scenting the new year January 1, 2009
Posted by Bradley in : Uncategorized, gender , add a commentHilary Mantel at the Guardian writes about scent (or rather, perfume):
New year is a time for experiment, re-definition, and perfume is a fine place to start.
“Dull women”, it seems, wear the same scent all the time. Meanwhile, Now Smell This tells us that what we wore last night sets the tone for the year to come, and even invites readers to think of wearing something that smells like money….
the iconography of michelle obama’s purple dress June 8, 2008
Posted by Bradley in : gender , add a commentThe New York Times suggests a symbolism for the purple colour of the dress:
it was particularly the color Michelle Obama chose Tuesday night that seemed symbolically rich, even if its message may have been so subtle as to be subliminal.
“I don’t know if that’s something they consciously thought about,” said Mr. Anthony, referring to the fact that purple is, as every schoolchild knows, created by mixing the primary colors red and blue.
But purple has other connotations - for example, it is associated with royalty, nobility and wealth - a colour redolent of leadership. I certainly don’t think she is preparing for a purple-wearing old age in this sense.
gender equality March 6, 2008
Posted by Bradley in : gender , add a commentAt the same time that the media notice (again) Norway’s moves on creating (almost) equal representation for women on corporate boards, and just before International Women’s Day (8th March, 2008), the EU publishes data showing that:
even if the European Union’s efforts to increase women’s participation in decision-making have been consistent and certain progress has been achieved, women are still under-represented in all spheres of power in most Member States and in the EU Institutions.
hillary in pictures (in the uk media) January 9, 2008
Posted by Bradley in : gender , add a commentThe British media seem to have gotten very hung up on publishing horrific pictures of Hillary Clinton. Although there are some odd pictures of other candidates, such as this one of John McCain there seems to me to be a higher proportion of odd ones of Hillary Clinton. It’s worth comparing the gruesome Guardian’s Clinton gallery from Iowa with the much friendlier McCain gallery. The pictures they have of John Edwards are mostly pretty cute. On the other hand, some of the others, such as Barack Obama don’t even seem to have any recent picture galleries up on the site, and if I were Mitt Romney, I would be a bit unhappy with my picture gallery. The first picture shows him wearing a red wreath halo, the third just shows his pants (pretty crumpled), and his face just makes it onto the edge of the fourth one, although the rest aren’t bad.
Here is a Hillary picture from tomorrow’s Guardian:
The BBC has this one:
And here is one from the Telegraph:
