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(not satire – it’s the Daily Telegraph!)
I am livid.
How on earth are satirists supposed to compete when Daily Telegraph feature writers are coming up with gems like this:
Emma Watson hits a high note with gender equality speech – and her wardrobe choices
As a piece of hard-hitting satire the article is hilarious.
The only problem is that it’s supposed to be serious.
Here are a few extracts:
“The new UN Women Goodwill Ambassador made waves with her speech on gender equality in New York – and her sophisticated wardrobe.”
“You’ve been called up to address the secretary -general of the United Nations and a host of ‘distinguished guests’ with your one-of-a-kind mission to stop gender inequality. So what on earth do you wear?”
“The 24-year-old made clear her stance on being a feminist – in a dress choice that was as eloquent and sophisticated as her argument.”
I swear to you this is NOT a parody.
Well done the Telegraph’s Deputy Fashion Editor Olivia Bergen – you’re a satirical genius.
And you’ve just put hundreds of political humourists out of a job.
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Pride's Purge 
Feminism…. huh…..everyone knows that a woman’s place is in the Kitchen.
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson Second Line View of the News and commented:
Wish this was unbelievable – hope Daily Telegraph writer is hoisted on their own… sheesh!
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Ok I concede, it’s wonderful. The greatest marvel is that it’s not tongue in cheek at all as far as I can see.
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Yup Tom…. a serious depletion of the gene pool! 🙂
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I dont care about what yall think about the DT, just lay off Emma. I loved her in the Harry Potty films.. and she looks good in jeans, real talent.
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Are you being serious?
Hhhhmmmm….I look good in jeans too! 🙂
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I find it very difficult to be serious.
I look great in jeans too…….
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Wot sorta jeans?
Jumping blogs jeans? 🙂
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The sort you put your legs into.
No.
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I must have been mistaken 😦
you looked ever so familiar……
So it is No then?
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Im afraid so.
Everyone says that.
Im open to persuasion.
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Ha ha DD
Remember that Truth is Stanger than Fiction…..
Funny that…….
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Dam and blast!
‘Truth is Stranger than Fiction’
DD
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That would release too much water.
Fiction has to be stranger than truth.
AA
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And although I like Love and Affection
I am not open to persuasion 🙂
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Dont we all.
Shame.
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AA….alchoholics anonymous?
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Automobile Association.
I break down easily. Too emotional.
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Alright!
Very good!
It’s the NO Vote for me then! 😦
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I abstain.
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The feminist who has a relationship with Dior ! Yes, she speaks for all of us.
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Mmmm, crushing laxatives, to put into your brew DD, 😉
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Pennie – Do you have the faintest idea what a gene pool is?
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If Watson actually wanted to make a point about equality, gender or otherwise, it might be better not to wear dresses which cost something like most people’s annual income. In truth she’s a hypocrite, but she’s very young and I hope she starts to understand reality as she gets older.
As for the subject of the ‘satire’, what did you expect from a fashion editor… cutting-edge political comment?
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ok… …….as long as its not the contents of a Ped egg mixed in with my grated Parmesan cheese. 😉
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FF. Lay off Emma… you dont have to be clever to be beautiful. She was in Harry Potty and she has a relationship with Dior… aint the right Alice?
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“Lay off Emma… you dont have to be clever to be beautiful.”
Very true, that’s why I always take my advice about equality and justice from flowers.
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dwaynedwoo
🙂
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Greg Flesch (born 1960) is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos[1] and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Gene Pool).
Flesch joined D.A. in 1984, just in time for the Vox Humana tour.
Besides his work with D.A., Flesch was also heavily involved in the 1991 Various Artists album, At the Foot of the Cross Volume One, produced by Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong. Flesch also produced Terry Scott Taylor’s second solo album, A Briefing for the Ascent.
When not making music, Flesch, who holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science, is employed as a Senior Information Systems and Computer Science specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.[2
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…and its a place where Mr Pitney used to swim.
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In the meantime FF
I am busy supping with devil…..with a very long spoon.
Long enough for me to reach over and crack his head from time to time!
