Tag Archives: sexism

Does Virgin have a sexism problem?

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 8, 2013

For Virgin this is the latest in a long line of questionable stances it has taken to its women employees (as well as women more generally), which leads one to wonder if Virgin has a problem – a sexism problem.

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Social media martyrdom: lessons from the Paris Brown debacle

By Guest | Published: April 10, 2013

Yesterday Paris Brown, the country’s first Youth Crime Commissioner, resigned from her post thanks to the Mail’s digging up of ill-advised tweets she posted several years ago. A sad, but perhaps inevitable end to what was the opportunity of a lifetime for the young teenager from Kent.

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Is it any wonder, with our news media, that Paris Brown has opinions like this?

By Guest | Published: April 8, 2013

Ah, the Daily Mail. One of Britain’s most popular and well read newspapers which in the past has seen fit to victimise those on benefits, transsexuals, homosexuals, asylum seekers, migrants and many more, now finds itself spitting venom at someone who isn’t even legally an adult.

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Comment: French intervention in Mali is not colonialism. The Islamists really are our enemies

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 11, 2013

The French liberation of Mali from islamists should be welcomed by the left.

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Women still blamed for sexual violence, according to study

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 8, 2013

New figures show that women are still blamed by a significant proportion of people for sexual violence.

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Comment: Olympics sexism still rife amongst tweeters and even journalists

By John Millington | Published: August 9, 2012

John Millington looks at the sexist attitude of some Tweeters towards female athletes during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Sexism in football, still rife in 2012

By Shamik Das | Published: April 5, 2012

Shamik Das reports on Gabby Logan’s “Sexism in Football” BBC documentary.

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Liddle’s latest outrage shouldn’t surprise us

By Alex Hern | Published: January 26, 2012

Alex Hern reminds everyone that Rod Liddle’s never been the nicest journalist on the block – and that his latest outrageous comments are just par for the course

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Top videos of 2011: #8: Cringe at the PM’s terrible impressions

By Left Foot Forward | Published: December 26, 2011

We continue the countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with David Cameron’s terrible (terrible (TERRIBLE)) Australian accent.

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Top videos of 2011: #9: Calm down dear leader, calm down

By Left Foot Forward | Published: December 25, 2011

We continue our countdown of the ten best videos of 2011 with David Cameron’s “calm down dear” comments in the House.

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