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Ageism and the Daily Mail
TheDemiurge
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It's gone too far. I've completely, totally, utterly had ENOUGH.
Every day that paper - which does have some good articles - is harping about women in the limelight and their bloody age.
Such as:
"Madonna (49) went for a dump earlier today. With her advancing years, an incontinence pad cannot be too far away."
"Kylie (40) is well past her sell by date, especially now that rheumatoid arthritis is imminent."
Needless to say, any magazine or publication that parrots out people's ages with no relevance whatsoever, I will not be buying EVER AGAIN. Which means I'll be saving an awful lot of money.
Every day that paper - which does have some good articles - is harping about women in the limelight and their bloody age.
Such as:
"Madonna (49) went for a dump earlier today. With her advancing years, an incontinence pad cannot be too far away."
"Kylie (40) is well past her sell by date, especially now that rheumatoid arthritis is imminent."
Needless to say, any magazine or publication that parrots out people's ages with no relevance whatsoever, I will not be buying EVER AGAIN. Which means I'll be saving an awful lot of money.
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Oh dear, standards have gone downhill.
Very good
Plus how much their house is worth even if it has nothing to do with the article itself.
My crime's almost as bad: I'm destroying the family, what with being a successful thirty something who just happens to have not [yet] got married or had children.
But it's ok because apparently in a few years I'll really regret all my selfish, man-emulating 'choices' and will be a dried up, bitter husk of a woman.
Guilty too. Wonder why I am so happy
The DM is a dreary piece of trash. It's not even going in the litter tray. Misogynistic, old school, sexist, bullying, ageist load of utter bilge. I can't even call it a paper!
It's the gossip isn't it?
That's what p*sses me off most about this rag. Sadly one of my parents buys it so when I visit I do have a quick read, and I've lost count of the number of articles that seem to make out that you're some sort of freak if you haven't married or become a parent before you hit 30 (males as well as females). As you say they're just as vicious if you dare put a career ahead of a family or (if female) go to work once you've had children.
The thing is though I get the impression that a lot of these journalists complain a wee bit too much and are actually just being defensive, they look and sound miserable most of the time. It's a shame the main paper is so sh*t as the TV guide of a Saturday is bl**dy great:D
I concur.
The thing is though that most of the women I know in the same boat as me aren't unmarried or childless because they're 'choosing' their careers. It's more a question of circumstance.
But heaven forbid the Daily Mail would celebrate us being a bit discerning in our relationships or having too much self-esteem to get hitched to the wrong guy or bring a child into an unhappy relationship. In an alternative universe the Mail has headlines screaming "Men are letting career women down!" or even "Men, a bit crap aren't they really?".
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What is wrong with that bloody paper?!??!?!
I'm very brave to admit it on here..... or very daft!!
I like the Friday editions as I like the gossip Baz doo-da does about films and theatre. He's always very accurate and I like to know what's going on there.
That Saturday supplement is great. I've stopped buying it though as, counting the pennies, I've cut down on my expenditure and I just put up with the Sunday Mirror TV guide now. It's not the same, boo-hoo!
Now that's pretty desperate even by the DM's usual low standards.
What is it? It came up as 'error' when I tried to look at it.
Try it now:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/dailymail.html?in_article_id=566505&in_page_id=1790