The weekly women+ issues/health thread, a place strictly for anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with the issues being discussed
Today’s suggested topic: Bravery Since this week has seen a resurgence of the idea that “balls” make one brave and since that is laughable and gender essentialist in the worst ways, I want to discuss ACTUAL bravery today. The kind … Continue reading The Women+ Post is Brave
Today’s suggested topic: None. I’m exhausted and stressed from *gestures at the last 24 hours of politics thread* and while it’s fine to discuss here (as all topics are) I didn’t want to make it the focus here also since … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Jan 7 ’21
Today’s suggested topic: Goals/plans/resolutions for 2021 Anything you want to accomplish, change or otherwise get done in the new year? I know we all want to get back to a normal world, but things above and beyond that are also … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Welcomes a New Year
Today’s suggested topic: Free space No specific topic today. I assume most of us have some time off soon and we should enjoy it and talk here about whatever we want. Continue reading The Women+ Thread is Ready For a Break
Today’s topic: Down talk Down talk, belittling or speaking to someone as if they don’t know what they are talking about. I think this is one we’ve had before but as with most of the topics here, it bears repeating. … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Knows What It’s Saying
Today’s suggested topic: None! I’m out of topics for the moment so today is any discussion you want. Same rules as usual apply, this isn’t an open to all thread, just one without a set topic. Continue reading The Women+ Thread 12/10/20
Today’s suggested topic: Better late than never. Let’s talk things we learned later in life than we wish we had or things that we’ve changed opinions on as we’ve grown and gotten older. Or just talk about whatever is on … Continue reading The Women+ Post Is Learning
Today’s suggested topic: Stepping up. I linked this article in the PT yesterday and I know some of you read it then, but I want to link it again because it’s got so much good stuff in it. https://annehelen.substack.com/p/other-countries-have-social-safety And … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Atlases On
Today’s suggested topic: Anger Anger is a tricky subject because who is angry and why is often more important in how society views that anger than anything else (as our POC members can certainly attest). But today let’s talk about … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Gets Mad
Today’s topic: open topic. This isn’t an invitation for cis-men to comment here, just a day without a set topic as I feel like we could all use a breather. Continue reading The Women+ Thread Just Needs a Rest
Topic for today: Winter This winter especially is going to need some serious prep. What are you doing to get ready for the long dark northern hemisphere time and what are you looking forward to? What things are going to … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Hunkers Down for Winter
Today, with only a couple of weeks to go before a massive United States election and a veritable deluge of other stories that even overlap with this thread I thought this might be a good time to get political. To … Continue reading The Women+ Post Gets Political
Today’s suggested topic: Emotional labor It’s a topic we’ve had before but tends to be fertile ground. Let’s talk emotional labor today and the ways women and women identified people are often asked to take on the lion’s share of … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Shares the Burden
Today’s suggested topic: Interruption I didn’t watch the debate last night, but I saw highlights and don’t think there’s a person in this thread who hasn’t been talked over or interrupted at some point. So let’s talk interruption today. Continue reading The Women+ Thread is Talking Right Now
Today’s Suggested Topic: Shame and Social Pressure Sorry for kind of a heavy topic, but it’s been on my mind a lot. Here’s an infographic on shame and guilt, I’ve found it very helpful Continue reading The Women+ Thread Gets Shamed
Today is the first open Women+ Thread we’ve had in a long time, so please read over the rules before posting. Today’s suggested topic: Objectification and bullying These are two topics that come up a lot on the board because … Continue reading The Open Women+ Thread 9/24
Today’s suggested topic: Objectification and bullying We have an open W+ thread today on this same topic and this is the space for a standard post so that anyone who feels uncomfortable in the open post has a place to … Continue reading The Standard Women+ Post 9/24
Today’s suggested topic: Aging What are you worried about, excited about, or otherwise have learned about aging being a woman+? Let’s talk getting older in all the good, bad and meh that comes with it. Continue reading The Women+ Thread Matures
Today’s Suggested Topic: Music What kind of music do you listen to? What kind of music do you make? Who are some women+ musicians you like? The featured image is Bali Baby, here’s one of her songs: Continue reading The Women+ Thread Makes Music
Today’s Suggested Topic: Comfort food What do you seek out to make or buy that’s comforting? Continue reading The Women+ Thread Eats Well
This week’s suggested topic: None! Everything I write up for a topic seems silly with the state of the world right now, so there’s no suggested topic this week. Talk about whatever. Continue reading The Women+ Thread Takes a Breath
