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Posted in International, Parenting, Relationships, Religion, Sex, Society, Television, Women on Oct 20th, 2011
Reality TV has foisted a great number of ugly things on us – step forward, Big Brother and Jersey Shore – but it still remains the best way to journey into somebody else’s life in a totally new way. Thanks to reality TV, those of us who are a bit ‘curious’ (or nosey, as some [...]
I stumbled into a quandary in my first year of Uni. I was sharing a house with three other students – all male – who suddenly upped and left because I was so impossible to live with they had found a bigger gaff they could share with their own friends. For some reason, I found [...]
Posted in Anti-Heroines, International, Politics, Society, Women on Oct 8th, 2011
How wonderful to hear that the Nobel Committee has awarded the 2011 Peace Prize to three women who have made a huge contribution to improving conditions in their home countries and furthering the cause of women there and all over the world. In a press release the Norwegian Nobel Committee explained that it had “decided [...]
Posted in Anti-Heroines, Books, Economics, Environment, Feminism, Film, International, Politics, Society, Women on Sep 29th, 2011
Perhaps the most distressing statistic emerging from the current economic crisis is that the suicide rate in Greece is reported by the Wall Street Journal to have risen by at least 40%. The Greek collapse is described as a financial catastrophe of their own making but with soaring unemployment, harsh cuts to education and healthcare budgets and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
And so, I found myself completing a circumnavigation of the globe, started nine years ago. Last time I came to Japan it was on a holiday flying westwards from California, where I was then working. This time I was coming from Ireland to participate in a large, annual international evolution conference being held in Japan [...]
Nobody dies any more. They pass. Or pass on. Or pass away. When they’ve passed, they’re gone. Not dead. I don’t know when people stopped dying and being dead in Ireland. But it seems to me they have. You see these references about passing in death notices, and hear them in conversation. I always thought [...]
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 [...]
Another dark chapter in our nation’s history began to come to light today. One which has been quietly, desperately brewing out of the public eye. An email from the CEO of Superquinn – which has gone into administration – spoke out about the actions of the receivers. Our nation is still reeling from our previous [...]
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