Blog posts by Abby O'Reilly: 2009
Katie Price: why she should name her rapist
By Abby O'Reilly | 17 September 2009, 23:48
Glamour model and reality TV star Katie Price was raped prior to her marriage to Peter Andre, according to her column in OK! Magazine earlier this month. In response to the media furore surrounding her revelation, Price stated that the…
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Rise in number of women prisoners self-harming
By Abby O'Reilly | 27 June 2009, 14:29
The number of women injuring themselves in prison has almost doubled in five years, according to an article in The Independent today. More than half of all self-harming incidents in prisons involve women, despite women making up just five percent…
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RIP Farrah Fawcett (1947 - 2009)
By Abby O'Reilly | 26 June 2009, 16:59
The actress Farrah Fawcett died yesterday aged 62 following a two-year battle with liver cancer. Fawcett was first diagonsed with a rare form of anal cancer in 2006, but three months after being declared free of the disease in 2007…
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More stay-at-home dads than ever before
By Abby O'Reilly | 26 June 2009, 16:57
More men are stay-at home dads in Britain than ever before, according to a report published this month. Research conducted by Tesco’s Baby & Toddler Club found that since April 2008 the number of full-time fathers has risen from 192,000…
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Leave it go
By Abby O'Reilly | 26 June 2009, 15:24
Anna Mikhailova, the journalist who ‘outed’ Zoe Margolis as the author of Girl with a one-track mind, has written an article attempting to justify her actions. Instead of apologising or taking the opportunity to reflect impartially on her, frankly, disgusting…
Jessica Simpson: what’s the big deal?
By Abby O'Reilly | 30 January 2009, 15:10
In the 2005 remake of The Dukes of Hazzard Jessica Simpson enhanced her status as an international pin-up as the svelte, chesty, Daisy Duke, tottering around in high-heels and tight tanks tops, showing off her 36-24-36 figure. She was praised…
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The Daily Mirror’s Mandy
By Abby O'Reilly | 23 January 2009, 18:08
I came across a cartoon sequence in the Daily Mirror today titled Mandy, charting the adventures of a robust blonde with a cleavage fighting to either get out of, or stay in, her dress (it hasn’t decided yet). You might…
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Is it good to give head?
By Abby O'Reilly | 23 January 2009, 02:40
(I’ve been thinking about the implications of women performing oral sex on men for a while. I began writing this as a feature, but thought it would be more interesting to open it up for discussion as a shorter version…
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Not Another Spur(r)ious Claim!
By Abby O'Reilly | 22 January 2009, 15:47
Ah, good old Dr Pam Spurr. She’s only gone and done it again, hasn’t she! Espoused a fresh pile of garbage masquerading as “relationship advice,” presumably designed to help us forlorn and frankly misguided women treat our men textbook right….
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Virgin Atlantic: 25 years on and still behind
By Abby O'Reilly | 20 January 2009, 17:49
On 20th June 1984 Richard Branson launched Virgin Atlantic, marketed as a cheaper and more efficient alternative to British Airways. To celebrate their 25th year, Virgin has a nostalgic new advertising campaign. If you’ve not yet had the pleasure, you…
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Madonna: should she put it away?
By Abby O'Reilly | 20 January 2009, 17:00
As the chameleon of the pop world, Madge is the queen of reinvention. She can appropriate a new look with more ease than it takes some of us to put a brush through our hair. However, while her capacity…
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Sexism in the house: Celebrity Big Brother 2009
By Abby O'Reilly | 19 January 2009, 19:30
I might be alone in admitting this, but I love Big Brother! Can’t get enough of it, in fact. While the programme has courted controversy both nationally and internationally, I find it compelling viewing simply because individuals are metaphorically stripped…
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Sexual bullying in the playground
By Abby O'Reilly | 11 January 2009, 20:18
According to a recent report by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCFS) more than 3,500 pupils are suspended each year due to sexual bullying. Equating to 19 suspensions each school day, the situation is becoming uncontrollable. This week…
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Rachida Dati: from “power suits” to maternity and back like a boomerang
By Abby O'Reilly | 10 January 2009, 22:39
French justice minister Rachida Dati was the centre of much media attention this week having reportedly returned to work just five days after giving birth by caesarean section. The nationals were quick to pick up the story. The Daily Mail,…
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Because we’re supposed to
By Abby O'Reilly | 3 January 2009, 20:16
There’s a great post over at Girl with a one-track mind highlighting the downright injustice of expectations placed on women to behave in a certain way through the hilarious use of sarcasm. I’d encourage you to read the full post,…
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First time parents at 70 and 72-years-old
By Abby O'Reilly | 1 January 2009, 18:09
Having written on this subject before I realise that it can be contentious. However, without being deliberately polemical I think the subject of age and childbirth is still worthy of debate. So I’m offering this opening paragraph as my rationale…
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New Year’s Resolutions, anyone?
By Abby O'Reilly | 1 January 2009, 11:28
Ah, it’s 2009. January 1st. Happy New Year! It’s time for fresh starts and all that (if you buy into the idea that the end of one calendar year and the beginning of another can induce significant changes to your…
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