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Posted in Men, Relationships, Sport on Oct 26th, 2011
A recent global survey funded and endorsed by the university of Twitter on the subject of football and romantic relationships delivered inconclusive yet interesting findings. It did, however, provide a blanket bundle of both heart-warming and frustrated tales to give an insight into how the most popular spectator sport impacts on one or the other [...]
Posted in Advertising, Men, Sex, Society, Television, Women on Sep 28th, 2011
It’s as predictable as politicians’ bluster and as productive as a cadaver, and it rears its indignant head whenever a woman complains about sexism in advertisement. It’s the “Men Are Victims Too!” counter-argument, and its generally unleashed so hot on the heels of the original that it might as well be a full stop. Its [...]
Posted in Blast From the Past, Celebrity, Men, Relationships, Women on Aug 11th, 2011
Imagine a scenario where a man chases you with declarations of love and passion, offers a bright future mapped out with parties, impromptu music gigs, red carpet movie premieres, lavish gifts, chartered flights and yachts. The sex is hot. He can’t seem to get enough of you until *blammo* he doesn’t call for a week or [...]
Posted in Body image, Celebrity, Feminism, Humour, Men, Personal, Relationships, Television, Women on Jul 1st, 2011
Try to imagine a media feature about a woman choosing to gain 50 pounds without an alarmist frame ,one unaccompanied by quotes from health care practitioners, pie charts, pearl clutching, all of which fail to conclude that the lady in question has lost the plot altogether. Also imagine that said married lady’s husband is not [...]
Posted in Art, Body image, Men, Television, Women on Jun 23rd, 2011
This is normally the time of year when Mad Men would be back (thank you, gift-horse mouth-inspectors over at AMC, whose depressingly short-sighted requests have held up negotiations and pushed the show back by almost a year). I was missing it over the weekend and so I was trawling through a blog called Mad Men [...]
Posted in Art, Books, Feminism, Film, International, Men, Rants, Sport, Writing on Jun 8th, 2011
I’m all for positive discrimination when it’s merited and, let’s face it, it very often is. Having witnessed the progress of women in Irish politics being systematically thwarted over the decades I fully support the proposed introduction of candidate quotas – many of the most enlightened and progressive democracies in the world have used them [...]
Posted in Feminism, Food, International, Men, Personal, Politics, Women on May 30th, 2011
Fresh from having to buy his own Guinness in Moneygall (didn’t we learn from Primary Colours that elected officials never carry their money?), the Obamas have now been subjected to the Great British Barbecue. The name in itself is bothersome because to an American, a ‘barbecue’ is a deep South tradition involving whole chickens, racks [...]
Posted in Crime, Domestic, Feminism, International, LGBTQ Issues, Men, Society, Uncategorized on May 9th, 2011
Here’s a bizarre dichotomy to consider: corrective rape. Yes, raping a person to make them see the error of their ways. I wish I could tell you I’d made it up, but it seems it’s all the rage at home, in South Africa. Now take a moment to consider and remember the following women, all [...]
Posted in Anti-Heroines, Books, Celebrity, Film, Men, Relationships, Sex, Women on Apr 20th, 2011
Most tips about dating targeted at single women amount to a Sisyphean course of self-improvement, whether the focus is on their appearance as complicit with the beauty mandate or with interpersonal skills such as listening and hobby development, all are designed to make women a better match and ring ready, which culture has emphasised since [...]
Posted in Ireland, Men, Television, Women on Mar 18th, 2011
It’s a phrase that strikes fear into the heart of sensible people everywhere: “No like-y, NO LIGHT-Y!’. Let’s get one thing straight from the off: Take Me Out is probably one of the most horrendously sexist shows ever dreamed up by a bunch of TV executives. ‘Scraping the barrel’ doesn’t even come close. For the hitherto [...]
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