A Mumsnet thread about a book about a Mumsnet thread “Under the Duvet of Darkness” written by the women of Mumsnet THREAD 2

[Boiledbeetle]

Thread 1:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4776556-a-mumsnet-thread-about-a-book-about-a-mumsnet-thread-under-the-duvet-of-darkness-written-by-the-women-of-mumsnet?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

You do not need to have read thread 1 – this is not that sort of thread.

But to recap… Over Christmas and New Year after the passing of the GRR (Scotland) Bill a thread was started with a poem about Nicola Sturgeon. Eventually on that thread (and a couple of other threads) over 80 poems were written.

“Under the Duvet of Darkness: Poems written by angry women for angry women because WOMEN WON’T WHEESHT” was published as a paperback on 31st March 2023.

Available on Amazon only: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C129WKDD

In a rather bizarre turn of events at one point it reached No 2 in poetry best sellers and No 5 in Feminist Criticism best sellers. No one will be surprised to discover that a book that is in the main about people, especially men, claiming to be something they are not was kept off the No1 spot in poetry best sellers by a crime novel, identifying as poetry, written by a man ;-)

E-BOOK:

Some people wanted an e-book rather than a paperback, but for that we needed someone who could actually make an e-book and some extra poems.

FairyKindleMother came to the rescue with regards the e-book and posters wrote enough poems that we could add 20 more poems into the e-book.

I pressed publish on the e-book a few hours ago. It can take usually up to 3 days to appear and populate all the info etc on the various sites, and there is always the chance they knock it back for some reason. But I've done all I can do at this point. We just have to wait and see who spots it on sale first! It will appear on the Amazon link above hopefully soon, (or I'll get an email asking me to change something).

MONEY FROM SALES OF ALL FORMATS:

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.

“It’s not hate to defend your rights, and it’s not hate to speak the truth.”
Magdalen Berns (1983 – 2019)

As I started work on the e-book posters continued to write poems. So we had a choice: leave them there, languishing on the thread, unloved, forgotten, never to have their words uttered again OR we could just do volume 2.

Posters voted for Volume 2 but we still need more poems!

And that’s the gist of thread 1.

‘It is too big’ he said with a sob
It’ll need a considerable lob
It might not go down there
But there’ll be room to spare
In that red lippysticked open gob.

😲😮😏

I was just trying to write a limerick but can't do anything as fantastic as @ArcaneWireless!

Or is it that the subject matter of the last two poems from Arcane have removed all rational thought processes from your brain!

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Oh I like the poems! I just don't like the fact that I have to sully the book with the explanation, and name of the individual for those poems! Mainly cos I'm going to have to revisit the tweet to get the words right! Wouldn't want to misquote his historic tweet!

Although he will join a rogue's gallery of like minded individuals so there is that!

I found writing crap limericks about Nicola quite fun (I'm not clever enough for actual poetry) but finding it much harder this time without a muse!

Has anyone got any suggestions for a subject?

I did think about judge Lady Haldane but is that too niche??

Actually it isn't. Th e book is raising money for For Women Scotland, the very group of women going through the court with Judge Haldene presiding so actually very fitting!

@Boiledbeetle are there any subject areas looking a bit scant that could use a limerick or two?

Give me two minutes to get the folders

Ignore order that's me trying to balance the chapters so that the larger and smaller numbers are spread fairly evenly The 12Ps etc after each subject is current number of poems, not including tonight's.

I've amalgamated some chapters, but you can see some are much larger than others

Although chapter 14 is closed to anyone that's not cervix samplers daughter

I have actually lost 2 out of the women chapter since doing the above as on further reading they were better suited to other chapters

And im debating splitting names into naughty and nice.

As you can see this is so much fun 😭

Good point!
I'll write something tomorrow when my brain is a bit more lively.

So

Www - women won't wheesht?
Cycling
Urine 😫

Each have only 3

Pockets
Single sex

Each have only 5

Have I got that right?

Has Humza had any poems?

The www was specifically about the event where the woman was punched in the face a chapter currently furnished entirely by poems from Arcane!

No humza poems and pockets has 5 as well as single sex

Sorry just noticed you said pockets

Of course like I said earlier, I need to PROPERLY read them over the next few days as the initial placement was I admit done after a cursory speed read of each.

You are correct.

@Boiledbeetle you are amazing doing this. In a just world you'd be enobled. Dame @Boiledbeetle of Mumsnet Towers.

That gif had 'm'lady' as a caption! 😠 Now it's just some guy in a bad wig. Should have gone with Thor.