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WomensStuff

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Women only trans inclusive This is an inclusive community for all things women. Whether you're here for make up tips, feminism or just friendly chit chat, we've got you covered.

Rules…

  1. Women only… trans women are women, and transphobic or gender critical talk isn’t allowed. Anyone under the trans umbrella (e.g. non-binary, bigender, agender) is free to decide whether a women's community is a good fit for them.
  2. Don’t be a dick. No personal attacks, no aggression, play nice.
  3. Don’t hate on groups, hatefilled talk about groups is not allowed. Ever.
  4. No governmental politics, so no talk of Trump actions etc. We recommend Feminism@beehaw.org for that, but here is an escape from it.
  5. New accounts or users with few comments may have their posts removed to prevent spam and bad-faith participation.

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What do you all think of a WomensStuff supporters group open to all genders? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Hey all! A male supporter has offered to open a community called WomensStuffSupporters that all genders can reply to. That gives men somewhere to show support that isn't here and also make here easier to moderate.

There's the option to X post from one to another, which is wouldn't want to happen automatically as some people wouldn't like that.

What do you all think of the idea? I'll leave this post up for a while before a decision is made.

Edit: you can message me if you don't want to say publicly. I won't let people know you contacted me, I'd just potentially say someone messaged saying they did/didn't want it

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[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

At first thought it sounds nice, but I agree that having it be tied directly to this community invites a certain element of drama, and possibly undesirable focus. It has the potential to be "WomensStuff posts, now with men".

I'd prefer the sentiment be channeled in to its own thing. Maybe an "AskWomen" or "Womens Support" that would serve a similar function but with a more defined purpose. Having more woman forward communities on Lemmy is a good thing, but what we've got going on here is nice and I don't think it's worth risking the dynamic.

[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

c/askwomen was recently closed due to inactivity, but I think reviving it in some way would be really positive for Lemmy and creates an environment where men go to that community with the expectation of getting responses from women and not each other in discussions about women, so I wouldn't be as worried about echo chambers forming.

So I love this idea.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a great idea! We're a lot busier on lemmy now it might be worth reopening

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 days ago

Whoever is on that group's mod team I definitely do not envy.