LJMU Feminist Society

FemSoc is hiring!!
Post elections we still have 3 unfilled roles for the 2024/25 committee.
☆Treasurer- Incharge of the feminist society's account and financial papers and such! Incredibly vital role that we need to be filled for next year. Apply if you are good with money and finance and have an interest in budgeting!!
☆Social Secretary- Organises socials and outings for the society and oversees that there are regular events for our society members. Apply if you love organising fun events and are good with planning !
☆Welfare Officer- Incharge of looking after our society members and making sure the society stays conscious of its members wellbeing! Apply if you are mindful, sensitive and approachable!
If you are interested in any role please DM us!! We want to make the society even better next year and would love to have more people involved in the committee ♡

WE WON AN AWARD!!!!

We won Collaboration of the Year for our self defence classes we held with ! Being nominated was an honour in itself but to win was the cherry on top of the cake.

Being President this year has been the most incredible experience of my life. All that we have achieved within the society, the SU and the university is astounding. Knowing how to defend yourself is such an important skill that everyone should know and winning an award for this event, I am so grateful that we are being recognised for it.

To my fellow committee members,

We did it!!! Ahhhhh! We all have put in so much work this year to make the society the best it could be and I want to thank each and every single one of you for all the hard work and dedication each of you has put in this year. All of you know what this society means to me and how much work I put into it this year! I can’t wait to see what happens next year and see all what you get up to. I love you all and thank you for the best year.

Emma
President, 23/24 # # #

Slainté! Join us on Thursday for a St Patrick’s Day celebration!

The theme of this social is green and gold and we will be meeting at Hope & Anchor to start our journey of Irish culture and pubs. You don’t have to stay the whole time and you don’t have to drink. We will never force you to drink alcohol if you do not want to. So, get your pots of gold and get ready to irish jig the night away with Feminist Society! See you Thursday!

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Happy International Women's Day !! from all of the femsoc Committee, we hope you take the day to not only appreciate all the wonderful women in your life, but also look back at the history of the day. women have fought tirelessly to reach where we are today, and that fight is not ending anytime soon!! Happy IWD to all women everywhere! ☆💌

SELF DEFENCE CLASS with

Tomorrow we are having another self defence class with Jiu Jitsu! If you didn’t get to come to last semester’s class or you just want a bit of a refresher on how to defend yourself please come along! Invite your friends too! See you at 7pm in the Activities Space!
Please wear comfy/sports clothing.

International Women’s Day Celebration

March 8th is International Women’s Day and we are so excited to reveal we have a huge event planned to celebrate women, femme presenting people and girls! All genders are welcome to show their support for women! Tickets are only £5 with proceeds going to ! Tickets entitle you to free desserts on arrival and throughout the night, bracelet making, poster making, photobooth, opportunity to interact with the dancers at .de.cuba and head to any of the floors inside the venue! This is definitely not an event you will want to miss! Tickets are limited and are available from the link in our bio or head to the JMSU events page.

Make sure to get your ticket ASAP! This event will also act as a kind of afterparty for the Student Officer Results which are also happening that evening! See you there!

The Committee # # #

Women’s History Month 2024

March is Women’s History Month and we have so many exciting things planned for this month to celebrate women and how amazing we all are. Women are incredible and one month is not enough to show how amazing women are. But we are going to start this month with an exclusive look at what we’ve got coming up this month:

4th March: Self-Defence Class with
8th: International Women’s Day Celebration with and and
11th March: ‘Ramona’ Film Screening
14th March: St Patrick’s Day Social
and loads more still to be announced! More information of each event will be revealed.
Women’s History Month has officially started!!

RAMONA Film Premiere

Hi everyone! We are so excited to reveal we will be hosting a film premiere next month with for !! We are honoured to have been chosen as one of the select venues and organisations to host the premiere. Swipe across to read what the film is about. There will be English subtitles. We will have some snacks, popcorn and drinks provided.

We have loads of exciting events coming up next month so keep your eyes peeled for what’s next!!

The Committee xx

PERIOD PACKING WITH

Hi everyone! On Friday we are hosting a period packing event with and The Period Project Merseyside! It will be held in the Activities Space of SLB from 12pm-2pm. You can stay for as long or as little as you want. It is a volunteering event so you can add to your volunteering hours by coming along! Feel free to bring along any tampons, sanitary pads, wipes etc. that you have to help those who are in need of menstrual products.

See you there!

It’s that time of year again where we advertise the committee positions! Do you love Feminist Society? Do you want the opportunity to plan what events we do and who we collaborate with? Are you good at time management and balancing responsibilities at once? If you answered yes to these questions then a role on the committee may be for you! There are 7 positions up for grabs:

President
Vice-President
Communications Officer
Treasurer
Social Secretary
Welfare Officer
Charity Officer

If you are interested in any of these roles we have provided some information about them. If you want some more information contact us! All of us have loved being on the committee this year and loved getting to know each and every one of you. Thank you for helping us make the society what it is and helping us make it the best it possibly can be.

If you need any help on how to nominate yourself let us know! You MUST be a member of our society to nominate yourself and/or vote. No membership, no vote. Sign up, it’s free! Only LJMU students can apply for a committee position.

Good luck!

Come join us next week to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are so excited to be working with for this day and various other academic societies! Women in STEM Day is such an important day to celebrate all the amazing work that women have done in the world of science. Join us on Wednesday for some science fun and games with the opportunity to win £60!!

International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Today is Women in STEM Day! Today is all about celebrating the amazing work women and girls have contributed the world of STEM. The STEM world is highly male dominated with very few women having won a Nobel Prize for their work. Some women don’t even get acknowledged for their contributions to a particular field with their male colleagues getting recognition instead.

