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Stop sneering at Black Friday shoppers

Joanna Whitehead23 November 2017

Joanna Whitehead is critical of sensationalist media coverage that portrays the victims of austerity as 'vulgar' or 'lesser' for participating in Black Friday spending...

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Page 3 debates: no room for nuances?

Holly Combe26 January 2015

There seems to be a tendency for the mainstream media to assume feminists oppose Page 3 and then set us up against glamour models, regardless of what we say ...

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Flirting: damned if we do and damned if we don’t?

Holly Combe18 December 2012

Holly considers the sexist spin put on a flirting survey from a commercial source and is bemused by the claim that a number of women admitting to flirting is something "feminists will find hard to stomach" ...

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“Saint or she-devil?” How about neither?

Holly Combe5 October 2011

Needless to say, some of the language in the wake of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito’s acquittal has been as ridiculous as it ever was...

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Research casts doubt on women’s pleasure

Holly Combe17 August 2011

It has recently been reported that researchers at the University of Central Lancashire have indicated that the noises women make during sex are not necessarily linked to orgasm...

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More on Gray, Keys and the media

Holly Combe1 February 2011

As women, this whole media furore seems to have left us caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, we’re under pressure to take sexism in our stride, with accusations of acting like weak little flowers if we even care about it, let alone react to it. On the other, we’re under pressure to congratulate SKY for sacking Keys and Gray, thus perhaps allowing ourselves to be dragged into a hypocritical media whipping frenzy......

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Hakim report prompts media delight

Holly Combe10 January 2011

As it's commonplace to see the mainstream media gleefully twisting the results of a piece of gender research, it's no surprise to find some choice juicy quotes from a report from Catherine Hakim spreading through the media and over the internet during the past week...

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Misrepresentation of Netmums survey result

Holly Combe12 October 2010

Last week, the Guardian ran three pieces in response to a Netmums survey result apparently suggesting Mothers are more critical of their daughters than their sons...

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Research indicates “why women apologise so much”

Holly Combe30 September 2010

Holly considers the media framing of two related studies exploring how often women and men apologise...

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Mirren berated for discussing interview

Holly Combe26 September 2010

Following on from the interview with Helen Mirren in the latest issue of Bust, is this prime example of the kind of snide tone that some sections of the media...

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Another provocative Fay Weldon headline

Holly Combe1 December 2009

According to the headline and subheading in today's Telegraph, Fay Weldon thinks Katie Price "drinks too much and sleeps with too many people and talks about it...

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Mothers for Women’s Lib on Press Treatment of Katie Price

Holly Combe15 August 2009

You'll probably be aware that, predictably, the apparent tide of goodwill from the press towards Katie Price (AKA Jordan) finally turned in recent months. Befor...

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Newsflash: Violence is not Ladylike

Holly Combe1 June 2009

I expect you'll already be aware that the attack on Danielle Lloyd in a nightclub last week prompted the usual predictable response from the Daily Mail about Ba...

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Art at the Pompidou “Frazzled by Feminism”

Holly Combe14 March 2009

There's a rather confusing write up over at the AFP correspondent news blog about the press conference announcing a major exhibition on women artists at the P...

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And Now for Something Really Annoying…

Holly Combe29 July 2008

No-Follow tags at the ready! If you fancy reading a real howler, check out this prime piece of retrogressive poppycock from the Daily Mail that I discovered ...

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Alert for Feminist Gamers

Holly Combe22 May 2008

The online gaming magazine Thirteen 1 has launched a campaign against the bad press received by the gaming industry for its alleged negative influence on young ...

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Feminism is Dead? Nice Try Harry!

Holly Combe8 February 2008

It's time to strike an angry pose next to the mythical bra-bonfire, dear readers, because (yet again) the worn-out tableau of stinky old feminism finally crawli...

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Now Magazine’s BMI Blunder

Holly Combe14 January 2008

For an example of how reports about celebrity weight loss can get the whole weight debate completely out of proportion, take a look at Now Magazine's interview ...

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