Dees Celebrate International Women’s Day

[layzie 29,091]

1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

LOL!!  Not sure about that phrasing...  But I fully get what you mean:  men also get the jibes and insults so a DL holiday is good for anyone when the going gets a bit rough. 

Layzie, you are much loved on here so hopefully there isn't the need for more DL holidays🙃  Just ignore the cheap shots and those that misinterpret.

Not my best phrasing! More just highlighting my own personal struggles and finding myself taking periodic breaks from here, sometimes not even from anything that's happened one here but for my own anxiety and minor mental health issues.

I guess my point is that (In my view at least) as hard as I feel it can get in an environment like this, I can't imagine what it's like from the female perspective. Lots of respect. 

Edited March 9, 2023 by layzie

[layzie 29,091]

41 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

Too sweet, can we please get back to insulting people now? 😁

It's too cute for rock and roll!

[Neil Crompton 4,809]

12 minutes ago, layzie said:

 

I guess my point is that (In my view at least) as hard as I feel it can get in an environment like this, I can't imagine what it's like from the female perspective. Lots of respect. 

Why should it be any harder for a female on here Layzie? It really shouldn’t. If it is then that’s our (males) fault, and we need to be more aware of this and be better. This site is a better place for the ladies we do have posting - I wish we had more. 

[layzie 29,091]

1 minute ago, Neil Crompton said:

Why should it be any harder for a female on here Layzie? It really shouldn’t. If it is then that’s our (males) fault, and we need to be more aware of this and be better. This site is a better place for the ladies we do have posting - I wish we had more. 

It shouldn't be I couldn't agree more, and it's come a long way. There were plenty of rando derogatory AFLW comments on here when it started that I'm glad we don't see anymore.

We do need to be more aware and we can always better 🙂

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

LOL!!  Not sure about that phrasing...  But I fully get what you mean:  men also get the jibes and insults so a DL holiday is good for anyone when the going gets a bit rough. 

Layzie, you are much loved on here so hopefully there isn't the need for more DL holidays🙃  Just ignore the cheap shots and those that misinterpret.

I unashamedly adore Layzie. And I tell him often. Maybe a little too often. But not restraining order often. Yet. 😝

[Left Foot Snap 1,958]

Maybe slightly off topic, but will our AFLW team have a flag raising ceremony ths year. I made it down to Melbourne for the Men's ceremony last year. If there will be one, does anyone have any Intel on when?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

3 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

Why should it be any harder for a female on here Layzie? It really shouldn’t. If it is then that’s our (males) fault, and we need to be more aware of this and be better. This site is a better place for the ladies we do have posting - I wish we had more. 

Thank you NC 💖

When I first joined DL my levelheaded firstborn said, “oh mum, you won’t last five minutes. It’s full of blokes. They’ll carve you up.” My unlevelheaded secondborn said, “Nah, they won’t know what hit ‘em, she’ll slay it. ”

Happy to say it’s coming up two years and I’m still here! Yay!

PS for those playing along at home, my precious baby boy didn’t have an opinion either way. If it’s not about gaming, it doesn’t exist. 

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

12 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Maybe slightly off topic, but will our AFLW team have a flag raising ceremony ths year. I made it down to Melbourne for the Men's ceremony last year. If there will be one, does anyone have any Intel on when?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our AFLW flag unfurling will be at halftime Round One (men’s).

And it’s most definitely NOT off-topic, LFS. 🙂

[Jaded No More 58,358]

I might be wrong but I think I was the first female poster on D’land way back in the day and I’ve never felt anything but welcomed. Maybe it’s because most posters didn’t know I was female? 

[Dee Zephyr 17,722]

On RSN the other day Mark Stevens put up a Top 5 Influential Women in the AFL. He had a couple of Demons in there, Daisy at 5 and Kate Roffey at 3. Caroline Wilson was number 1.

[layzie 29,091]

12 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I might be wrong but I think I was the first female poster on D’land way back in the day and I’ve never felt anything but welcomed. Maybe it’s because most posters didn’t know I was female? 

Being one of the cooler mods helped! 🙂

Edited March 10, 2023 by layzie

[Left Foot Snap 1,958]

32 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Our AFLW flag unfurling will be at halftime Round One (men’s).

And it’s most definitely NOT off-topic, LFS. 🙂

Wish I could be there! But unfortunately can't make it then.

