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In last night's Oh-heck-I'm-suddenly-sitting-an-exam dream, I stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I've already got my A levels," and walked out.
Feel this might be significant.
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I guess you can provide your own punchline to that.
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I'll end with some words about some men in the Labour Party not caring about women's rights. That was nearly 40 years ago...
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I also love his surprise that some Left-wing men would be supporting pornography.
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This is really interesting: not only seeing men objecting to porn, but one of them being very honest here about his commitment to that fight and how he had been socialised.
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BTW, I love the little drawings they've done of themselves.
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As with 'Achilles Heel', there are references to a wide network of similar men's groups elsewhere. It's been a revelation to me that this movement was going on because I wasn't aware of it at all.
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And here's its laudable remit.
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So now we're moving onto the Men's Anti-sexist Newsletter 1984. It's got the same vibe as a lot of feminist publications of the time: produced on a shoestring but with tremendous dedication.
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I'm sure he inspired the female students he taught, but he would have been fighting against a general tide of sexism in the profession and beyond.
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This man sounds as if he was a great teacher.
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A male teacher from 1980 observes that sexism and restrictive gender roles are learned, they're not natural.
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It's worth saying, these early consciousness-raising groups were entirely inclusive of all sexualitites, gay and bisexual as well as hetero men. So they called out homophobia regularly.
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2 of 2.
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The edition focuses on men's experience of the workplace and how toxic patriarchy can make everyone's life a misery.
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Right, a few more #VintageMagTweets from 'Achilles Heel' magazine, a socialist men's rights magazine for men. In the last batch, shop stewards talked about the drive to remove pictures of naked women from the workplace, and the opposition they faced from male colleagues.
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Pls share. There's a little known benefit for grandparents who look after their grandchildren while parents work.
If ur a parent of an under 12, if your parent (ie childs grandparent) do childcare so you can work, u can apply to get em "Specified Adult Childcare Credit"
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And now the Big Garden Birdwatch is over, there's a long tailed tit on the feeder.
Of course there is.
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The Merlin app was very busy picking up bird calls.
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Great crested grebe, again a looooong way off..
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Pair of goosanders, with their distinctive beaks.
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Also, hundred+ fieldfares, redwings and starlings. Fieldfares are hard to photograph because as soon as you get near, they fly off. There were a long way away.
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That little twinkle in his eye!
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First stonechat photo of 2023.
There will be many, many more.
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Prisons have utterly failed in their duty of care to female inmates here.
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Clearly didn't know what he was talking about; had made no effort to find out the reality.
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A reminder of Judge Holroyde's answer to a female prisoner who was sexually assaulted by a male prisoner housed alongside her. Essentially it was "Meh".
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Imo those women are owed serious compensation for the trauma that was forced on them.
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It's clear they never bothered talking female prisoners either before, during or after the men were transferred. Zero interest in their welfare, just nothing.
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Shame on everyone who lobbied for and facilitated this.
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First hand account of what it's like to be locked up with violent men.
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We need a new system where no male prisoners are allocated to the women’s prison estate. Everyone’s rights and safety must be protected. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/ex-prison
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Needless to say, this one failed to show.
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Younger son is still heavily into birds, though. 😊
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When my boys were little, we would sit in the kitchen with marshmallow hot chocolates and comedy on the radio.
*sigh*
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random amusements
matching your perfect shade of blonde with your eye colour... and perhaps adjusting lipstick to match. A tint called Algue Dorée, really? Quite a mermaidy proposition.
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I LOVE SPARROWS. Do you? Now grown-up, some of 2022’s fledgling sparrows are part of my #BigGardenBirdWatch ♥️As a cavity nesting bird facing national extinction, YOU can help #HouseSparrows by signing #TheFeatherSpeech petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6267 #BigGardenBirdWatch2023
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