... But I've had a troubling time trying to work out whether I wanted this to be just about women, whether I care enough (I do, but I'll write that later). So instead, i'm just going to use it as my blog, with bits and bobs that I find and think about. First up, I recently found some old Brownies stuff that is very weird and disturbing. I only lasted three months at Brownies because, like most things English, it and the socialising it involved was alien to me, as I was expecting to leave at any minute for another country. As I remember it my Austrian mum got very upset with some of the 'Owls' or whatever they're called, and that was the end of that. Anyway, here's some scans from the book. I like how I've ticked the box for the stealing of flowers, though I'm certain it was confusion, and not rebelliousness.
