Today I am taking inspiration from this 1899 article, particularly the part about โ€œusing her fists in scientific fashion.โ€
@superbetsy My husband's family are from Bolton. As the fool learned, don't mess with Bolton birds!
@superbetsy Bolton Lad checking in, this tracks. Do NOT underestimate the bright, creative, ferocity of a Bolton ladies knitting circle. They will outmaneuver you at every turn, pick litter from all the local streets, reorganize the local library, raise tens of thousands for charity, and still have time to make the best darn midafternoon tea & scones you ever had in your life. Be. Warned.
@superbetsy An amazing story. Oh. Bolton. OK. #asyouwere
Hark, a vagrant: 331

@epicdemiologist @superbetsy Oh! I love "velocipedrestrienne"! Thank you for introducing me to this word :)
@superbetsy @csaetre I thought you might appreciate this, the pugilistic cyclist reminds me somehow of Miss Sparrow. ๐Ÿ˜‚
@superbetsy @dgoldsmith But notice, she was still a lady.
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And yet men dare act as though somehow it is only recently that women began to object to catcalling & street harassment, continuing the pretense their fathers used before them, & their fathers' fathers.
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Catcalling asshole: "How was I supposed to know women don't like that?"
Me: *gestures at the entirety of human history*
@superbetsy someone alert Chuck Tingle, thereโ€™s a title he could use
@superbetsy ..that's the way you do it... science for girls and their fists ..yeah! any dumb catcalling male with a low decency factor and an even lower ranking brain, not to mention manners, should be aware that I do run a strict no-tolerance policy here. Your bones are at risk! You have been warned.
As a sidenote to bystanders and gazing people: get your act together and shut the fuck up with non helpful comments or remarks. or suffer the same fate.
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@superbetsy well now, he was acting like a Jack-a-Ninny
@superbetsy This needs the #bicycle and #BikeTooter tags ๐Ÿ˜
@superbetsy "who had apparently been imbibing" lol
@superbetsy absolute legend of a woman. get his ass
@superbetsy "in scientific fashion" meaning, I am guessing, with both precision and accuracy! :)
@superbetsy I presume the "scientific fashion" meant very effectively.
Science leaves no doubts.