Places where you would expect to see women represented/involved/visible and yet there are none .....

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BeCool · 02/06/2015 13:39

the relaunch/anniversary special of TGIF is a manfest, though I'm sure they will squeeze a woman in a bikini in at some point:
www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-05-31/blur-and-liam-gallagher-join-chris-evans-for-tfi-friday-special

On the London Marathon 2015 runners medal there are 2 runners depicted - both men. It's like women don't run marathons, raise millions for charity while doing so and who the heck is Paula Radcliffe?:

www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/gweneral-view-of-the-medals-during-the-virgin-money-london-news-photo/471229290

These examples are just 2 I've come across in normal daily life in the last week.

Grrrrr!

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rosabud · 02/06/2015 18:47

why should there be a woman on TFI Friday? If the programme to celebrate that era, then what's more 90's than blur and oasis?

Err....I am not an expert on 1990s culture by any means but I spent about 10 seconds thinking about this before The Spice Girls sprang to mind.

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 02/06/2015 18:45

Sleeper? Elastica? Courtney Love?

Mide7 · 02/06/2015 18:40

I agree with you about the medal thing but why should there be a woman on TFI Friday? If the programme to celebrate that era, then what's more 90's than blur and oasis?

Bair · 02/06/2015 17:58

it's like she never existed

She did a wee in public like men do and I think since then she's been roundly ignored. Just a personal observation, I'm no sport journo.

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BeCool · 02/06/2015 15:05

yes sarcastic - it's like she never existed. Women are invisible on the London Marathon Medal. Why? If you are depicting 2 runners on a medal to give to all the competitors in a massive sporting event, why wouldn't one of those runners be a woman?

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nameChangeQueen · 02/06/2015 14:48

Sorry but is who the heck is Paula Radcliffe? sarcastic?

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