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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Argh! And Another Thing...!!

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Last night I went to bed angry about The Fix magazine's sexist "Top 50 acts to see at the Fringe" article . In the middle of t...
Monday, August 24, 2009

OK, Who's Up For A Riot?

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I am. There is a magazine about comedy that posits itself as "new" and "hip" called The Fix. Editor Harry Deansway offer...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Please Make It Stop!

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OK I love wildlife documentaries - I like watching the scenery and the amazing animals and learning more about the world. So when I saw a ne...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

Political News From The Fringe

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Posted over on The News At Kate blog.
Monday, August 17, 2009

Are You Not Angry Enough Today?

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Got that joys-of-srping feeling driving you round the bend. Need to psych yourself up for the day? Luckily The Male's own Liz Jones is ...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Tory Lessons

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The Tories are proposing that school league tables should be adjusted to reflect the notion that some A-levels are "harder" than o...
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Old News, New To Me

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Several weeks ago I had a call from a journalist at the Mirror who wanted to ask me about the culture of bonuses in the city. I had a chat ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

That picture in full...

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That would be eighty - yes eighty - female comics. And if you have very good eyesight you may be able to spot me - I am in black and hanging...

But Really Though - Are Women Funny?

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Yesterday morning I joined a 79 other female comics for one big photoshoot to hopefully put paid once and for all to the whole "Why don...
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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Edinburgh Nights

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By the way I'm not going to go on and on about my Edinburgh show on here. So I've set up a side-blog for me to ramble about that ov...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Dangers of Drinking Too Much

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A woman in Greece has been in court charged with setting fire to the genitals of a male British tourist who, she claims, had repeatedly sex...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

...But Is It "Art"?

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Camden Council has decided that burlesque shows where there is stripping and nudity should require adult entertainment licenses , like strip...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Oh Look...

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...me having a good old moan in The Observer !
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Dear The Independent Sports Section

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I wonder if you remember on March 23rd this year you carried an opinion piece by the then Sports Minister Andy Burnham bewailing the limite...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

What Not To Wear

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This, for starters, is revolting. Women in Sudan being given lashes (not the mascara kind) for wearing trousers in public. Now the issue ...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Wimbledon Women

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A report yesterday in the Daily Male says Wimbledon officials actually admit they put more attractive female players on centre court and le...
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"Hilarious" Prostitution Story

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This story is hilarious as long as you block out in your mind the notion that women trapped in the sex industry are actually people. I see...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

Chilling Read

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Computer problems here which mean myself and Mr Cru are currently sharing a computer - hence why I've hardly blogged for ages. Anyway t...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Rape and the Police

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This story from yesterday's London Paper is shocking and horrifying. One element of it that I am still spitting about is the time line....
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F****** Sexism

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I was on Five Live on Tuesday night as Richard Bacon's "presenter's friend" which is a really fun job where you get to cha...
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