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to be annoyed by the Evening Standard...

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SarfEasticated · 01/02/2013 19:40

referring to Liz Truss as 'Truss, 37, is a petite blonde' and another woman who has opened a scheme in Kensington as 'She?s petite, 57, pretty'. I can't believe it is relevant? Does it matter a hoot what they look like? No reference to the men's appearance or build.

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HoHoHoNoYouDont · 01/02/2013 19:44

YANBU this really irritates me too. Or it's ' Jane Smith, single mother of two ....' When her status has no relevance in the article.

CheCazzo · 01/02/2013 19:45

I agree with you. This is a particular bugbear of mine - it doesn't happen to men - and imagine if it did?

Marr, 53, big ears, ugly
Sargeant, 65, potato head, ugly
Milliband, 22, Vulcan-like, creepy
Cameron, 12, Waxed, weird

and so on!

It's insidious little bits of printed shite like this that lead the lame-brainers to pile into Mary Beard for the way she looks.

ssd · 01/02/2013 19:47

waxed lol!!

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SarfEasticated · 01/02/2013 19:48

And there was a picture to accompany both pieces, so no need to tell us who was 'pretty' or not!

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andubelievedthat · 01/02/2013 19:59

no, but you always get "unemployed father of " " kids , all by diff women, today went on a killing spree"< females> has 2 be looks , blokes> employment status /seed spreading ability ,usually followed up with the ,if any, criminal status of said kids, its the Brit way

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SarfEasticated · 04/02/2013 14:35

I have emailed them to complain - hope it makes a difference

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fridgepants · 04/02/2013 14:39

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TeiTetua · 04/02/2013 15:07

Yes, YABU.

A reasonable approach to the Evening Standard is to expect it to be worth every penny you pay for it.

foslady · 04/02/2013 15:26

I hate this too. When they announced Monica Coghlans death, all they ever wrote after her name was one particular job she did for a while - not that she was a mum, or any of her achievements in life, just about the Jeffery Archer scandal. I felt sympathy for her son

MrsTerryPratchett · 04/02/2013 15:28

I stopped reading one magazine because their article about child prostitution was full of descriptions of what the campaigners looked like. Hmm "Sally, wearing wedges and a maxi dress, searches the web for girls prostituting." It was like an episode of Charlies' Angels.

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SarfEasticated · 04/02/2013 16:20

It's just one of those things that don't think you would have to object to in 2013...

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AmandaPayne · 04/02/2013 16:24

The age thing doesn't bother me so much. They do it to men too. In criminal or other potentially negative reporting they do it partly to reduce the risk of accidentally defaming someone with the same name (or so a journalist friend told me).

The appearance thing gives me the rage though.

Sallyingforth · 04/02/2013 17:17

Well, I have news for you...
The Evening Standard has just been awarded a licence for a new London TV station.
It will be interesting to see what they do with that!

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SarfEasticated · 05/02/2013 15:05

good god - the mind boggles - diets, health, beauty, celebrity

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