Groveland

sdrs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is completely irresponsible of the Club to be > promoting the match in the current situation. I > hope fans who say they don?t care whether they > infect themselves by attending will stop to > consider whether they would really want to pass > the virus on to others in the community who may be > more vulnerable than themselves, in local shops, > pubs and stations. The most community-minded thing > the club could do would be to cancel the match. .

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Thank you for this - do you have a similar one for secondary schools in the area?

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The central reservation on DKH has always been one of the best best bits of guerrilla gardening in ED / Camberwell and now those wondrous Hollyhocks waggling at you in the breeze need your help! Troops will be out tonight (Monday 15th July) at 8pm to give the plants a much-needed drink. Do join! All you need to do it bring an empty bucket or bottle. It would be such a shame for all the hard work (not to mention traffic-dodging) that went into the planting, please help out if you can. And pass the message on to anyone you know who might be sympathetic. Thanks and hope to see you tonight!

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thanks WorkingMummy - good suggestion; I liked Pippi Longstocking as a child. Btw you've started an outstanding thread re Cinderella! I have to say, I agree with you and Claireclaire.

Love this thread. I too don't like the 'pinkification' or 'princessification' (not sure those are words but ykwim) of girls. It's just so reductive and unhelpful. We tend not to buy princess / fairy type books, but have got a few sticker dress up books. Where, btw, all the girls are doing is having a picnic / party / dressing up! Grrrr. Re Cinderella, it absolutely sends out the uncomfortable messages. However I have more of a problem with the fact that most protagonists in children's books are male. Even when the story is about four animals. It sends out the overwhelming message that girls just aren't that important. And of course when there is a girl she's often doing something "girly". When we read books to my 3 year old and there's a boy protagonist we change the gender, so in our house A Dark and Stormy Night is about a brave girl called Antonia (rather than Antonio as written). Easier with older books where boys look like girls in the illustrations - eg Christopher Robin! If anyone's on twitter, there's a great project called @everydaysexism and there are lots of examples of very young girls (as reported by their mothers/sisters etc) attributing negative stereotypes - passive, incapable - to themselves as girls.

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Hurrah - also up for it. Of the two, 7th works better for me

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