Natalie Cassidy Appreciation Society

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 [...]

Joneswatch: The Original (and best!) returns

Hurrah for Liz Jones, for she is back, doing what she does best: writing confusing, badly-argued pieces that judge other women for the choices they make in life. Here she is, frothing about the recent all-female final of this year’s The Apprentice. Now, as is ever the case in Jones’ strangely written, drunken rambling prose, [...]

Joneswatch: In what screwed up parallel universe does this count as news?

In a victory for buffoons the world over, The Daily Mail today triumphs by publishing two non-stories seemingly designed to promote women knowing their place: looking their best at all times, and staying at home where they belong. Here’s a link to the “Drew Barrymore goes out to a baseball game without brushing her hair [...]

Joneswatch: Stop cursing Beth Ditto, you massive wankers

Congratulations, Chris Jones at The Daily Mail, who thinks that any of us are bothered about how Beth Ditto gets out of a car. St Ditto can do no wrong in the eyes of many women – and men. She’s a hot lady who’s amazing at her job, and has a lot to say for [...]

Joneswatch: 18th April

Step up Daily Mail writer Lizzie Smith, for her shocking story about a middle aged woman putting on a bit of weight. Not content with comparing and contrasting pictures of a 55 year old Catherine Bach with pictures of her when she was 24 and starring in the Dukes of Hazzard – during which time [...]

Joneswatch: What’s new in the world of misogynistic journalism this week?

Step forward Elizabeth Sanderson at the Daily Mail, who out-Joneses Liz Jones in the self-hating misogyny stakes with this story about Emily Lloyd. This isn’t the first story of this type you’ll see of this kind from the Mail and it certainly won’t be the last. The paper seems to have an editorial policy which [...]