Let’s celebrate all the women who have helped the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Galentines Bar Crawl 💌🎀⭐️🩷

We’ll be meeting at at 7pm for a few starting drinks, then moving onto .liverpool for some cocktails, next to where we’ll have a private femsoc section, drinks deals and some free shots! Finally onto *tindiedisco for a boogie 🪩🕺🏼

The theme is pink and red for valentines!

And the first 10 people to arrive will get a free valentines goodie bag

See you all there! X

February 7th was National Girls and Women in Sport Day. The world of sport is still such a male dominated area. Woman can and should be able to play sport! Show your support for all the women and girls overcoming diversity in sports!

SAFE S*X & S*XUAL HEALTH SEMINAR

Hi everyone!

We are so excited to announce our next event, which is a collaboration between us, , and !! PaSH are coming to JMSU to help us with our s*xual health. We will be hosting a seminar talking about safe s*x for all genders, the stigma of female pleasure and the signs of any STIs.

There will also be HIV testing kits, STI testing kits, condoms and leaflets on local s*xual health organisations and support services.

As February is LGBTQ+ History Month and the month of Valentine’s day and HIV Awareness Week this event is super important. Bring your friends and join us for an informative evening learning how to take care of ourselves.

February is LGBTQ+ History Month. 2024 marks 50 years since the very first Pride March in Britain! The month is a celebration of the history of gay rights and related civil rights movements. It aims to strengthen the community and provide role models while also being a statement about the contributions of the LGBTQ+ community to society.

It is heartbreaking that STILL in some countries it is illegal to be gay. It is illegal for people to openly be themselves and love who they want to. Join us this month to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and show support for everyone thinking of coming out, recently came out and those openly out and proud.

GAMES NIGHT

Hey everyone! This week we are having a games night! We will have a selection of different games to play for this event. Afterwards there many be a trip to The Flute 👀👀 See you all tomorrow xx

‘It is time to renew the battle for reproductive rights. We have been outmanoeuvred, outspent, and outvoted by a group of single-issue activists. It has taken them nearly two decades to turn back the principles of Roe. Let’s make sure it takes us a shorter time to replace protection for reproductive choice’ - Sarah Weddington

REFRESHERS 2024

We loved meeting you all today and seeing some familiar faces! Hope to see you all on Saturday at our candle painting fundraiser!

Hi everyone!

We’re super excited to announce our next fundraising event which will be taking place on Saturday 20th, 1-3pm!

We will be holding a candle painting event at Paper Cup Coffee, tickets are just £2 with 50% of the proceeds made going to The Paper Cup Project who help tackle homelessness in Liverpool.

We would love to see as many of you there as possible as this is for a great cause!

Tickets are available through the link in our bio 🩷

REFRESHERS FAIR | 17th JANUARY | 11am-4pm

Hi everyone! Hope the new year has been good to you all so far and you’re excited for this next semester. We are so excited to announce we will be at Refreshers Fair on Wednesday with members of the committee popping in throughout the day to say hi!
Make sure to come say hi to us and find out what we’ve got planned for this semester! We have a lot of exciting things planned and can’t wait to see you all again for more feminist fun!

The Committee xx

Hi everyone!

We hope you are all excited for a well deserved Winter Break! Whatever you are celebrating we hope you have a lovely time whomever you are with. Thank you all for joining our society and coming to one event or every event! We have some super exciting things planned for next year!!

Have a lovely Winter Break and we will see you in 2024!

The Committee # # #

Hey everyone! Our next social is going to be a couple of chilled drinks after a very busy few weeks 🥂✨🪩

First stop will be The Flute, and then onto Modo where we will have our own VIP section and a few cheeky shots!

See you all there
The committee 🩷

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and cold weather and came with us to explore the Christmas Market! We hope you all enjoyed yourselves and had some festive fun!

Thanks to and for joining us on our adventure!
Our President definitely enjoyed her hot dog 😂

✨JOINT SOCIAL: CHRISTMAS MARKETS

Hi everyone! We are so excited to announce we are going to be heading round the with our friends and !!
Meet us outside SLB 6:45pm then we’ll head down to the market around 7pm. Make sure to wrap up warm as it will definitely be cold!! Hopefully some hot chocolate will help us all!

Afterwards we will head to The North Western Spoons by Lime Street Train Station to warm up and chat. Make sure you are a member of one of the societies to be kept up to date with where we are.

See you Monday! xx

Hi everyone!

We’ll be having a Christmas Quiz on 27th November (Monday) at 6:30pm in room 2.07 in the Student Life Building!

There will be prizes to be won, and we’ll be heading for a drink after at the Hope and Anchor.

Cant wait to see you all there 🎁🎅🏻☃️🎄

ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

There are now only 10 TICKET remaining for our charity bingo night tomorrow!!! Remember no ticket=no entry

Secure yours from the link in our bio! This is going to be a sell out event!

Cant wait to see you all there🩷

Hi everyone!

Here’s a little sneak peek of some of the prizes that are up for grabs at our charity bingo night next week! There will be tonnes more prizes to win on the night, we can wait to see you all there!

Remember this event WILL sell out so grab your tickets from our bio asap

Femsoc committee 🩷

FEMINIST WARRIORS

Thank you to everyone who came last night to our arts and crafts event! Here are all of our feminist warriors. Do you spot yours?

Make sure you get your tickets for our charity bingo next week too!

ARTS AND CRAFTS: MAKE A FEMINIST WARRIOR

Apologies we are posting this so late! Join us later for an evening spent remembering all the women who gave their lives to help with the war efforts. We are thanking all the current women who are fighting for freedom and gender equality everywhere. Especially in Palestine at this time.

Did you know that women didn’t get the right to vote until 1918, the year the First World War ended?

See you at 6:30 in 2.06 in SLB! xx