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Posted by Laura on July 3, 2010
Tags: News, Rape, TV, Women
On a similar topic to the last post – I turned on BBC 1 Breakfast News this morning in the middle of a discussion about respecting other countries’ members by not wearing swimwear into bars, restaurants, shops and so…
ABORTION SERVICES ADVERTS ON BRITISH TV
Posted by Charlotte on May 20, 2010
Tags: Abortion, Adverts, feminism, Pro Choice, Reproductive Justice, TV
The Guardian is reporting that for the first time ever British TV will be airing an advert informing viewers of their abortion options
“The advert from Marie Stopes will be screened on Monday, offering what the organisation says…
WOMEN
Posted by Charlotte on March 8, 2010
Tags: Documentaries, feminism, International Women's Day, TV, Vanessa Engle, Women, Women Activists, Women Libbers, Women Mothers
Jess McCabe and I recently watched the full three-part documentary about women made by Vanessa Engle, the resulting review has been posted at the F – Word.
This three-part BBC documentary has many interesting moments, say Charlotte
…
SEXIST DISCOURSES CHALLENGED ON HOLLYOAKS(!)
Posted by Laura on February 1, 2010
Tags: TV, Violence Against Women
Now, I still won’t be the first to announce Hollyoaks as a good form of education for this generation’s teens but it was quite refreshing to hear dialogue that touched on more serious issues regarding female victims. In a recent…
CELEBRITY BB: WOLVES IN (VARIOUS ANIMAL’S) CLOTHING
Posted by Laura on January 30, 2010
Tags: TV, Violence Against Women, Women
I’m glad that I was not the only viewer left unsettled by the episode this week in which Davina entered the house under the guise of a fellow house-mate in a chicken suit. Over at the Mumsnet forums, comments…
THE BRITISH FAMILY
Posted by Laura on January 24, 2010
Tags: family, feminism, History, marriage, sex, TV, Women, Women and Work
As part of the BBC 2 four-part series presented by Kirsty Young, this week focused on ‘Sex’, particularly the impact of women’s changing attitudes to marriage and the impact of feminism in post-war Britain. The episode should be available on…
"JAILBIRDS"
Posted by Charlotte on August 3, 2009
Tags: Prison, TV, Women and Crime
So. I’m not in the country at the moment (sorry, should have asked you to sit down first!) but I have sparked a little interest in something on the BBC and I was wondering if anyone had seen it, or…
FAR OUT WOMEN
Posted by Charlotte on July 7, 2009
Tags: LGBT, News, TV
Look, I’m just going to block quote a whole tonne of words from the Far Out website, and leave you to get all excited about some real not for cock lesbian storylines.
Far Out is a tell-it-how-it-is window on
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EDWINA CURRIE ON THE PAY GAP…
Posted by Laura on June 13, 2009
Tags: Employment, Pay Gap, TV
As evil as the lure of procrasination might be, it did mean I stumbled across a gem of an interview with Edwina Currie on The One Show concerning the continuing pay gap between women and men. Such discrepencies don’t…
THE TROUBLE WITH PRETENDING TO CARE ABOUT SEXISM IN THE WORKPLACE
Posted by Charlotte on May 20, 2009
Tags: TV, Twitter
You may, or may not have been in the position to watch the BBC’s The Trouble with Working Women (still available on the iPlayer)
It came in two fabulously titled parts, “Why Can’t a Woman Succeed Like a…