It's Oscar-time again. It's the most important event in Hollywood, but do we really care that much anymore?
Televised spectacles like the Oscars, the Eurovision and Miss Universe seemed a lot more fascinating in a time before reality TV sexed up award ceremonies with some real life drama.
BITCH:NEWS
27 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT
Yet another privileged man thinks feminists are 'bigots' and that female inequality doesn't really exist any more. Is he having a laugh?
The award for 'Most Unbelieveably Ridiculous Statement of the Week' just has to go to Tory MP Dominic Raab, who on Monday hit out against feminists, branding them 'obnoxious bigots' whose actions have led to men suffering discrimination 'from the cradle to the grave'.
BITCH:NEWS
26 Jan 2011 10:00 GMT
For all of you lazy-asses out there, it would appear that not washing your clothes isn't as bad for your health as anticipated. But doesn't that make it OK? (NO.)
How often do you wash your favorite pair of jeans? Twice a week? After every single time you wear them? Once every two weeks?
BITCH:NEWS
21 Jan 2011 15:00 GMT
No Awkward Advertising exposé would be complete without talking about the BT ads. You know the ones: the Adam and Jane ones. The ones that make you want to punch Adam and Jane repeatedly in the mouth until they’re unable to ever to use a telephone again.
I’ll level with you here, Reader: I go through my life doing my damnedest to embody the notion of compassionate loving kindness in my every thought, word and deed. God knows, I try. But sometimes there a...
BITCH:NEWS
19 Jan 2011 16:00 GMT
Mention maternity leave and small business owners will be the first to wring their hands over costs and inconvenience. With UK law changing in April to allow extended paternity leave, the litany of complaints is getting louder. It’s reached fever pitch with the beginning of a consultation to grant even more extensive rights. Do businesses have a point, or is this exactly what 21st century parenthood should be like?
BITCH:NEWS
19 Jan 2011 15:00 GMT
In the wake of Kenneth Tong's 'managed anorexia' hoax, Hannah Mudge looks at the varying reactions to the drama and what they tell us about the media.
When Laura Yates wrote about Kenneth Tong for BitchBuzz last week, most people were still under the impression that he was a seriously unpleasa...
BITCH:NEWS
19 Jan 2011 10:00 GMT
The French are known for more than just their beautiful language and delectable pastries - surly attitudes and cynicism have garnered them quite a reputation but what’s really causing all that pessimism?
Anticlimactic news flash! Last week, the results of the annual BVA-Gallup International Survey on economic outlook were released, rev...
BITCH:NEWS
13 Jan 2011 10:00 GMT
How do you sell cheap financial products to a recession-weary populace? Use one of the politicians who colluded with the economic policy that broke the banks – simples! And put him in a tracksuit too!
John Prescott is a very funny man. Seriously. Putting politics aside for a moment (tricky, I know when we’re talking about the ex-Deputy Prime Minister) it’s hard not to laugh at him. As a colleague of mine
BITCH:NEWS
12 Jan 2011 13:30 GMT
Like me, you probably had no idea who Kenneth Tong is until last week. Apparently he was on Big Brother though I don’t think he made much of an impression. If you’re active on Twitter however, you will definitely have noticed what Kenneth Tong is currently up to, claiming that he has a pill that can shrink you from a size twelve to a size six in three weeks...
BITCH:NEWS
11 Jan 2011 13:00 GMT
I’ve been following coverage of the shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford, and despite those who (rightly) wish it were otherwise, the main focus of the coverage is very, very political.
BITCH:NEWS
10 Jan 2011 18:00 GMT