Justine interviewed in the Guardian - did you see it?

[KateMumsnet]

Hello all

In case you missed it, here's a link to an interview with Justine in yesterday's Guardian, in which she discusses our recent survey with MORI on women's voting intentions, along with lots of other stuff - have a read and let us know what you think.

I think journalists should be able to spell

skeptical?

I didn't read the article. Found it annoying.

The whole article, I meant.

Sooo - MN is primarily a place for us to "chat, swap recipes and stories about our children" is it?
Nice bit of stereotyping there.

The article is annoying because whoever wrote it still clearly thinks that we're all "just mums" and she seems surprised that we have thoughts about other matters than "babies and sex".

Sooo - MN is primarily a place for us to "chat, swap recipes and stories about our children" is it?
Nice bit of stereotyping there.

The article is annoying because whoever wrote it still clearly thinks that we're all "just mums" and she seems surprised that we have thoughts about other matters than "babies and sex".

Where can we see the results of the research?

Not everyone on MN found penis beaker hilarious either.

The line about swapping chat and recipes was annoying but I think just badly written as they followed it up with some other info about what's on here.

It always annoys me that MN is viewed in the media as being like one brain where everyone has one view on an issue. We're all the same on here doncha know? We agree on absolutely everything....

No mention of the bunfights then?

It doesn't really discuss the survey results thoroughly, does it? What does Penis Beaker have to do with women in Politics?

Passing mention to the survey, along the lines of "Oh! Women have thoughts about immigration, do they?"

I want to know just how much pest control people have to deal with, that it becomes allocated as a task (to the man of the house).

I gave up about a third of the way through. Really poorly written article!

Front - DH has to get rid of the cockroaches - I'll spray them but he has to remove them. We have an electronic tennis racquet thing for zapping the flies - he's better at it than I am, so he gets that job too. And then when the furry invaders arrive, he DEFINITELY has to do that. I do the spiders.
(Am in Australia, btw, so cockroaches are BIG)

I don't understand why this article has been written now when it is referencing an article written last year. It is not news worthy or relevant. And there is a good chance the results could be very different now. The article is insufferably written.

I'm sorry I kind of zoned out for the last paragraph because my child who is meant to be going to sleep as I sit here bit me. I felt somewhat sad. Ow.

Did it hint that Justine is going to start the mumsnet party for feminists to vote for in the next election?

Sorry, referencing a report, not article.

I read it yesterday and sighed a lot.

Anybody got a recipe for apple pie?

I tried to read it a couple of times but it was pretty dire. So I gave up and looked at recipes instead.

This was down the sidebar in the link:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/27/mumsnetter-modern-tribe-catherine-bennett

The best thing about the Catherine Bennett piece is the expression on that baby's face. That is an MNer's baby.

Didn't like it. Not for what Justine said, but because despite the ostensible focus of the piece being on the results of the survey and what it says about women and politics today, it was actually a bit of fluff about nothing.

It boiled down to - 'bunch of women worry their pretty heads about politics but it's ok because they really prefer to talk about recipes, babies and penis beakers'.

Drivel.

@WipsGlitter

Where can we see the results of the research?

Here WG. www.mumsnet.com/politics/general-election/2015/how-are-women-going-to-vote

@bearleftmonkeyright

I don't understand why this article has been written now when it is referencing an article written last year. It is not news worthy or relevant. And there is a good chance the results could be very different now. The article is insufferably written.

The report is annual - this year's came out last week - you can see results here www.mumsnet.com/politics/general-election/2015/how-are-women-going-to-vote

@Quivering

Seeing as Mr Justine's maiden name is Guardian, isn't this a bit of a none story?

Dh used to work for the Guardian - been at the Beeb for over a year now.