Posts Tagged “gender stereotypes”
The end of cool: Kate Moss and Playboy, making misogyny glamorous
by Rachel Bell on December 9, 2013
Pictures in the press of Kate Moss being all matey with Cooper Hefner following her first shoot for Playboy, signals the end of cool. Lending your name, and body parts, to Playboy is lending them to corporate misogyny.
Evening Standard sits back as model condones domestic violence
by Rachel Bell on September 22, 2013
This week the Evening Standard gave Russian model Katia Elizarova the power to say something extremely damaging – to normalise male violence against women.
Miley Cyrus and Major Lazor’s double assault on black women
by Rachel Bell on September 8, 2013
Nicola Adams may be in the M & S ad campaign, but racism and sexism in music videos is taking black women’s status hurling backwards
Remember Reeva
by Rachel Bell on March 14, 2013
It’s one month since Reeva Steenkamp was killed by a man who got famous. Coverage of her death has largely made that man more famous. Historically, men who kill women become anti-heroes or legends. I say let’s remember Reeva.
Simon Cowell’s thumbs up to the sex industry as kids’ entertainment
by Rachel Bell on April 7, 2012
ITV brought the sex industry to the kids again last night, with Simon Cowell giving a massive approval to the stripper who performed on Britain’s Got Talent at 8pm, sending the message that stripping is fun for all the family and will get you places.
CBeebies celebrates 10 years and a new show, Tree Fu Tom. Why not Tree Fu Tina?
by Rachel Bell on March 16, 2012
In CBeebies, the females appear to be locked indoors. Is the controller on a quest to wipe out the female species from public view? OK, I’m exaggerating, but they’re not there much at all and if they do make an appearance, they are all too often pink and giddy.
How to be a Good Rape Victim
by Rachel Bell on May 22, 2011
Hey, I know, let’s stop focusing on rape victims Ken Clarke, and instead, how about we just tell men to stop raping. Rape is rape, end of story. Here’s what it takes to be a GOOD RAPE VICTIM.
Pole-dancing: just what kids telly and sports day needs
by Rachel Bell on May 10, 2011
The sex industry continues its infiltration into kids’ – and all our – lives with a lovely new video from dance act Nero. The video for Guilt portrays a pole dancer performing in a high-end strip club for some johns who, we are to believe, are Japanese businessmen, too.
Are women human yet? Afraid not ladies, the Playboy bunny is back.
by Rachel Bell on March 24, 2011
While Hooters have brought their tacky ‘family friendly’ sexism to Bristol, this May sees undead misogynist Hugh Hefner opening his ‘exclusive’ Playboy club in London’s Mayfair once again