thanks for feedback on stickers, x ps programme tomorrow eve on lads mags, part of the 'Sex in the Noughties' series, may be a bit trashy, but anyway, it's...
Hi All - sounds like the meeting went well, sorry I couldn't have been there. And so glad the stickers are on the way... this is brilliant, thanks Jen. I...
Hi All - this link is interesting re. discussions of representations of the breast... http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2007/11/whats_the_deal Sally Cosgrove ...
Hi Charlotte - yes I totally think so... I am happy to complete the survey if OK with everyone else? Let's get rid of the idea that women's networks are...
Hi Sally and All, Hope the devil are you? Hope your having a good trip. As for my feelings on the stickering wording I refer you to my post on yahoo group no...
I'm not sure about the facebook group - maybe it's something to do with the privacy setting for the group, which an admin would have to alter I guess. I'm...
exactly jo, its about trying to demonstrate how these images are pornographic and damaging to women, as opposed to being something we are so used to seeing, we...
Hi, Thanks for that. My point is that Œraising awareness¹ is complex. It is easy to go out of one box into another without particularly being aware of it. My...
I agree with Shelley... 'damaging' needs to be defined, and do we have consensus from the group on what the damage is/how this is done/proof etc. Of course I...
Hi, Sorry can't write much as really busy, but just read through the emails so will give a brief response: 1) re. 'boxing' female sexuality - as sian said, i ...
Hi everyone We did have quite a detailed discussion at the last meeting about each of the sticker slogans, and many of us were unhappy with some of them and...
Hi again- yes i do have a list of the ones that we agreed on, that i posted on the email that i wrote last week as a summary of the last meeting. there were a...
thanks charlotte, and thanks jenny for some clarification there... i do realise that the slogans are meant to challenge the female/male sexual stereotypes, but...
As far as straplines go, if not everyone is happy about using 'damaging' then it would probably be better to use 'artificial' instead. damaging can be inferred...
Hello all, Been reading and listening and thinking so far but would like to join the debate... ...as a woman who has regularly asked newsagents to reassess...
Hi Nik - ii would be so good if you could design a logo/leaflets/flyers for the group. It was decided at a meeting a while ago that we really needed these to...
The debate round this topic has exposed BOTH a strongly felt reaction to the limiting/ damaging/demeaning effects of lads mags imagery AND the complexity of...
Hi Sue, I agree, thanks for your balanced words! WIsh I could transport over for the next meeting, the ideas right now seem so interesting. Hope it goes well,...
Hi, Can we use Kino, Sean for the next meeting? My point is that these issues are complex. How many people really look at at lads mags in the general...
Hi All - I agree that these issues must discussed, but I don't think that disaggreeing on ideas is necessarily divisive... we can come to some sort of overall...
hi everyone, I have to agree with Sue, lads mags are something that really effect women, in the fact that the normalisation of pornographic images is something...
Hi all, At the end of the last meeting I think Adam raised an interest in the case of a woman being forced to give birth abroad to protect her right to...
... Hi Katie, Thanks for info on next meeting. I was wondering tho whether there will be time to discuss the stickering issue. It would seem from the web...
Hi All! Although Rowena from the council and another lady, Vicky, from TUC were really interested, they couldn't come at such short notice. I pointed them at...
Hey everyone, Sorry I won't be able to make it this evening, I am trapped in deadline hell. Thanks Katy for trying to arrange stuff for tonight, even if it...
re: your shop, Henleaze Road, Bristol. I am writing to inform you that yesterday I went into your shop to buy a card. When I got to the till I was confronted...
