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Oven Pride and Sexism in Advertising

Holly Combe26 May 2009

Is this advert sexist? This was the theme of a debate I took part in on the Richard Bacon programme last Thursday (scroll through to an hour and 43 minutes in...

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Women: Oh! We are Awful!

Holly Combe9 April 2009

We've heard it all before. A celebrity laments that, contrary to apparently popular opinion, women are actually incredibly horrid and the idea of "sisterhood" i...

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Homo Promo

Mel J12 November 2008

The gay community is often accused by right-wing groups of trying to push their 'homosexuality agenda'. Rather than fighting the accusation, Gay Times magazine ...

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‘Double-glazed’ glass ceiling for lesbians in the workplace

Mel J4 November 2008

Gay and bisexual women think their gender creates a greater barrier to success at work than their sexual orientation, according to research by Stonewall. The...

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Like Guitar Hero? Well you’ll just love Vagina Hero! Or not.

Mel J5 August 2008

Dude, you know what would be, like, awesome? If there was a Guitar Hero for girls! No, not a more girl-friendly game featuring Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill or Ho...

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Gender-testing for ‘suspicious-looking’ female Olympic athletes in Beijing

Mel J29 July 2008

Women athletes who might secretly be men (or, as the Times Online charmingly phrases it, “suspicious-looking" woman athletes) will be forced to take a sex test in the Beijing Olympic Games, Olympic officials have announced. ...

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Crap Word of the Week: Gastrosexual

Holly Combe25 July 2008

We've seen the so-called metrosexuals and ubersexuals (courtesy of the trend experts) and now we have the food company PurAsia commissioning a report on the ap...

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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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Gok Wan: Not so Nice After all?

Holly Combe10 April 2008

I've always felt a bit ambivalent about Gok Wan (i.e he's very charming, I want to like him but often find him patronising etc etc) so the latest news that he m...

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Failed Femmes: Pity and Scorn in the Daily Mail Part 1

Holly Combe6 November 2007

I realise I'm probably rising to the bait here but, as ever, it seems the Daily Mail is on a crusade to keep the ladies under control and help the nation to int...

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Doing it the Traditional Way

Holly Combe24 October 2007

How to Have Sex After Marriage is screened on Channel 5 on Wednesday nights and I am very much hoping that tonight's show turns out to be more progressive than ...

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Girls and Boys or "Guys"?

Holly Combe1 March 2007

There's an interesting article from Heather Gehlert on Alternet about the generic use of the word "guys" in relation to groups with both genders in. She conside...

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Celebrity Big Brother Pantomime Continues

Holly Combe4 February 2007

Celebrity Big Brother 2007 is still dominating the newstands. Personally, I'm still recovering from the disbelief at Gordon Brown glibly telling us, during th...

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Girl With One-Track Mind Exposed by Media

Holly Combe11 August 2006

The writer of a book of sexual adventures (based on her blog) has had her identity revealed by the Times, just 3 days after the book's publication. Predictably,...

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Mini Skirts in the Workplace?

Holly Combe30 September 2005

According to Conservative mayor, Gabor Mitynan, it’s a “yes,” but the condition attached is that you must have “perfect” legs. Mi...

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Insights into Porn in the Guardian

Holly Combe4 June 2005

Talking of sex... The Natasha Walter article about the portrayal of women in magazines like Nuts and Zoo is continuing to stimulate debate within London Third W...

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