The 'this is what a feminist looks like' tshirt?

[jenny60]

Have one of these and am a member of the Fawcett Society but feel a little odd wearing it. Very happy to be seen as a feminist - it's no secret . But slightly worried that it looks as though I'm saying either 'look at me: I'm normal looking, I don't wear dungarees, have short hair, cliche, stereotype etc...' or 'Aren't I gorgeous. Bet you dodn't know feminists could be gorgeous?'.
Anyone else got one? What do yout think?

lol blackcurrants - get a 'millicent tendencies' one instead if it's a girl

not keen on 'this is what...' on babies, however keen i am to raise them that way

i also have an 8yo ds who told me he didn't want to get married and have kids because it was too much work and there was too much cooking. dd1 piped up 'but that's the woman's job...' she was in the dog house for a month - dh cooks in this house, and does the ironing, i had no idea that somewhere deep in her subconscious she had been got at by bleeding barbie.

Raksha, Milicent tendencies IS kind of fantastic - will make less sense over here (USA) but if that means I get to tell more people about Milicent Fawcett, that's fine by me...
As for your DC - hah! Blimey, it's amazing what gets into their brains, isn't it? Bit scary, that.

i was completely speechless. i haven't let her forget it though, poor child. fruit of my loins yapping about 'wimmin's work' indeed. gah.

we're in canada btw

I've got 'Mommy's little feminist' for my baby, and I don't care who knows it

I very much doubt he is actually a feminist, though I'm sure he will be one day.

that one's better though - it suggests it's what you want for him, rather than something he's supposed to have worked out himself . i'd buy that one.

I'm about to buy it, just as soon as I get find it! That's fab!
[waves north]

PS Dear East coast of America: I AM TOO HOT. please turn off this stupid summer or repatriate me to Yorkshire. Thanks.

blackcurrents - its actually warm here too!

oooooooooooo. i've just found somewhere i might pick up a few bits from for the dds, including some books - and some rather fetching notecards that say stuff like 'tell me 'you throw like a girl' is a compliment', and 'please tell me 'the glass ceiling' is a fairy tale'...

www.girlsinc.org

i can't wait to see if their books deliver waht it says on the tin.

Come back to Yorkshire Blackcurrants - it's heavenly here today. Have spent the day discovering new swimming holes on the Moors!

ooh seth what moors are they?

Raksha: Love that site! bookmarked in case the wriggling thing turns out to be a girl. Mmn. Kind of want to order the onesie for a girl OR a boy, to be honest. SO fabulous!

Seth: now stoppit, you'll just make me pine.
The hot weather made me want fish and chips and a nice swim in the tees... oh well! Am eating lots of ice lollies and lounging around, that's helping.

Why don't they do the Millicent one for adults??

I have a very old t-shirt from the 80's or may be 90's which says
'The future is female, and she's pissed off'. not sure about the former, but the latter is still true....

On the Fawcettsoc site it says click on the slebs to see why they are a feminist. Under Bill Bailey's pic he has put

"Three women walk into a pub and say, `Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format'"