Currently a regular feature on the internet are reports of the mounting problems facing American Apparel. But as the company head further towards the point of no return, does anyone really care any more?For several months now we've been hearing of huge debts - $120 million to be precise - declining sales and allegations of sleaze involving the company's founder Dov Charney. In recent weeks, however, the news stories have multiplied and seems like a number of newspapers and websites are...
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01 Sep 2010 09:00 GMT
Everyone knew the emergency budget on June 22nd would hold a few shocks and surprises, but the plan to cut the public sector provision by 20% was a bitter pill to swallow. Leading finantial experts have stated the budget as 'regressive' and will force the poor to live below a standard of living maintained by the natuional wage. Now many women are living in fear of losing their job, but also being further unsupported through state benefit reforms.
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31 Aug 2010 15:10 GMT
If you were into alternative rock or a fan of those bands in the ‘90s with hot, female lead singers – you know who Shirley Manson is. If you don’t know who Shirley is, you lose 100 points, but I’ll kindly you let you know that she was/is the lead singer of Garbage.
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30 Aug 2010 11:00 GMT
Sometimes it's all I can do not to turn into Little Bunny Foo Foo and hop through this world bopping people on the head. No, not about the mosque—though that issue has exposed the ignorance of people too stupid to live (one would think) and the
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26 Aug 2010 16:45 GMT
Back in June, the world was talking about the controversial French McDonald's commercial featuring a closeted homosexual boy and his oblivious father that sparked a maelstrom of criticism from gay rights and conservative groups. McDonald's is in trouble again after their new print ads featuring iconic...
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26 Aug 2010 11:45 GMT
In a world which constantly pits women against each other and expects us to want to bring our fellow females down, we don’t see many magazine pieces extolling the joys of supportive female friendships.That’s why it was awesome to read
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18 Aug 2010 12:53 GMT
Nadja Benaissa, a pop star from the biggest selling German girlband to date No Angels has admitted to having unprotected sex with several men despite knowing she was HIV positive and allegedly without warning to the men involved.
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17 Aug 2010 15:04 GMT
The link that launched a million laughs has, perhaps predictably, been exposed as a hoax. The Gawker gleefully "exposed" the pranksters and a lot of #HOPA tweets were predictably misogynist in their tone as they slapped down a woman who was presumably too ready to declare herself attractive (how dare she!).
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12 Aug 2010 18:00 GMT
Lately I have been thinking about misogynist behaviour. And sexism. You know, just normal everyday thoughts that slot in neatly between choosing something to eat for dinner, and running spell check on your latest work report. This train of thought was started by the ultimately strange and surprisingly man-hating article in The Guardian from Bidisha called "Casua...
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09 Aug 2010 16:00 GMT
When word got out that the Duggar family was set to appear on The Today Show this week, fans and Duggar-haters alike began to speculate what the reason for this could be.
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06 Aug 2010 16:16 GMT