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This is almost invariably a friends-only journal, for personal and activist-y reasons. Feel free to add me if you think you might like to read - commenting here to say you've done so would be nice, too. -
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For balance: I'm knitting myself a hoodie, which is the first proper garment I've made in adult size (and only the third in any size - I'm yer woman for hats and mittens, though), and I've just finished the first sleeve. Spent half the morning just wearing the disembodied sleeve and laughing a disproportionate amount. But it's funny! It's like ( Read more... ) -
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Two friends-listers have resolved to cut back on their Diet Coke drinking. And, actually, so have I, but I was too ashamed of drinking so much in the first place to list it.
So: what resolutions have you not admitted to? This post is unlocked so anonymous comments can be put on. -
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This, apparently, from CARE:
Today following his shock election victory in Glasgow East, John Mason MP said: ‘The HFE Bill was a key issue for some people - part of the package of today’s result ( Read more... ) -
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A bunch of pictures celebrating the ongoing recovery of the girlie.
( The girlie and her girl. And, briefly, my hair. ) -
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Absolute failure at NGPD as a result of lovely museum-based meetup with hfnuala and majea. Particular sites of failure were discussions of the three LJspawn present. I forgive myself for "she"ing under pressure when Gnome went invisible by the fishpond, but really, it's taught me how ingrained the ungendered=disrespectful thing is. As hfnuala observed, the hardest is ( Read more... ) -
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Ungendering a conversation with a two-year-old is really tricky. I hadn't realised how fixated Gnome was on who is related to who how and who this person is and why they are there. Conversations with other parents at the playpark required "this one" and "that one" and "yours" and "mine" which are, ironically, quite respectable ways to refer to kids ( Read more... ) -
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Hello! This is the No Gendered Pronouns Day nexus post - if you've written about how the day is going/ has gone for you, could you link your writings in comments? And if you've mentioned this on your LJ, could you ask people to come here and post their links? I think it will be interesting to see what the challenges are for people in different ( Read more... ) -
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Okay, let's do it. "No gendered pronouns" day is next Wednesday, 11th July.
Everyone taking part defines their own limits; everyone promises to post about how it's going/ how it went for them.
Poll No gendered pronouns day
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Ahem: motherism