International Women's Day

[afterthesky]

Who: The non-drone women of Mayfield
What: Feminism Club
Where: The pirate ship at 7134 Brooks
When: International Women's Day (March 8th)
Warnings: None at this time. I imagine some foul language may come up.

The pirate ship is ready for the women of Mayfield to celebrate being more than the town expects them to be. Sarah Jane will approach anyone arriving before they really get talking.

((OOC: So mingle away, Mayfield ladies! I'll make threads for some of the general topics Sarah Jane wanted to discuss, but feel free to start up threads for anything your characer wants to bring up.))

Comments

Initial meet and greet

[afterthesky]

Good to see you come out.

[ooeeooahah]

Wouldn't miss this.

[afterthesky]

It's definitely been a long time coming.

[sir_hellsing]

It's good to finally put a face to the name, Ms Smith. Thank you for organizing this.

[afterthesky]

You're welcome. It seemed like something we could really use here.

[mal_addict]

Couldn't just let it go on without me.

[afterthesky]

Glad to have you here.

[icyidol]

I needed something to do.

[magicalrealist]

I made it! Thanks for the invitation, Sarah!

[outlandished]

Well, 'course -- it's me ship after all, ain't it?

[soulless_soldier]

[Barton is totally impressed by the pirate ship. She's wandering about looking everything over.]

Oh. Thanks.

[hontobakabaka]

[Ruri quietly comes into the back and waves slightly]

.....Hello.

[redcinemareel]

[Grell looks a bit...distracted as she enters the...ship. She almost bumps into the greeter, stopping just in time to stop a collision.]

Yes, thank you. I was...not expecting such an..interesting...location.

[Pauses]

Why are we meeting on a ship?

[noluckduck]

[Clover is just... still really in awe of the pirate ship.]

Man, I wish I had my tools back already. I could totally make it so we could ride the ship 'round town and wreck shit up.

Workarounds

[afterthesky]

Those of us who have been here a while have found ways around some of the limitations. This is something we should share.

[ooeeooahah]

I am a psychiatrist back home. Here, there's no women in the ranks of doctors. However, I am currently operating out of my basement, on a pro bono basis.

I've been working on a way to get the proper medications prescribed, but leaning toward counseling and lifestyle changes.

[outlandished]

As wonderfully dim th' drones are 'round here, I'm sure they'll catch up one day or another on me. Lately, I've been stealin' what I need, like ammo, guns 'n everythin' else like tha'.

I've found tha' impersonation can work, especially if ye do it well.

[soulless_soldier]

Um, I do carpentry stuff, so if anyone needs stuff built, I can do it for ya. I've been collecting parts and supplies by goin' to the hardware store 'n' sayin' it's for my "dad". If anyone's got spare stuff you don't need, let me know.

[likeahex]

So far I've just been using violence.


...it works.

[redcinemareel]

And what of those who have not in this town for very long?

[Grell doesn't feel so comfortable revealing who she was to so many.]

[of_alderaan]

Maybe we could make a list of all the limitations there are in the town for women.

LIterature

[afterthesky]

Would anyone be interested in a book exchange? Something that isn't about cooking.

[ooeeooahah]

I haven't gotten anything from home, yet. I'm willing to transcribe books for extra copies, though.

[magicalrealist]

I worked as a librarian back home and volunteer at Mayfield's library; I don't have any books of my own, but I can organize the exchanges and keep the records. Once I get my magic back, I can also start writing copies of books.

[hontobakabaka]

You can't take them off of my ship, just due to the fact that they're all holographic renditions, but I have a large data collection of film and literature there.