International Women's Day

Forgot to post this yesterday.

Etty Hillesum. She was killed at Auschwitz in 1943, but her diaries show us not only her immense inner strenght, her admirable spirit, and pre-occupation her relatable life as a young woman coming into her own and navigating love, mental health, and work, but also that the world lost what would've been an amazing and inspiring author. She's underrated even as it is. Her capability for grace and forgiveness are truly inspiring.
 
I forgot to post this yesterday
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TriBel said:
@nightshade - yeah - it was real. IIRC, they were saying only 22% of their "chefs" were women and trying to encourage women to take up their training schemes - or something to that effect. It kinda back-fired because no-one read the rest of the tweet.

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Burger King gets grilled for ‘women belong in the kitchen’ tweet - National | Globalnews.ca

Burger King U.K. triggered backlash with a seemingly tone-deaf attempt to mark International Women's Day.
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Just saw it, they have since deleted it, but there's a tweet showing it in a newspaper ad!
https://twitter.com/x/status/1368990447763402753
 
I agree with the statement that a woman belongs in the kitchen, but for a reason not stated.
Thing is I live by myself and having a woman in the kitchen, I will like the company.

Considering the main purchasers to that business are from mothers and fathers taking their children to the place you'd think the owners of the place would be considerate towards women.
 
Re: J.K. Rowling did manage to create a fairly vast media empire out of nothing, and she managed to benefit from it. I mean, think about how many movies Disney will release in the next year, that the creators of will not benefit at all. Think about all the films based on the works of Alan Moore that he never wanted to see made? She made a mint, and has control over her ideas. Granted, the social media age hasn't been kind to her, but there aren't a lot of authors whose characters have an amusement park based on them, and there aren't a lot of people who have enough Frick Off money to feel free to actually express their real opinions in this day and age.
 
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My own nitpicking aside, I also like that she escaped welfare...and yeah, she's a worthy name for this list, a woman who refuses to wear the leash (by any political or corporate faction) or stay in "her place."
Spanky said:
@TriBel but this is pretty cool. I rather dig this
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I was gonna say "this is pretty cool too"

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Go to Work on an Egg

A cracking collection of adverts from the heyday of the Egg Marketing Board, when the likes of comic giant Tony Hancock and football legend George Best persuaded viewers to go to work on an egg.
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but then decided it wasn't...just dated. Sigh...you can't step in the same river twice.
 
TriBel said:
player.bfi.org.uk

Go to Work on an Egg

A cracking collection of adverts from the heyday of the Egg Marketing Board, when the likes of comic giant Tony Hancock and football legend George Best persuaded viewers to go to work on an egg.
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Thank you!! That is awesome. Ogilvy and Mather did them. I never knew that. Now I have to watch them all.

@TriBel don't worry. I'm sure you're not robbed.
 
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I didn't find the Tony Hancock sketches funny. I feel old and robbed. :(
I was just checking one of my other email accounts to find someone sent me this for IWD:


An entertaining way of explaining the life of Aubigny (though the political situation that facilitated it also interests me). For the relevant parts, it can be summed up as this:

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In any case, still a much better end that Lost and Delirious (if you haven't seen it, then it includes a lesbian fencer, though toned down...fun and sweet at first, but the usual tragic end that was just one of many that made me swear off lesbian movies before doing research on them, if I want to know emotional pain I'll listen to classic country music as then I can turn it off when it becomes too much without wondering what happens next).
 
During this women's history month, I am thinking about and celebrating the accomplishments and lives of all the amazing transwomen and queer women who have either been written out of history or are doing amazing things in activism and art now and deserve recognition for them <3 Much love to everyone during this month and always!
 
GothicBuffy said:
During this women's history month, I am thinking about and celebrating the accomplishments and lives of all the amazing transwomen and queer women who have either been written out of history or are doing amazing things in activism and art now and deserve recognition for them <3 Much love to everyone during this month and always!
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I could add a few names here, but I'll just say Stormé DeLarverie. I've heard gays/lesbians complain of the "freaks" giving the rest a bad name, but if it weren't for the Stonewall Riots then I think we'd still be a decade or so behind, minimum. She was the lesbian that, according to some, threw the first punch at the cops who were, once again, harassing and trumping up charges on them (and if you're gonna be arrested for something you didn't do anyway...), which sparked the riots.

It's an important part of our movement. While I don't personally consider myself one of the "freaks" (others would disagree), when I hear complaints of the really flamboyant and wild ones out there hurting our image, I think of Stonewall and give thanks that such people not bound to tradition were out there to get the ball rolling rather than scurrying about in the shadows. And that includes Stormé.
 
I'll be thinking about these women and the hundreds of thousands just like them across the world - warning, it's upsetting:


I'd like to think we'll see real change but we won't, the police arrested women who gathered to hold a vigil and speak about women's safety on 'Covid grounds' - despite allowing other protests to take place throughout the past year. Sarah was murdered by a police officer - and the police's response is to arrest women protesting that. Women deserve better.
 
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Myheadsgonenumb said:
I'd like to think we'll see real change but we won't, the police arrested women who gathered to hold a vigil and speak about women's safety on 'Covid grounds' - despite allowing other protests to take place throughout the past year. Sarah was murdered by a police officer - and the police's response is to arrest women protesting that. Women deserve better.
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The vigil was peaceful during the day (someone on youtube said they had friends there. A bunch of old ladies were crying and the police comforted them). Later a bunch of troublemakers turned up and things started kicking off. Being woke, claiming victimhood doesn't give someone the right to cause trouble. It's sad that a woman was killed by a police officer, that doesn't mean all police officers are bad and should be tarnished with the same brush and it certainly doesn't mean all men should be given a 6pm curfew which is a moronic idea that has actually been suggested.

This had better not turn into a George Floyd situation, it's a good thing she wasn't black or else you'd have the wokies jumping on that bandwagon and it's plain to see America has turned into a shit show as a result of all the BLM riots.

An individual murdered another individual, it's tragic for the victim's family, but it shouldn't be turned into a woke gender agenda which is what people are trying to do.
 
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