Another moment when I'm so happy I went to an unposh girls' school (in Stevenage!) where I had plenty of room to be myself. I discovered a joyous feminist rebellion at 14 in wit, and clever pranking of teachers, although forging the deputy head's signature may have not been the wisest move. 😬 Still, I survived! Just.
My school was unposh (she said anxiously), honest! It was a girls-only comprehensive - I think there are only about three in the whole country. One of my classmates spat at me at on my very first day (she was poking me repeatedly in the back and I threatened to tell the teacher, which tells you everything you need to know really. But we turned into pretty good mates over the years.)
OMG, Rowan, even if you were a "good girl", we have kinship. In my first term, two girls, for reasons they still can't explain half a century later, put itching powder down my back. My form teacher asked in class who had done the deed. I was so outraged, I did a j'accuse. Somehow, they became friends.
I'm struggling to think of what that stuff was named: Little hairy seeds extracted from a common plant that produced something like rosehips, only I don't think those were rosehips? Eh, anyway, really uncomfortable.
And here I thought this was going to be about the Korean 4B movement going global. 🤪
Never read Greer’s book. She sounds like a pill. Tracey Ullman portrayed Greer as an elderly woman picking fights at bus stops. Maybe at the time she pushed hard, hard, hard because it was such an uphill battle (and still can be). Or she is a natural contrarian who loves a fight.
Another moment when I'm so happy I went to an unposh girls' school (in Stevenage!) where I had plenty of room to be myself. I discovered a joyous feminist rebellion at 14 in wit, and clever pranking of teachers, although forging the deputy head's signature may have not been the wisest move. 😬 Still, I survived! Just.
My school was unposh (she said anxiously), honest! It was a girls-only comprehensive - I think there are only about three in the whole country. One of my classmates spat at me at on my very first day (she was poking me repeatedly in the back and I threatened to tell the teacher, which tells you everything you need to know really. But we turned into pretty good mates over the years.)
OMG, Rowan, even if you were a "good girl", we have kinship. In my first term, two girls, for reasons they still can't explain half a century later, put itching powder down my back. My form teacher asked in class who had done the deed. I was so outraged, I did a j'accuse. Somehow, they became friends.
Yay! Although itching powder - that is literally old skool
I'm struggling to think of what that stuff was named: Little hairy seeds extracted from a common plant that produced something like rosehips, only I don't think those were rosehips? Eh, anyway, really uncomfortable.
And here I thought this was going to be about the Korean 4B movement going global. 🤪
Never read Greer’s book. She sounds like a pill. Tracey Ullman portrayed Greer as an elderly woman picking fights at bus stops. Maybe at the time she pushed hard, hard, hard because it was such an uphill battle (and still can be). Or she is a natural contrarian who loves a fight.
Ohhh, what is Korean 4B??
Wikipedia does a good job explaining it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4B_movement
Basically, its proponents do not date, get married, have sex, or have children with men. Female eunuchs, if you will…
Thanks! This is news to me