Thanks so much for all the responses! I'm not posting all the results because it can ID people, but I'll talk about the big points now.
New rule, no governmental politics. Multiple people said they really want to escape the stress of it all. Talking about female politicians being victimised or similar is fine, but nothing just politics. I recommend !Feminism@beehaw.org or maybe !Witchesvspatriarchy@lemmy.ca for women's politics.
A few people raised they don't like the fashion posts, however overall people did like that. They're also easy to scroll past so they'll continue.
People definitely want feminism. Parents, loved your comments about wanting more parenting and thatll be included more... I don't have kids, so please direct me or post yourself as I don't want to steal mom's voices.
Views on allowing men were mixed, but overall people wanted it female only.
Not wanting wonderwoman was raised. Would any of our talented artists like to design a non WW userpic and banner? I love the one we have but the important thing is how everyone here feels.
Thanks for helping us grow!
Thanks Dandelion I appreciate you raising it and understand your point. For now we're no politics because people want an escape from it and there's several other communities to discuss it. Having some politics but not others isn't manageable, will cause stress for members and could cause friction. So for now, no politics.
Maybe this is a me problem, but one way I understand "no politics" is as including "no feminism", i.e. not talking about anything political includes not talking about feminism ...
I completely understand that people want a break, I'm not questioning the rule, I'm just confused about what it means.
When people talk about being exhausted about politics, usually I understand them to mean they want a space where they won't be exposed to headlines or news articles about what's going on because it's stressful - I just want to make sure I'm understanding that correctly 😅
It might help to have examples of what is or isn't thought of to be political.
If for example I talked about my experiences with a male colleague where he was really rude and I wasn't sure if he was being sexist, that would be both personal and political in nature, but I assume most people wouldn't consider that a violation of the "no politics" rule?
Or a trans person sharing their experience of trans-misogyny in public, that is clearly political but also personal, and likewise not a violation?
Or are these examples of what we should avoid?
(Maybe this doesn't need to be clarified up-front, and I'll just learn the hard way - I just want to be conscientious, but I understand if I'm asking too much.)
Ahhhh I see what you mean sorry a bit of crossed wires. So yes no government based politics, so no Trump did ABC. People's experiences are always fine
that makes sense to me - thank you for clarifying!!
Np at all really glad to discuss it with you ❤️