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.

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Why thank you, although the words that tend to come to my mind are 'bloody certifiable!' Frequently accompanied by "what were you thinking??????!"

Oh! The edit came up once I'd posted! Mlady makes the gif make much more sense!

Exactly!

Incidentally, the gif drawer for 'dame' is borderline pornographic.

I see what you mean

Dick rising, dick hiding,
Dick ‘coptering, bile rising,
Hackles up, to his dismay. She balks too much
And just won’t touch
His precious pet, his snake, his sword,
Serve it woman
For he is lord.
He wants her on her knees to beg,
Instead she prays that she were dead.
She’s not the wicked witch he claims
Though she always gets the blame
She just can’t see that he’s the god
That exists in his mind, the arrogant sod.
She sees him for exactly what he is,
That man who thought he couldn’t miss
A hole’s a goal he would say
This man you thought you loved some day
You’d give and give,
He’s take and take
No means no
And not a yes is rape.

Thank you @CervixSampler 🌹

He'd not he's. I can't edit on the app.

BB would be enrobed in chocolate and caramel and marshmallow and sprinkled with coconut and declared the ultimate deity.

That gif is enough to put anyone off their bedtime snack 🤢

That some weird Tunnocks porn version of being tarred and feathered!

I’ve a gif too.

Feast yer eyes 😆

Ah. The wee adipose beasties have joined in. Fat thumb.

I wish my fat got angry and marched down the street though.

Maybe it needs Peter the siren to call for it?

If that works then peter can sing me an entire opera worth of songs!

😉

Right - I've got one about Judge Lady Haldane

There once was a judge called Haldane
Who didn't have much of a brain
She thought a wig and a dress
Turned a man to a princess
For Scotland's women she was the ultimate bane

If I come up with anything else I'll pop it on .
Usually once I start writing limericks I can't stop 😆

Here's one about pockets

There was a young woman Lucy Locket
Who desperately needed a pocket
She looked high and low
In clothes belonging to her beau
She was so angry she went off like a rocket

Sorry Boiled, I still haven't put my spare two books in the book boxes. Life is getting in the way at the moment.

I feel like I need to come up with another poem to redeem myself but don't think I'm capable!

Here's a Humza one

There once was a man called Yousaf
Who thought all should be become their true self
He thought men could be women
With just a wig and new linen
And earned himself the nickname Useless

A bit weak rhymes on the last one so I'll leave it there for now.

Right!
<stretches and cracks knuckles>

Of all the...stuff that's going on
This problem's just a trivial one
The stuff that women need to keep
Could fit our pockets if they were deep
Assuming that they're even actual
Not just for show, ironically immaterial
And it's just women, it's not fair
Men just do not have this care
Our pockets are tiny, that's the rule
But blokes have room enough to play pool 🍆

The actual/immaterial 'rhyme' is very weak.

Oh gosh I go for a quick snooze (about 3 hours ago) after all the hard work !?! of collecting up last night's poems and return to loads more!

This may require a bigger cup of tea.

Thank you you wonderful woman!

No need for redemption!

Realises that may come across as dissing your poetry writing!

That's not what I meant.

Honestly!

Does anyone know if we can request UTDOD to be stocked at a library? I'm actually hiding from my local library service. I dropped off an overdue book about 12 years ago and left without paying the fine. I had no money. I don't know if they're still after me!😥

Oops, minor change, arrowed

Of all the...stuff that's going on
This problem's just a trivial one
The things that women need to keep⬅
Could fit our pockets if they were deep
Assuming that they're even actual
Not just for show, ironically immaterial
And it's just women, it's not fair
Men just do not have this care
Our pockets are tiny, that's the rule
But blokes have room enough to play pool 🍆