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BBC 100 - once again

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FeministDonkey · 03/12/2024 07:34

Long time poster but changed name as I couldn't find a thread already and wanted to rant.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-4f79d09b-655a-42f8-82b4-9b2ecebab611
BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News

Here we go, once again BBC couldn't find 100 women... Ahrgh!
Come on! Do we all just look at these lists now and find the intruder?

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WeeWigglet · 03/12/2024 21:05

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 19:23

I wonder how many of the 99 actual women have similar instagram pictures? I'm guessing none.

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The other 99 are to busy curing cancer, working for world peace & chipping away at oppressive regimes to create content for their insta.

If only these ladies would get their priorities sorted, they too could achieve the same top tier womanning as Baptise.

HaveYouActuallyDoneAnyWashingThisWeekMum · 03/12/2024 20:57

Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/12/2024 07:40

I mean look at this nonsense

Brigitte Baptiste, Colombia
Ecologist
As a transwoman biologist, Brigitte Baptiste explores the common patterns between biodiversity and gender identity.
She uses a queer lens to analyse landscapes and species in a bid to expand the notion of "nature" to better protect ecosystems. In her 2018 TEDx talk, she used the Quindío wax palm, Colombia’s national tree, as an example of an organism known to switch its gender from male to female across its lifetime.
A renowned academic, Baptiste spent 10 years as director of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute and currently serves as president of Universidad EAN in Bogota, a higher-education institution focused on sustainable entrepreneurship.
She has also campaigned for better funding to get more LGTBQ+ people into higher education.

just as humans are not clownfish, humans are also not palm trees

Please tell me this is a joke

Helleofabore · 03/12/2024 20:53

ArabellaScott · 03/12/2024 19:05

These are photos from the fragrant Brigitte's Instagram. He is very proud of his breasts.

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Well, I assume those breasts cost a lot of money. So need to get as high a ROI as possible.

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Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 03/12/2024 20:17

BBC

misogyny at it’s finest!

BettyFilous · 03/12/2024 20:01

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 19:23

I wonder how many of the 99 actual women have similar instagram pictures? I'm guessing none.

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It raised a smile to see Birgitte’s cat scratching the armchair and photobombing the purple tights shot.

Datun · 03/12/2024 19:33

Last time I looked, they were well over 400 trans people working at the BBC. What's the betting that anything's that got the word woman in it, they all decide they must find a man to be included, and then put pressure on all the higher ups to do it, or else.

Obviously, no higher ups should be allowing it.

Plus a man with a quite obvious fetish is the best they can come up with? Dear God what does it tell you about the pool they're choosing from

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 19:23

ArabellaScott · 03/12/2024 19:05

These are photos from the fragrant Brigitte's Instagram. He is very proud of his breasts.

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I wonder how many of the 99 actual women have similar instagram pictures? I'm guessing none.

ArabellaScott · 03/12/2024 19:05

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 17:54

@ArabellaScott WTF?!

These are photos from the fragrant Brigitte's Instagram. He is very proud of his breasts.

weebarra · 03/12/2024 19:00

Isn't it sad that so many of us went straight to 'spot the man' because we knew there would be one?
Some many incredibly inspiring women on that list though.

maltravers · 03/12/2024 18:56

Ew 😬

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 17:54

@ArabellaScott WTF?!

DuesToTheDirt · 03/12/2024 17:54

As soon as I saw this headline on the BBC, I wondered how many men were on the list.

ArabellaScott · 03/12/2024 16:43

Here is whom we are supposed to be celebrating. We are supposed to look for inspiring examples of womanhood in this fetishist.

BBC, this is a fucking insult.

BBC 100 - once again
BBC 100 - once again
BBC 100 - once again
Cesarina · 03/12/2024 16:20

MarieDeGournay · 03/12/2024 13:36

Any good at footie, Cesarina? We'll all vote for you in Footballer of the Year 2025 to make up for your inexplicable omission from this year's Top 100😄

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@MarieDeGournay I'm not especially good at footie, but after your inspiring and encouraging post, I'll practise and make damn well sure I get good at it!😄
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FranticFrankie · 03/12/2024 16:17

Do the BBC do any research at all???
This is crazy

YesterdaysFuture · 03/12/2024 16:01

Karatema · 03/12/2024 15:34

First thing I did was look for the men and was surprised there was only one!

Hopefully, next year it will be 100 women but it's the BBC so very unlikely!

There won't because the BBC deliberately add in a token trans woman.

The BBC 100 Women list is a box ticking exercise, and every year they struggle to find a trans woman to add to the list, and the personal achievements of said trans women get weaker and weaker by the years.

Karatema · 03/12/2024 15:34

First thing I did was look for the men and was surprised there was only one!

Hopefully, next year it will be 100 women but it's the BBC so very unlikely!

ArabellaScott · 03/12/2024 13:53

Gettingmadderallthetime · 03/12/2024 08:19

Pleased to see Gisele Pelicot on this list. Struck by how many are identified as LGBTQ+ champions. Is as though the BBC thinks 'women and other minority groups Top 100'.

My personal list would have JKR, Helen Joyce, FWS team, Amy Hamm, Riley Gaines, Reem Alsalem and Gisele on it. But my list would be 'women who are fighting for women's rights'. Maybe FWR needs it's own list?

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Ooh, yes, we have done one in the past, haven't we? Great idea.

Livinginaclock · 03/12/2024 13:49

PomegranateOfPersephone · 03/12/2024 08:20

A biologist no less! Surely that has to be part of the trolling too.

My daughter is halfway through a biology masters, she goes along with this.
I hope it's because she scared to be ostracised, but you never know these days.

candycane222 · 03/12/2024 13:43

WhamFantastic · 03/12/2024 08:53

I also opened the list to play spot the man. Didn't have to go far, I think this chap was number five. Was too irritated to look further.
The blurb does seem to be demonstrate they are scraping the barrel. Palm tree gender FFS! Really no other women in the WORLD more worthy than this nonsense?!

Well that didn't take long! Waaay too obvious, from a glance 🙄

MarieDeGournay · 03/12/2024 13:36

Cesarina · 03/12/2024 11:38

Digressing, I know, but the Beeb have never included me on this list😩
I mean, like..........they have no idea what they're missing🤷🏻‍♀️

Any good at footie, Cesarina? We'll all vote for you in Footballer of the Year 2025 to make up for your inexplicable omission from this year's Top 100😄

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 03/12/2024 12:39

Two to choose from at this year's Olympics. Competed in the women's boxing, both have disorders of sexual development and although male by all reasonable measures and in the eyes of the sports's governing body I believe, the International Olympic Committee decided effectively they could self-ID as female. Imane Khalif was one. I forget the other - Taiwanese?

Edited to add the important detail that they both won Gold Medals, and thus deprived genuine female competitors of their rightful rewards and acclaim. Also of course a huge safety concern, but that didn't matter to the IOC.

iwishihadaname · 03/12/2024 12:35

AlisonDonut · 03/12/2024 08:06

I mean at least they didn't choose a man who punched women on international TV, so there is progress at least.

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