Journalists using Mumsnet content... Melanie Phillips on tattoos

[Tatiana6]

So journalist Melanie Phillips has lifted the long Mumsnet discussion on tattoos and used it as the basis for her article in today's paper -

"Seeing tattoos makes me feel physically sick
Ubiquity of body art is born out of an existential crisis of humanity in the post-religious world..."
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seeing-tattoos-makes-me-feel-physically-sick-6gxpjv85t

If you have a Times subscription you can read the whole article - I shall wait until I go to the newsagent later to pick up my copy.

Hello Melanie! Its good to know that we are providing inspiration and content for your columns.

Am I the only one old enough to remember when she wrote for the Guardian (back in the late 70s)? She was pretty radfem in those days.

I wonder what happened to turn her into a raving loon...?

@VickyEadieofThigh

Am I the only one old enough to remember when she wrote for the Guardian (back in the late 70s)? She was pretty radfem in those days.

I wonder what happened to turn her into a raving loon...?

I remember that too. I know we’re all supposed to move to the right as we get older but I’m astonished she’s done such a volte face.

@PAFMO

Journalists have lifted stories from here for years. There was even a collaboration between MN and the Mail. Don't want to see it in the press? Don't put it on a public forum

yy PAFMO 'This week on Mumsnet. We are like elephants. No I don't mean we have cankles and horny toenails. No. I mean we never forget. Mwaahaha.

Extremists are odd people, there are a few - annoyingly, can't name any now I need to - who have switched L to R or otherwise. But why cant they find the middle ground instead of only two sides? I suppose because the middle ground doesnt sell papers. She is awful.