Why the Guardian is going down the pan!

[Santino]

Ok, so what are some good reasons for having children?

Did you know that many of the most interesting people you know were probably once children?

 

[DotCommunist]

the children are our future.

 

[Orang Utan]

the children are our future.

Drippy but true. Who else is gonna get us out if this mess?
We need new minds.

 

[brogdale]

Here you go...yer proley scum...

 

[andysays]

Here you go...yer proley scum...

Whether you grew up posh or poor, the chances are you haven't remained in that class.

Actually, I think the chances are very much that most people have remained in the class they grew up in...

 

[butchersapron]

There are three main layers of silencing of apostates’ voices. The first layer is the hardcore religious silencing, which includes notions that we deserve to be killed and harmed. Underneath that is a second layer of some Muslims who may not agree we should be persecuted, but don’t want to have these problematic aspects or religion talked about, because of feelings of embarrassment, fear of the consequences, or cognitive dissonance regarding apostasy/blasphemy codes. The third layer underneath this is the relativism of white liberals who are often in concordance with silencing instincts over these issues, including silencing of ex-Muslims, for the reasons we outlined earlier. Often, relativist liberals simply pretend we don’t exist.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Actually, I think the chances are very much that most people have remained in the class they grew up in...

oh they're such idiots.

 

[Idris2002]

How to be a sexy dad.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/08/are-you-a-sexy-dad?CMP=fb_gu

What

I don't even

 

[Nylock]

fucksake

 

[JTG]

How to be a sexy dad.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/08/are-you-a-sexy-dad?CMP=fb_gu

What

I don't even

Journalist is about to become a father and a) wishes to tell the world how virile he is and b) is hung up about not being desirable any more

 

[DaveCinzano]

Apparently ladies like SF, fantasy fiction and comics yeahbut...

The rise of the geekettes

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/nov/11/sci-fi-rise-of-the-geekettes-huw-powell

Cf:

gender issues
Our use of language reflects our values, as well as changes in society. Phrases such as career girl or career woman, for example, are outdated (more women have careers than men) and patronising (there is no male equivalent).

So we use actor or comedian for women as well as men, not actress or comedienne (but waiter and waitress are acceptable – at least for the moment); firefighter, not fireman; PC, not WPC (police forces have abandoned the distinction), postal workers, not postmen, etc.

Avoid terms such as businessmen, housewives, male nurse, woman driver, woman (lady!) doctor, etc, which reinforce outdated stereotypes. If you need to use an adjective, it is female and not "woman" in such phrases as female bishops, female MPs, female president.​

http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-g

*** PAGING Vintage Paw ***

 

[butchersapron]

The ride of the journalistettes. The workerettes.

 

[butchersapron]

Hello I'm a real job with ette on the end.

 

[DotCommunist]

thats a remarkably lightweight advert for the blokes book.

He's mentioned that SF hasn't recieved as much attention as fantasy and dystopia in recent years, which is plainly untrue. Just off the top of my head this year saw Anne Leckie publish the debut hugo-winning 'ancillary Justice' and its sequel 'Ancillary Sword'. Well written, inventive sf with a strong female lead.

 

[DaveCinzano]

It's an impressive trifecta of mansplaining, gender-specific diminutives and shameless self-pluggery, in a section fraudulently billed as ‘by kids, for kids’.

SWIZZ!

 

[butchersapron]

thats a remarkably lightweight advert for the blokes book.

He's mentioned that SF hasn't recieved as much attention as fantasy and dystopia in recent years, which is plainly untrue. Just off the top of my head this year saw Anne Leckie publish the debut hugo-winning 'ancillary Justice' and its sequel 'Ancillary Sword'. Well written, inventive sf with a strong female lead.

By a writerette. Well done her!

 

[DaveCinzano]

By a writerette.

Scribtrix, if you please.

 

[killer b]

Someone linked to the most lightweight story I've ever seen on facebook this morning. It was so flimsy I cant even remember what it was about, but was essentially a series of twitter posts.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Someone linked to the most lightweight story I've ever seen on facebook this morning. It was so flimsy I cant even remember what it was about, but was essentially a series of twitter posts.

Was that the one on the response to the Mail's front page?

ETA:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/me...ritain-concede-daily-mail-front-page-is-right

 

[killer b]

Yes! Jesus, that was shit.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Yes! Jesus, that was shit.

Much as it pains me, that was at least just a blog post, and one whose impact was limited by the way the Guardian website renders social media artifacts like tweets, eg by not automatically converting links to images into actual images.

 

[butchersapron]

Nevertheless. some monkey got paid for that. That's what they pay for.

 

[DotCommunist]

By a writerette. Well done her!

several reviewers used the phrase 'banksian' which is entirely deserved, the late great ian obvs not the graff person.

I'm sure this passed the pieces author by somehow. Despite being a large hit and winning the genres highest award

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm sure this passed the pieces author by somehow. Despite being a large hit and winning the genres highest award

Not a proper literary prize like the Manette Booker, then?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Nevertheless. some monkey got paid for that. That's what they pay for.

Gig should've gone to a chimpress

 

[belboid]

Nevertheless. some monkey got paid for that. That's what they pay for.

i wouldn't be surprised to find that no one got paid for that. That's what you intern for.

 

[butchersapron]

i wouldn't be surprised to find that no one got paid for that. That's what you intern for.

I suspect someone who is paid and with a name did it. Hence the monkey irrepressible monkey magic byline.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I suspect someone who is paid and with a name did it. Hence the monkey irrepressible monkey magic byline.

 

[belboid]

I suspect someone who is paid and with a name did it. Hence the monkey irrepressible monkey magic byline.

whereas that byline makes me suspect that's its done by an unpaid intern just glad to be a part of the marvelous institution that is the guardian. It's generally only bits from other papers and twitter searches

 

[youngian]

Journalist is about to become a father and a) wishes to tell the world how virile he is and b) is hung up about not being desirable any more

By Stuart Heritage

He sounds like a nemesis of Stephen Toast