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Girls as "mini Kirstie Allsopps"

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blobtobetter · 12/02/2012 19:46

www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2099987/Confident-girls-weaned-Beryl-Peril--cup-cakes.html

"Having picked up an armful of similar magazines, it?s clear that pre-teen girls are being bombarded with images and messages designed to uber- feminise them."

"There is only one message for very young girls. It is not to be brave, or to learn about the world ? it is to be pretty and sweet in order to net a man. It?s about cooking for other people because, of course, girls should never be fat."

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SardineQueen · 13/02/2012 09:48

Just read the article. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with kirsty allsop, i'm not sure why they have named her in it Confused

SardineQueen · 13/02/2012 09:45

Kirstie allsopp is titled and wealthy and had a fabulous start in life with amazing parental connections and assistance:

"She is the daughter of former chairman of Christie's Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (née McGowan, born 1947).[3] She has a younger brother Henry, and two younger sisters, Sofie and Natasha.[4] Due to her father's peerage, she is entitled to use the courtesy style The Honourable Kirstie Allsopp. Designer and businesswoman Cath Kidston is her cousin[5].
The ten schools she attended as a child [6] included St Clotilde's in Lechlade, Gloucestershire[7] and Bedales, near Petersfield, Hampshire. After spending time in India teaching English, Allsopp returned to the UK and began a series of positions, working for Country Living and Food & Homes Magazine and her mother's business, Hindlip & Prentice Interiors, and studying at Christie's. Allsopp set up her own Home Search company, Kirmir, in 1996, focusing on top end purchases in Central and West London.[8]"

Sorry it's wiki Grin

And while I agree it is great that she doesn't make her money by taking her clothes off and it's nice to have a reasonably watchable female presenter who actually does something, her background is extremely rarefied and aspiring to "be like her" is pretty remote for most young women in the UK.

I prefer sarah beeny anyway Grin

IHeartKingThistle · 12/02/2012 19:49

Kirstie Allsopp has a successful career and doesn't make a living out of wearing next to nothing or being horrible to others. There are worse role models IMHO.

OnlyANinja · 12/02/2012 19:47

Feminism topic.

Daily Mail.

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