Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the freest of them all?

The 20th Century engendered seismic social change - not least womens' liberation. But who, in 2010, are the main beneficiaries? Who appears most empowered? Whose lives has it enriched? The list below is not definitive, just a start. It is broken down into categories - to make pigeon-holing easier, of course:-

Academia - Germaine Greer, Camille Paglia, Susan Greenfield

Politics - Hilary Rodham Clinton, Angela Merkel, Sarah Palin

Literature - Margaret Atwood, Fay Weldon, Naomi Wolf

Entertainment - Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey

Popular Culture - Girls Aloud, Lady Ga Ga

Rich Bitches - Martha Stewart, Paris Hilton, Victoria Beckham

The 'People' - Working mums, man-eating sex maniacs, Chardonnay-swilling thirty somethings, teenage girls on a Saturday night too pissed to stand, tattooed dykes living in squats, shopaholics, wannabee pop stars.

Business - Simon Cowell, Ralf Lauren, Sir Philip Green

7 comments:

  1. Some mistake. Those last three are men

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  2. Why din you put me? I dunna lot to show what women can do with their tits

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  3. I love Ralph Lauren. How dare you say that I'm not liberated because I dress well

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  4. Calm down dear, it''s oonly a commercial enterprise

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  5. So bloody cynical if you're saying its business

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  6. I've done more to free women than any woman has

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  7. Certainly not Camille Pagggggglia

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