Natalie Cassidy has been a bit of a martyr to the culture of snarkiness and body fascism that pervade our women’s magazines. When she made an exercise video a couple of years ago and lost a load of weight (viz. her head was unconvincingly photoshopped on top of a smaller woman’s body), they were all [...]
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Foxy antipodean actress Cate Blanchett validates knitters the world over with this awesome granny-square dress, worn to the opening of the Screen Worlds: The Story of Film, Television and Digital Culture exhibition in Melbourne this week. There is nothing that says “I dress how the hell I like, and screw you and your gossip columns” [...]
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The evidence: The Daily Mail like him. Things approved by the Daily Mail, beginning with setting down rules about what ages women can wear mini-skirts, to repatriation of immigrants, are generally a bit rubbish, and Michael “at last, a comic who’s funny” McIntyre is no different. The Mail likes him because he is safe, and [...]
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