21 December 2007

Boxers don't cry. Women do

“I feel like a woman. I can’t stop crying. All that’s missing is a pair of tits.” Ricky Hatton doesn’t seem to be taking his loss to Floyd Mayweather with particularly good grace. He does, however, have some very interesting… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 21 December 2007

11 December 2007

British girls are ugly and smelly

I got to work this morning, opened up my email, and read a message from my boyfriend, entitled: ‘Here’s one to get you going…’ He was right, too. He’d emailed me a link to this story from the Times…. Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 11 December 2007

5 December 2007

The Spice Girls have killed feminism

I’m struggling here, so if anyone can shed any light on what exactly Fay Weldon’s argument is in this piece from the Daily Mail (of course), I’d welcome their assistance. As far as I can work out, young women… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 5 December 2007

3 December 2007

Male cheerleaders hit the Premiership

It’s one male cheerleader, to be exact, and he’s on the staff at Blackburn Rovers, who are remaining tight-lipped about their trailblazing recruit, but this is the first Daily Mail story that’s surprised me in a good way for… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 3 December 2007

26 November 2007

New television channel to provide sports news for men

When I got this press release earlier, I couldn’t work out what annoyed me more - the poor punctuation, the selfishness of the survey respondents, or the equation of “the nation” with “the nation’s men”. It’s from Setanta Sport,… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 26 November 2007

19 November 2007

Girls prefer Bob the Builder to Barbie

I suspect my own childhood experience of playing with toy cars as well as Barbies may have been out of the ordinary in the 1980s – certainly my younger sister never showed much interest in joining me for a… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 19 November 2007

18 November 2007

Top female footballers get £40 a day to compete in World Cup

If we are serious about tackling the health and fitness crisis and encouraging young women to take part in sport, then our best female athletes should be feted, admired, respected and set up as worthy role models for our daughters…. Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 18 November 2007

15 November 2007

Does Strictly Come Dancing play into the myth of catfighting women?

I’m not ashamed to admit it – I watch Strictly Come Dancing every week. So devotedly, in fact, that I also blog about it. And before you start mailing in with comments telling me that reality television is rubbish and… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 15 November 2007