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Pennie – All that proves is that you can copy and paste from Wikipedia. If you can’t use your own words then I will assume that have no opinions of your own, and therefore you’re a complete f*cking idiot. Does that seem like a fair assumption?
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seconded.
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Reblogged this on Shoot the Messenger and commented:
Brilliant and infuriating. When will we evolve? when???
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DwayneDwoo
I have had enough of you!
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pennywoodfall.
Love you too.
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And now……
What to do?
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..hasn’t the penny dropped yet?
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Good point! Let’s have a debate in Parliament about new legislation to increase the rate of human evolution. But how much it will accelerated evolution cost? Will the rich get more evolution than the poor? I think we should start an online petition for more human evolution NOW!!!
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Dwayneee: I can’t see the quality of your jeans, but looking at your facial expression you look somewhat like a large bullfrog who has been tasered in the genital area by MI5 for refusing to reveal critical information… 🙂
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pennie woodchuck: I am sending you by ParcelForce 4 Stanger Missiles, with ammunition… Dwayneee and FF are dead men walking….. 🙂
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My jeans are made of the best denim there is.
Dont insult Bullfrogs.
Youre avin me on. MI5 dont use Tazers.
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… “Elementary, My Dear Miss Watson….. ” — (Sherlock Cumberbitch)
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Emma Watson testifying at the UN??? ….Whatever next..?? ….–Russell Brand and Eddie Izzard to be made UN ambassadors??
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Ever so grateful my Lord!
Ahh, my knight……I am at your service forever 🙂
I had me back to the wall, but being a warrior I held firm.
Personally, I’m into skinning the bastards….never mind its all grist to the mill. 🙂
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Not only still walking, but still talking too. So Pennie – Do you have the faintest idea what a gene pool is?
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Only in an abstract way FF
However, being a firm believer in hierarchy I find myself looking down on you…..:-)
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Mary Poppins “Let’s Go Fly a Kite – Laissons le s’envoler” (Clip Vidéo V…: http://youtu.be/9PGUBagHW04 via @YouTube
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“Only in an abstract way FF” – That obviously means no! Perhaps I can suggest that if you use terms such as “gene pool” when you don’t have a clue what they mean, then you may be misunderstood. I suspect you’re quite used to that.
Apparently you find it enjoyable to look down on me, so I hope you find that a good substitute for your obvious lack of interest in the genetics which makes you (and all organisms) what you are. There is so much information literally at your fingertips and you’re clearly oblivious to it. Sad……
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Quiet so FF 🙂
Maybe the next lifetime….
As I am eva so busy working with the spine!
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Rod Stewart – The First Cut Is the Deepest: http://youtu.be/xoitegszoRc via @YouTube
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“As I am eva so busy working with the spine!”
What does that mean? Are you trying to appear enigmatic, or simply incomprehensible?
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Dang me ‘quite so’
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You choose !
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I think you try to mask your ignorance with silliness, when you could be trying to remedy it. I’ll let you into a secret – we are ALL ignorant about countless things. Some people are interested in trying to change that, and some are not……
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AMEN TO THAT!
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Amen? Really? Does that mean you now want to know what a gene pool actually is? That’s excellent! Would you like any help to find where best to read about it?
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Well FF
As long as I can dive into it! 🙂
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You’re actually proud of being ignorant! That will ensure you get your desire…….
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Desire FF?
Wot do you know about desire?
You ain’t tangible!
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I also meant to say FF that if you wish to recommend a particular book I would be grateful. At the moment I have a pool of my own to mop up. Over an hours worth of being flooded in my bathroom from the very elderly Hungarian who unfortunately lives alone and is deaf as a post. This is the 3rd time in the last 5 years. Still, a trifle in life’s ups and downs. I have my rose coloured spectacles jammed firmly on my nose. It is so sad how the human condition deteriorates as we age in one sense. All the funding in the world will not help him as it is his wish to stay at home. The last time I spoke with him…he said he just wants to die. So it is mopping up time for me and a further lesson in patience…
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I remember seeing a similar one in the Irish Independent when Nigella appeared in court and the ‘journalist’ wrote about her hair, make-up and clothes – not the fact that it was her first time facing Saatchi since breaking from him and his abuse
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