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

On this Dees celebrate IWD thread… shoutout to an amazing woman who, despite having originally been a diehard Collingwood supporter in her former life, is now a loud n proud Dees girl and always will be. People know her as Fritta’s mum. I know her as Paulsy. Taking Covid out of the equation, she’s only missed attending five of Fritta’s matches, and that includes every junior game with Coldstream as well as every game with Casey. The whole Frittata clan love that Bayley’s a Demon and that the MFC culture is what it is.

PS: I’ll be at Paulsy’s 50th birthday party tonight. The good folk of Coldstream know how to party. Thus far I’ve survived such, relatively unscathed. Got a feeling tonight might be an exception. 😁

And no, I won’t be asking Fritta about his goddamn foot. 

Edited March 10, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,931]

Back from sabbatical to say, belatedly, I hope as many of you as possible had meaningful IWDs, reflecting on your own strengths or on the strengths of women in your lives or the world.

International Womens Day: Another day closer to fulfilment of the objectives of change and growth it champions.

(p.s. Reading all the posts herein, I again reflect how hard I find it to imagine any other team's supporter forum matching ours)

[layzie 29,091]

40 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

On this Dees celebrate IWD thread… shoutout to an amazing woman who, despite having originally been a diehard Collingwood supporter in her former life, is now a loud n proud Dees girl and always will be. People know her as Fritta’s mum. I know her as Paulsy. Taking Covid out of the equation, she’s only missed attending five of Fritta’s matches, and that includes every junior game with Coldstream as well as every game with Casey. The whole Frittata clan love that Bayley’s a Demon and that the MFC culture is what it is.

PS: I’ll be at Paulsy’s 50th birthday party tonight. The good folk of Coldstream know how to party. Thus far I’ve survived such, relatively unscathed. Got a feeling tonight might be an exception. 😁

And no, I won’t be asking Fritta about his goddamn foot. 

Nice one WCW! 

Don't hesitate to bring back some Coldstream NEIPAs from the brewery, ta. 

[Neil Crompton 4,809]

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

I might be wrong but I think I was the first female poster on D’land way back in the day and I’ve never felt anything but welcomed. Maybe it’s because most posters didn’t know I was female? 

Haha That’s not it at all Jaded, most posters are just scared of you.

[dazzledavey36 48,929]

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

I might be wrong but I think I was the first female poster on D’land way back in the day and I’ve never felt anything but welcomed. Maybe it’s because most posters didn’t know I was female? 

Yes you were.. and with a sharp footy brain just to pump your tyres up a tad.

Reckon I started out around the same time as you many moons back.

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

59 minutes ago, layzie said:

Nice one WCW! 

Don't hesitate to bring back some Coldstream NEIPAs from the brewery, ta. 

Would happily do so if I knew what a NEIPA was. A type of beer? Anyways, not sure the brewery or anything for that matter will be staffed. Sounds like the entire population of Coldstream will be at the party. As per usual I expect to be mercilessly [censored]-canned for coming from Snorbs, but I cop it because to be fair everything they say is true. 😁

[WalkingCivilWar 32,409]

49 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Haha That’s not it at all Jaded, most posters are just scared of you.

I’m not scared of Jaded. Not one bit. 

 

edit: I’m actually in awe of Jaded. She has a great footy-brain and bigger balls than many of the males on here. And she’s very funny. Respect ✊ 

Edited March 10, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

[AzzKikA 2,371]

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

I might be wrong but I think I was the first female poster on D’land way back in the day and I’ve never felt anything but welcomed. Maybe it’s because most posters didn’t know I was female? 

Yeah I remember when I first started seeing you post, in one thread you said something to allude to the fact you're female so I check your profile lol 

[layzie 29,091]

17 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Would happily do so if I knew what a NEIPA was. A type of beer? Anyways, not sure the brewery or anything for that matter will be staffed. Sounds like the entire population of Coldstream will be at the party. As per usual I expect to be mercilessly [censored]-canned for coming from Snorbs, but I cop it because to be fair everything they say is true. 😁

They might be sponsoring the party WCW! Could be plenty of cans going around 🙂

PS: Yes it is, a very tasty one as well. 

[Jaded No More 58,358]

1 hour ago, Neil Crompton said:

Haha That’s not it at all Jaded, most posters are just scared of you.