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.  As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level.  Anyone who identifies as female, … 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

Today’s suggested topic: Bossy The version of ‘assertive’ almost exclusively reserved for women, and a trait that is considered desirable for men. How bossy are all of us feeling and how do we feel about the negative connotations reserved just … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Bosses You Around

Today’s suggested topic: None!It’s hot and parched here and I’m too tired to come up with anything interesting so talk amongst yourselves. Continue reading The Women+ Thread Sweats a Topic

Today’s discussion topic: Pets!Let’s talk about the creatures we share our lives with, have shared our lives with and even ones we wish we shared our lives with. (Sometimes I just want a light topic here, but as always this … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Gets Warm and Fuzzy

This weeks suggested topic: Organization. Are you good at it, bad at it, somewhere in the middle? What tools/tips/tricks do you use to keep yourself organized? Let’s get it together this week… says the person who keeps forgetting to put … Continue reading The Women+ Thread needs to get it together

Today’s Topic: Health and Wellness How are you all doing? What are you doing to keep it all together? As always, topics outside of the suggested one are all fine to bring here. Continue reading The Women+ Thread Keeps Moving

Some guidelines to help this space be a positive experience for everyone:  As always with the Avocado, don’t feel compelled to share beyond your comfort level.  Anyone who identifies as female, or who was socialized female/AFAB/otherwise has firsthand experience with … Continue reading The Women+ Thread is hot

This week’s suggested topic: Future Plans The world has been a complete shit show for many months now and it’s hard to even imagine that things will be back to normal. But humans are creatures of hope, and we will … Continue reading The Women+ Thread Looks Ahead