News: Graun commenters not so open-minded
The Guardian. Bastion of modernity and progressive thinking. Champion of (relatively) free speech – see the Comment is Free section. Unashamedly not The Sun, with its reading age of about eight. (Sorry if you’re a Sun reader and don’t know what ‘unashamedly’ means. Look it up.) What you may not also know about the Guardian […]
Saying the unsayable
For some reason, over the last few months I’ve been disagreeing with my Dad more than usual. There are things we can’t seem to see eye to eye on, and not just because he’s taller than me. I don’t know if he’s always had these contrasting opinions and I’m only just finding out, or if […]
We don’t want your sort around here
If you’ve been using Facebook or Twitter over the weekend, you may well have seen the following screenshot. I stumbled across it via a tweet from Suzy Bennett, winner of the 2006 Funny Women Awards. Here’s the image in question that’s been doing the rounds: There’s been a fair amount of debate as to whether […]
Fairy dust with a side of sexism
When a former Disney CEO is lightly piddling over the hopes and dreams of girls and women everywhere, you know there’s a problem. In yet another high-profile case of ‘open mouth, insert foot’, Michael Eisner has claimed that beautiful and funny women are… “impossible to find”. If that wasn’t awkward enough, he made this statement […]
Stand up for women in comedy
Last summer, I dragged my bags through a muddy Highlands Park in Chelmsford, pitched up my tent- with a lot of help- and began to scour the V Festival schedule to get a better idea of the acts I wanted to see over the weekend. Flicking through the set lists, I discovered out of just […]
