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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 [...]
Sarah Flotel hosts the football video podcast Hot Scores. Recently she was invited to be a guest on Stan Collymore’s Sunday Talksport to discuss women in football and sexism. Here’s her take: This is a Jamie Oliver style, bish-bash-bosh fast, but good food blog entry in response to some of the points raised recently on [...]
Posted in Anti-heroes, Anti-Heroines, Body image, Education, Feminism, Ireland, LGBTQ Issues, Media, Personal, Politics, Sport, Women on Aug 12th, 2011
“I DON’T KNOW which of us is worse off,” said my aunt. She felt growing up that she had no choice but to marry and have children. “But I look at you and my girls and you have so many choices that it must be difficult to make one and not feel you are missing [...]
Posted in Body image, Religion, Society, Sport, Technology on Jul 27th, 2011
Being something of a weight lifting fanatic myself, it was with genuine consternation and confusion that I read the following article about a 35-year-old woman who wishes to compete in weight lifting competitions. Kulsoom is Muslim, and as such unwilling to bare her arms or legs. She is now pressing for a change to the [...]
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 Fashion, Feminism, International, Sport, Women on May 25th, 2011
As a sport, and as an abstract concept, badminton has always seemed pretty inoffensive. Professional badminton players do not take out super-injunctions. Badminton fans are never accused of starting riots that tarnish their country’s image abroad. For many years, badminton was the non-sporty person’s sport of choice. It was the type of Tuesday evening activity [...]
Posted in Attracta's column, Sport, Women on Jan 27th, 2011
Hello! I’ve been asked by The Anti Room to contribute a number of pieces over the coming months to offer a different voice and perspective on issues than might otherwise be found here. As a fairly recent convert to Twitter, and social media in general, I’m glad to do it, and, being interested in other [...]
Posted in International, Media, Rants, Sport, Women on Jan 25th, 2011
ATTENTION ALL MEN! This is an important news bulletin: you do not own the rights to football. Guess what? There are even some women out there who know more about football than you do, and I’m willing to wager that Sian Massey is one of them. Sadly, the sort of snide sexist drivel spouted by Richard [...]
Posted in Media, Sport, Television, Women on Jan 25th, 2011
The sexist remarks made by Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys off-camera during Saturday’s Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool FC match were appalling but hardly surprising. Soccer is notorious for its sexist attitudes towards women. Take Notts County banning Karren Brady from their boardroom and Luton Town manager Mike Newell giving referee Amy Rayner [...]
Posted in Random Wonderfulness, Sport, Television on Jan 7th, 2011
January. Don’t we all just hate it? The dark mornings, the return to dull routine, the lack of cash, the lack of a waistline. But for me, every January there is a small gleam in the darkness, courtesy of the BDO Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships. In our house, this is genuinely one of the [...]
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