Category Archives: Female thinking

Oh come on!

Did they have to? Admittedly I am struggling with a reworded headline.

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I'm afraid you're going to have to be satisfied with the vote right now

Dina Merrill and Glenn Ford in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963).

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Boo who

Sigh. I have mentioned before that if I was the mother of a girl my blood would boil and erupt through the roof every time I went to the cinema to see a children's film (or even just when I … Continue reading

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Clarkson!

I just might do more of these suggestions. Link via The f-word.

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What is up with The Guardian?

The Guardian's blogging editorial policy seems determined to be as divisive as possible regarding gender. The Guardian used to be one of my quick links but recently I removed it because I was fed up with being sucked into a … Continue reading

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Ice Princess and The Golden Compass

Ice Princess We only watched this because Michelle "Dawnie" Trachtenberg was in it and Joan Cusack and Claire from Heroes and we stayed to the end. Now the title is clearly cynical, its plot is preposterous (Casey is far too … Continue reading

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The important thing is that she is raven-haired.

The wife of the new Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was profiled on the BBC News website. She's a lawyer but clearly what was as important was to mention the colour of her hair. And this truly bizarre paragraph, By … Continue reading

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"Qatif girl"

if you live in the UK please sign this petition asking the Prime Minister to condemn the sentence passed against a rape victim in Saudi Arabia. Equality Now has some action points you can take no matter where you live. … Continue reading

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Spam

I guess this isn't very clever of me but it's just occurred to me that all spammers presume that you are male.

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Drummer, do your thing, Drummer, drummer, do your thing, Drummer, drummer, drummer

How totally cool is it to see Honey Lantree banging the drums in this clip from Pop Gear aka Go Go Mania? It's 1964 folks! The Honeycombs were produced by Joe Meek who was barking. Following on: Meg White, Karen … Continue reading

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