- Are women not supposed to enjoy the BBC, Channel 4 and all the other bright young channels populating our digital world? Obviously not according to BSkyB, who are launching a TV channel aimed at women. Sky Real Lives will feature documentaries, human interest stories and reality shows. Oh, how wonderfully feminine sounding! Now I won’t have to pretend that I understand all those other programmes - what a relief! [This is South Wales]
- Scientists at The British Journal of Dermatology have found that smoking causes acne in females. Because women were happy to die a premature death or jeopardise the health of their children – but now that they might get a few blackheads they’re going to reach for the nicotine gum? [the Daily Mail]
- The Conservatives are looking to enlist the female vote with promises to ensure fair pay. That sounds good Mr. Cameron – shame nothing else does. [Conservative Home’s Tory Diary]
- Beth Ditto has been speaking out against society’s discrimination of overweight people. The Gossip front woman has raged: "I'm five foot two and I think I'm 15 stone. I am pretty happy. I think what makes me unhappy is how unhappy people are with me. If you're not big, you can't possibly understand. You can be dead, you can be a drug addict as long as you're not fat - I think that's so absurd." Me too Beth – after all, who hasn’t got a few lumps and bumps they’re keen to conceal? [Contact Music]
