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		<title>Pre-pregnant women: Now with added iodine</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/23/pre-pregnant-women-now-with-added-iodine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy & Childbirth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the latest thing to avoid when pregnant is iodine. No, wait – I got it the wrong way round! When pregnant it’s best to have loads of the stuff. Loads of iodine, and loads of iron. And maybe all the other elements that start with “I”, just to be on the safe side (I’ve [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5782&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women in short skirts: The &#8220;debate&#8221; trundles on &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/20/women-in-short-skirts-the-debate-trundles-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women, Celia Walden argues in the Telegraph, “have got themselves into a tangle over beauty”. Spending “an inordinate percentage of their time worrying about their looks – and the rest of it actively trying to enhance them”, they then object when men show appreciation (as it were). Bizarre. It’s probably because women are fickle, inconsistent [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5778&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey ladies, don&#8217;t leave it too late! On First Response and manufactured fertility panic</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/19/hey-ladies-dont-leave-it-too-late-on-first-response-and-manufactured-fertility-panic/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/19/hey-ladies-dont-leave-it-too-late-on-first-response-and-manufactured-fertility-panic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy & Childbirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ageism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Daily Mail, my children should never have been born. To be fair, this is true for 99.9% of the human race but it’s always interesting to identify the various and overlapping reasons why this should be so. In this particular instance it’s because they are descended from women who had children in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5772&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On not watching the older women</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/16/on-not-watching-the-older-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not especially surprised by the report that only 18% of UK television presenters over the age of 50 are women. Like most people, I occasionally watch TV and see a world in which craggy, authoritative men lead conversations on serious matters, ably assisted in this by smoother-skinned, brightly dressed women who “add a bit [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5766&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rape and property theft: Some obvious differences</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/12/rape-and-property-theft-some-obvious-differences/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/12/rape-and-property-theft-some-obvious-differences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://glosswatch.com/?p=5760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you lend George Galloway a fiver, he’s unlikely to think he can now dip into your bank account at every opportunity (on the basis that one shouldn’t have to ask “before every withdrawal”). If you were to tell someone that most thefts are committed by people outside the family, you wouldn’t then be told [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5760&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The difficulty of mentioning misogyny in media responses to abuse</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/11/the-difficulty-of-mentioning-misogyny-in-media-responses-to-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/11/the-difficulty-of-mentioning-misogyny-in-media-responses-to-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some things which even the most reactionary branches of the news media might set within the broader context of a sexist culture: the under-representation of women in politics female genital mutilation sexual objectification and harassment And here is one thing which they don’t: the imprisonment, rape and fertility control of women by men [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5757&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CAPITAL LETTERS, affectedly boisterous sex, little girl voice: a FUCKING response</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/09/capital-letters-affectedly-boisterous-sex-little-girl-voice-a-fucking-response/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/09/capital-letters-affectedly-boisterous-sex-little-girl-voice-a-fucking-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another clever clogs arrives to tell the feminist masses why they’re fucking up. This time it’s the turn of Martha Gill. Like Charlotte Raven before her, Gill offers a rare insight into the feminist mindset. This is due to the fact that not only is she a feminist herself, but she’s amazingly clever [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5751&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spare Rib: Is clever marketing really the way to beat the commodification of feminism?</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/08/spare-rib-is-clever-marketing-really-the-way-to-beat-the-commodification-of-feminism/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/08/spare-rib-is-clever-marketing-really-the-way-to-beat-the-commodification-of-feminism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently The Guardian has published a number of articles on the relaunch of feminist magazine Spare Rib. I have read these and, in the interests of being charitable and open-minded, tried not to find them annoying. I’ve tried really hard. Really, really, really hard. After all, this is feminism! It’s hardly the Daily Mail! But [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5748&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five-year-old friendship musical chairs</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/06/five-year-old-friendship-musical-chairs/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/06/five-year-old-friendship-musical-chairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son’s best friend isn’t his friend any more. It’s been that way for a while. I’ve noticed, gradually, in the school playground. Ex-best friend doesn’t look out for my son any more, doesn’t respond when he calls his name. Ex-best friend has other friends, high-value friends. For a while I wonder if I’m just [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5744&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tesco, gender and toys: So why is the grass always greener?</title>
		<link>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/04/tesco-gender-and-toys-so-why-is-the-grass-always-greener/</link>
		<comments>http://glosswatch.com/2013/05/04/tesco-gender-and-toys-so-why-is-the-grass-always-greener/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glosswitch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender stereotyping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So Tesco define chemistry sets as “for boys” and dolls’ houses as “for girls”. I know this because justified outrage has flared up on twitter, but I also know this because, well, they would do, wouldn’t they? Most toy retailers divide their market segments by gender. It would be nice if they could stick to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glosswatch.com&#038;blog=34072506&#038;post=5738&#038;subd=glosswatch&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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