way for the themes, contents or publication of this book.

“It’s not hate to defend your rights, and it’s not hate to speak the truth.”

Magdalen Berns (1983 – 2019)

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 14:58

Bollocks wrong photo that was lunch. Let's try again

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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ScrambledSmegs · 05/04/2023 15:02

Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 14:57

I've just had a delivery....

Oh, that's a good looking sandwich! What's the blue cheese?

Waitwhat23 · 05/04/2023 15:03

Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 14:57

I've just had a delivery....

What is that? Bacon and....Stilton?

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 15:11

It is indeed bacon and Stilton!

I've been stuck on these since my mate came for Christmas and she suggested the combination and now I can't stop!

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LumpfishNoodle · 05/04/2023 15:25

I was going to ask who delivers those...

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 15:35

LumpfishNoodle · 05/04/2023 15:25

I was going to ask who delivers those...

The books? The book fairy!

The gorgeous bagel? The bagel fairy!

I just need a dishes fairy now!

I trust you have bought a copy of said book. If not I will send my cats round to purrsuade you!

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Waitwhat23 · 05/04/2023 15:41

Gah. Not the combination for me. Cream cheese and pickles on a multi seed bagel on the other hand...

LumpfishNoodle · 05/04/2023 15:43

No need to threaten with the heavies...

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 15:47

LumpfishNoodle · 05/04/2023 15:43

No need to threaten with the heavies...

Cat Please GIF by Atinum

My cat is not heavy just unevenly distributed around his middle.

You should hear his meow though...it's ferocious!

Never mind @Waitwhat23 more for me!

Anyone any good at making photo montages?

All the photos of books on here with the dinosaur QR code in the middle would be nice!

It turns out it is beyond my ability! I can't even work out how!

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 15:56

On a plus note for the other writers

I have had an email from another published poet who said they were very much enjoying the sheer RAGE of the book!

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Whatthechicken · 05/04/2023 16:06

Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 15:56

On a plus note for the other writers

I have had an email from another published poet who said they were very much enjoying the sheer RAGE of the book!

That’s what I love about it. It is a record of a specific period of time when everything felt very bleak and the rage just feels so very tangible.

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:19

Whatthechicken · 05/04/2023 16:06

That’s what I love about it. It is a record of a specific period of time when everything felt very bleak and the rage just feels so very tangible.

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I know the bumf says over a two month period but that was just to cover the very late poem swaps at the last minute, which gave me the chance to stick a pink leggings poem in and a boss Nicola had fucked off poem, amongst other things which brought it nicely to a close. Within less than 2 months from the GET decision she was gone.

The bulk of the poems when you look are written in a very tiny time frame 28th Dec 22 to about 7th January 23

So it does show bloody angry we were that fortnight after the 22nd.

We were raging!

I can still remember you could literally feel it coming off peoples words in posts on all the threads!

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:27

Unsurprisingly given the arrest of Nicola's husband it's been a slow day. Plus there's only do many tweets i can send demanding people buy a book. It's a good day to let them just arrive.

But even so we do have 12 processed orders and that takes us to 180 processed orders and £450

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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RealFeminist · 05/04/2023 16:33

AWFY DARK IN HERE SORRY

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:35

RealFeminist · 05/04/2023 16:33

AWFY DARK IN HERE SORRY

Are you in the basement?

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:36

I'm surprised the police hasn't seized it as malicious communications

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RealFeminist · 05/04/2023 16:40

BETTER LIGHTIN

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:50

RealFeminist · 05/04/2023 16:40

BETTER LIGHTIN

OMFG 😂

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:52

I wish I'd been for a pee before I saw that

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ArcaneWireless · 05/04/2023 16:53

Quality 🤣

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 16:55

@RealFeminist I'm stealing that photo to use elsewhere. Your lucky I'm telling you . I mean I could just walk in and claim it as my own. Hell it's got my name on it!

Fuck it! Sticks it in pocket.

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Waitwhat23 · 05/04/2023 16:56

Hah! Brilliant set up

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Boiledbeetle · 05/04/2023 17:57

https://twitter.com/TheBoiledbeetle/status/1643646403997040644?s=19

A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet
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ComradeIcakethereforeIam · 05/04/2023 18:06

I won't see mine until Saturday. I'll just have to get by on the news from Scotland 😁

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