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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Why is this subforum so intent on removing voices that dont' agree?

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BeeSouriante · 21/06/2025 00:07

Like I've had three posts removed

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TheOtherRaven · 22/06/2025 18:34

illinivich · 22/06/2025 15:59

I'm assuming the claims about reducing trans rights is about repealing the GRA?

Edited

It's hard to tell.

It's as baffling as why anyone would wonder that women don't want to support men in destroying their rights and are less than naice about it all.

The cake however is not baffling at all and I am here for it.

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 19:34

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

I did idly wonder what will happen when we reach a generation that has only ever seen uncorrected posts on SM. Will they understand what the poster actually meant to write?
OMG have I just discovered why the world is going to hell in a handcart?😱

SternJoyousBee · 22/06/2025 20:26

DrBlackbird · 22/06/2025 18:30

Okay I’m happy to be corrected. I thought about going back to read all the posts to double check what was being said but that was a lot of effort for Sunday afternoon. So it was a sweeping statement about FWR posters opposing trans rights. That is an unusual position for a GC lesbian lawyer and it would have been interesting to have had that explained more fully.

I may have missed the answer but has anyone actually articulated which trans rights we object to?

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 20:36

SternJoyousBee · 22/06/2025 20:26

I may have missed the answer but has anyone actually articulated which trans rights we object to?

No, and I will never get back the half-hour of my life that I spent trying to find out

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 20:53

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 19:34

I did idly wonder what will happen when we reach a generation that has only ever seen uncorrected posts on SM. Will they understand what the poster actually meant to write?
OMG have I just discovered why the world is going to hell in a handcart?😱

Yes, you have. One minute it's all lols and split infinitives, the next we're wondering why Grayson Perry's at a children's cancer charity event with a black latex codpiece.

Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 21:04

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 18:38

It's quite liberating!

It's fucking end times.

Yes totally, watching here my sisters being introspective and checking themselves, is a wonderful.

i said on another thread if the ruling goes the way it should it will be game over.

and it is

so hooray.

<Munching, cakes, and other delights at silverbells house picnic>

there is a pub not far from this thread where i may re convene with the peak clique for a GnT

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 21:21

ArabellaScott · 22/06/2025 20:53

Yes, you have. One minute it's all lols and split infinitives, the next we're wondering why Grayson Perry's at a children's cancer charity event with a black latex codpiece.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa 😢

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 21:35

wheeeeeeee

Why is this subforum so intent on removing voices that dont' agree?
Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 22:00

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 21:35

wheeeeeeee

😂

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:09

Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 16:41

Is the picnic cancelled? Bugger. I'd made a cake (strangely enough with my homemade blackcurrant jam!)

For those with fruit gluts, I make liqueurs - my recipe (slightly modified from Good Food)

600g blackcurrants
750ml red wine
500g sugar
Large glass of gin or vodka.

Tidy up the berries (removing stalks, leaves and insects) and tip into a ceramic bowl. Pour over the wine and mash with a potato masher. Leave to macerate for two days with a tea towel over it, mashing occasionally. Pour through a sieve into a pan and add the sugar. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved and then simmer for 5 minutes. Leave to cool then add the gin or vodka. Pour into sterilised bottles and keep for up to a year.

For strawberry liqueur, the same as above but with white wine.

Ooh, this looks amazing! I think we're in for a LOT of blackberries this year and I've already got raspberries and strawberries.

Now planning to make liqueurs as Christmas presents but I suppose I should really do a trial run first [hic]

murasaki · 22/06/2025 22:10

It's only fair to road test the liqueurs before you give them away.

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:11

Quick question though, @Waitwhat23 , what constitutes a "large glass" of gin/vodka? Like a wine glass?

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:12

murasaki · 22/06/2025 22:10

It's only fair to road test the liqueurs before you give them away.

I quite agree, quality control and all that Wine

Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 22:16

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:11

Quick question though, @Waitwhat23 , what constitutes a "large glass" of gin/vodka? Like a wine glass?

Nah more like a pint or bare minimum a half. 😁

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:30

Bannedontherun · 22/06/2025 22:16

Nah more like a pint or bare minimum a half. 😁

I'll use my usual gin-by-the-pint glass as a measure ;)

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 22:40

Boiledbeetle · 22/06/2025 21:35

wheeeeeeee

Peak-nique time 😍

Waitwhat23 · 22/06/2025 22:43

SidewaysOtter · 22/06/2025 22:11

Quick question though, @Waitwhat23 , what constitutes a "large glass" of gin/vodka? Like a wine glass?

Basically a pretty full wine glass.

One note though, the liqueurs are deceptively strong. I thought 'oh, they'll be not too bad' but my husband tested the ABV with his machine and it's quite high!

Very nice with prosecco.

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 23/06/2025 09:59

WithSilverBells · 22/06/2025 19:34

I did idly wonder what will happen when we reach a generation that has only ever seen uncorrected posts on SM. Will they understand what the poster actually meant to write?
OMG have I just discovered why the world is going to hell in a handcart?😱

It's really difficult when it's that really common mistake of saying the opposite of what you mean, by leaving out a not or n't. That's something I would ever do.

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 23/06/2025 10:02

... or do I mean that's not something I wouldn't ever do?

WithSilverBells · 23/06/2025 10:05

RapidOnsetGenderCritic · 23/06/2025 10:02

... or do I mean that's not something I wouldn't ever do?

The double negatives are definitely my weak spot

PottedPerennial · 23/06/2025 14:49

Read the first page of this and skipped straight to the last page for recipes. Vipers, you did not disappoint me. 😁

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/06/2025 15:23

PottedPerennial · 23/06/2025 14:49

Read the first page of this and skipped straight to the last page for recipes. Vipers, you did not disappoint me. 😁

TBF more peaknique recommendations than recipes. Maybe we're slipping.

Boiledbeetle · 23/06/2025 15:31

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/06/2025 15:23

TBF more peaknique recommendations than recipes. Maybe we're slipping.

I blame it on the weather!

Shedmistress · 23/06/2025 15:57

I shall bring lashings of ginger beer and I usually blame it on the boogie!

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