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Share token for the Times Women 2020 list

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Igneococcus · 20/12/2020 08:48

I have no idea what the problem was with the first thread:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f41a64d6-3b06-11eb-ac13-4bedd83a49b7?shareToken=5da2f939004fbc868487990f57bb89c0

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 20/12/2020 10:12

How about a new thread for our nominations for women of the year, rather than associating them with this disappointing drivel?

Great idea.

StandUpStraight · 20/12/2020 10:11

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LajesticVantrashell · 20/12/2020 10:10

I nominate Iseult White and Abigail Shrier.

LajesticVantrashell · 20/12/2020 10:08

Hmmm, would Adele have made that list if she hadn’t lost weight? Are we praising women now for becoming more socially and aesthetically acceptable?!

SmallPug · 20/12/2020 10:06

My women of the year are Keira Bell and JKR.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/12/2020 10:05

@Al1langdownthecleghole

What a disappointing list. Not a women of the year list, a woman who were written about on the Internet list.

Could I nominate a few deserving women?

Ruth May, Chief Nurse, for refusing to say what Boris/Cummings told her too and getting banned from the press conferences.

Kiera Bell for being utterly brilliant.

Prof Sarah Gilbert for the Oxford Vaccine.

How about a new thread for our nominations for women of the year, rather than associating them with this disappointing drivel?
SmallPug · 20/12/2020 10:05

Gosh it's truly shocking to see that not only is The Times deleting the comments pointing out the truth, but so is Mumsnet!

Gurufloof · 20/12/2020 10:04

Ok if it's just a silly list which is why naomi Campbell is on it, then why not leave the comments open, why not make it clearer that its parody, why ...

bornatXmastobequiet · 20/12/2020 10:00

It’s utter dross, like everything in any Style-type section in any Sunday newspaper, a section designed to provide employment for talentless young people with connections in the industry to earn ridiculous amounts of money for producing pages of content-free wittering.

Al1langdownthecleghole · 20/12/2020 09:55

What a disappointing list. Not a women of the year list, a woman who were written about on the Internet list.

Could I nominate a few deserving women?

Ruth May, Chief Nurse, for refusing to say what Boris/Cummings told her too and getting banned from the press conferences.

Kiera Bell for being utterly brilliant.

Prof Sarah Gilbert for the Oxford Vaccine.

merrymouse · 20/12/2020 09:54

This is not a serious list:

"Naomi Campbell
Model
Supermodel, actress, businesswoman, activist ... sanitising icon? Did Campbell know something we didn’t when, back in 2019, she showcased her comprehensive aeroplane hygiene routine on her YouTube channel? Wearing plastic gloves and armed with Dettol wipes, she zealously wiped down her seat, the windows and even the air vents. Campbell also turned 50, marking another decade at the top of the industry, from where, in a year of racial reckoning, she used her powerful voice to call out the continuing inequality in the fashion world."

ErrolTheDragon · 20/12/2020 09:53

It's an Xmas week piss take.
Do they have a similar silly list for men?

merrymouse · 20/12/2020 09:52

if they are including males on the list then what is the point?

There is no point. Less than 100% of the people on the list actually exist. The list is in the bit of the paper that does 'going up' 'going down' fashion lists.

mum2jakie · 20/12/2020 09:50

God what a depressing list!!

merrymouse · 20/12/2020 09:49

It also lists Carrie Symonds as 'First Lady'. On the other hand the Queen is on the list, so maybe she won't mind too much.

zanahoria · 20/12/2020 09:48

I used to look at these lists of these lists of women and think "are they going to go there" that has become inevitable now, I just sigh and think "how many"

if they are including males on the list then what is the point?

merrymouse · 20/12/2020 09:46

At least one of the women is fictional and it is in the 'Style' section. I don't think it is entirely serious.

TheMarzipanDildo · 20/12/2020 09:40

A tik tok star is on there. The earth is burning and we have a plague but at least the tik tok people are getting the recognition they deserve eh? Confused

gardenbird48 · 20/12/2020 09:39

And then there is the American rap star famous for a pretty pornographic video/song title and getting shot by her boyfriend.

It truly is a bizarre list and I would argue that a significant number of people/non women have no reason being there at all.

JaneJeffer · 20/12/2020 09:33

I think it's a piss-take. Naomi Campbell is on there for cleaning her aeroplane seat for fucks sake.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/12/2020 09:30

Hang on... I'm so used to not recognising the entertainers or singers on these sorts of list that I missed that the first name is a fictional character in some series I've never heard of either.Confused

Bizarre.

EyeRollForever · 20/12/2020 09:29

I've come to expect better of The Times

ChakaDakotaRegina · 20/12/2020 09:28

How did that buzzfeed article end up in the times?

Isn’t the first entry a tv character? Why is there a badly received naked statue in it? Why didn’t the Nobel prize winners get a spot each? Why are there so many actresses and models? Why are there 3...

JaneJeffer · 20/12/2020 09:21

They need to stop making these stupid lists.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/12/2020 09:16

This looks like a list created by trawling their content for the year for 'she' and counting mentions to see who has been in the news rather than necessarily value judgements.

Maybe we should focus here on some of the women on the list who are worth celebrating here. The comments section says much we probably can't.

My picks are Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and of course Sarah Gilbert.