23 August 2008

Beauty at the Olympics

I seem to be burning my bridges with lots of my sources of work over the course of the Olympics, but this made me so angry I can’t help but post about it. The Times’s Chief Sports Photographer Marc Aspland… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 23 August 2008 | Comments (25)

15 August 2008

Is there such a thing as feminist theatre?

Don’t worry, I’m not going to ask you to write an essay about it (though I might get my third years to do so next semester), but I’ve seen two very contrasting plays this week with lots of meat for… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 15 August 2008 | Comments (3)

12 August 2008

New football magazine to launch. It’s for men, obviously

As you may know, in real life I’m a journalist and cover a variety of subjects, mostly sport and media, so I was intrigued to find out that Golf Punk are launching a new football magazine. But wait! Who is… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 12 August 2008 | Comments (12)

16 July 2008

We don’t like cricket - oh no?

So I was watching Sky Sports’ coverage of the cricket Test match between England and South Africa on Monday, and they had an interview with Piers Morgan at tea-time. They asked him why he liked cricket so much, and he… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 16 July 2008 | Comments (14)

29 May 2008

How to choose your PC peripherals

I need a new flash drive to store my research on. So I go to Play.com, and see this utter piece of genius. Yes, it’s a PINK flash drive. So who is it for? Why, for the ladies, of course…. Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 29 May 2008 | Comments (17)

12 May 2008

Alcohol FOR GIRLS

Occasionally - and you may find this difficult to believe - I find myself in a local hostelry, at the bar, seeking some form of refreshing beverage. This was the case last week, when I was in a pub in… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 12 May 2008 | Comments (24)

6 May 2008

What men want: a tall woman with dementia

I don’t even know where to begin with this piece from the Metro, purportedly in the ‘Science and Discovery’ section. It’s reporting on new research indicating that tall women are less likely to develop dementia, with every extra inch of… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 6 May 2008 | Comments (3)

20 April 2008

Danica Patrick makes motor-racing history

Props to IndyCar driver Danica Patrick, who’s become the first woman to win an IndySeries race, having finished top of the podium in Japan. She finished just over five seconds ahead of Helio Castroneves (who non-petrolheads may know from his… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 20 April 2008 | Comments (19)

11 April 2008

Girls play the flute; boys play the trombone

Seriously, single-sex orchestras are the best recommendation people can come up with in their report showing that girls play smaller, higher-pitched instruments and boys have the hefty brasses? How about, I don’t know, working on changing attitudes - as the… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 11 April 2008 | Comments (11)

10 April 2008

Male-dominated sport in ‘sexist’ and ‘nationalistic’ shocker

I love me my darts, which is handy, being a sports journalist, but seriously, the more I go to Premier League Darts the more I wish I didn’t. If you’re not an arrows enthusiast - and let’s face it, there’s… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 10 April 2008 | Comments (5)

28 February 2008

Single? Female? Suicide?

Yes, it’s a valid, topical piece of news, reporting on new ONS figures about suicide rates in the UK. The numbers from the ONS indicate that in 2005, 30.8 single men per 100,000 died by suicide, compared with 10.6 per… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 28 February 2008 | Comments (6)

22 January 2008

Sugar and spice and all things nice

I hate feeling that I ought to start a blog entry with a disclaimer, but I want to be very sure that I’m not misconstrued. So let me say that I think learning to cook is a Good Thing. Everyone… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 22 January 2008

5 January 2008

Big breasts transform everyone's lives!

I couldn’t sleep last night, and switched on the television at about 4am. I was greeted by an advert that totally confused me. As I recall, it was for Stagecoach, and focused on a wacky professor-type named Harold Hooterson (Hooterson!),… Read more...

Posted by Carrie Dunn at 5 January 2008