Being a confirmed ugo myself, I read this Guardian article with interest:
Gonzalo Otalora has written a book entitled ¡Feo! (Ugly!), which calls for the taxation of good-looking people to counteract the natural advantages they have over munters*. "Countless studies show that … it’s easier for them to find jobs; they’re paid more and find partners [...]
Entries Tagged as 'equality'
Taxing the Beautiful
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Gordon Brown · Nick Clegg · equality
Terrorism - The New Godwin’s Law
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Godwin’s Law re-entered the public consciousness this week, when Tory MEP Daniel Hannan compared a measure proposed by a German MEP to the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933. Godwin’s Law states:
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
But as the Second World War and the Holocaust [...]
Tags: War on Terror(ism) · equality
What do you think of the Gender Balance Blog Awards?
January 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Jo’s Jottings has a new poll up asking readers what they think of the Gender Balance Blog Awards (or, as I prefer to call them, the Patronising the Little Women Awards). You might remember my rantings on the awards got me a slap on the wrist from a certain feminist blogger (as well as a [...]
On Equality and Gay Hate Crime
January 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The Norfolk Blogger (aka Nich Starling) has taken issue with Iain Dale’s opposition to gay hate crime (which our esteemed Shadow Justice Secretary, David Heath, has oddly chosen to support). The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill currently working its way through Parliament, as well as outlawing violent pornography, will also make it a crime to [...]
Ranted about on BBC Radio Five Live
January 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
As I mentioned earlier this week, I received a roasting on the BBC Radio Five Live’s Pods and Blogs programme early on Tuesday from The Chameleon. Here’s the relevant extract:
I’ve been invited on next week for my right of reply. Should I bother stirring up this hornet’s nest?
Tags: BBC · Me · Podcasts · equality
Britblog Roundup and more patronising of the female folk
January 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
The 150th* Britblog Roundup is now up on Redemption Blues and my post on the Gender Balance Awards gets, well, it gets a roasting (and not in the good way) from The Chameleon (as well as on this week’s BBC Pods and Blogs).
Since I saw the post yesterday, I can’t help thinking of two words [...]
Patronising the little women - the Gender Balance Blog Awards
December 27th, 2007 · 12 Comments
Will Howells has meme tagged me to come up with some nominations for the Gender Balance Awards. This, I was shocked to discover, isn’t about honouring hermaphrodites that blog (Gender Balance… they’ve got it as they have both male and female genitals. No? Fine, you try writing something witty after gaining three stone in four [...]