Sunday, April 20, 2008
Guys, here's Tad's top tips for dealing with the women in your life....
Ignore them, bribe them, don't argue with them...
Here we go again.
Ignore them, bribe them, don't argue with them...
Here we go again.
Labels: journalists, misogyny, Tad Safran
Friday, January 11, 2008
When Liz Jones met Tad Safran, it was moider! (Sadly, not in the literal sense.
Labels: journalists, Liz Jones, misogyny, Tad Safran
Monday, December 17, 2007
Tad Safran: I'm never getting laid in the UK again.
With lots of 'I'm sorry... sorry you suck!' language.
What started out as a light-hearted, anecdotal account of my impressions of dating women on both sides of the Atlantic has exploded into a national furore.
Which is a slight exaggeration. Northern Rock collapsing was a national furore. The Government losing people's personal data was a national furore. You just pissed off a bunch of people with access to the Internets.
I was utterly unprepared for the avalanche [of responses], but I stick to my guns: when British women reach the age where looking good is no longer effortless, they seem unwilling or unable to rise to the challenge. And judging by the vitriol of the response, I realise I’ve not only touched a nerve, I’ve reached into the underbelly of a deep, dark insecurity. Nobody gets that defensive about something they don’t care about...
...And God forbid any woman should be motivated by trying to attract a man. Apparently British women have overcome a billion years of biology.
Tad, meet Nirpal. Congratulations on deciding that a)lesbians don't exist (although I suppose we should be thankful you restrained your charming wit from making a 'joke' about them being the fat ladies), b) generalising from your own experience that men only want size 0 girls.
And I can’t help feeling I’ve let British women off lightly. It’s not just the Americans you don’t compare to: British women don’t have the curves of the Italians, the simmering sexuality of the Spanish, the sophistication of the French or the openness of the Scandinavians.
So what do British women have? Top spot in the European obesity table. Top spot in the European teen pregnancy table. And the only spots (besides Denmark) in the chart showing rising alcohol consumption among women in western Europe.
Well done, Britain. If what women are striving for is the ability to get hammered and fall over in the street, Britain is a feminist paradise from coast to coast.
And a last minute invoking of the 'feminist=ugly' myth. That should generate enough heat to keep several old folks homes warm for the winter.
With lots of 'I'm sorry... sorry you suck!' language.
What started out as a light-hearted, anecdotal account of my impressions of dating women on both sides of the Atlantic has exploded into a national furore.
Which is a slight exaggeration. Northern Rock collapsing was a national furore. The Government losing people's personal data was a national furore. You just pissed off a bunch of people with access to the Internets.
I was utterly unprepared for the avalanche [of responses], but I stick to my guns: when British women reach the age where looking good is no longer effortless, they seem unwilling or unable to rise to the challenge. And judging by the vitriol of the response, I realise I’ve not only touched a nerve, I’ve reached into the underbelly of a deep, dark insecurity. Nobody gets that defensive about something they don’t care about...
...And God forbid any woman should be motivated by trying to attract a man. Apparently British women have overcome a billion years of biology.
Tad, meet Nirpal. Congratulations on deciding that a)lesbians don't exist (although I suppose we should be thankful you restrained your charming wit from making a 'joke' about them being the fat ladies), b) generalising from your own experience that men only want size 0 girls.
And I can’t help feeling I’ve let British women off lightly. It’s not just the Americans you don’t compare to: British women don’t have the curves of the Italians, the simmering sexuality of the Spanish, the sophistication of the French or the openness of the Scandinavians.
So what do British women have? Top spot in the European obesity table. Top spot in the European teen pregnancy table. And the only spots (besides Denmark) in the chart showing rising alcohol consumption among women in western Europe.
Well done, Britain. If what women are striving for is the ability to get hammered and fall over in the street, Britain is a feminist paradise from coast to coast.
And a last minute invoking of the 'feminist=ugly' myth. That should generate enough heat to keep several old folks homes warm for the winter.
Labels: beauty, fatism, journalists, misogyny, Tad Safran, women
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Hmmm, in the evening the Daily Mail reports on what we were all talking about this morning. I do like the way they are trying to write this in a way that doesn't look like they just bought a copy of The Times and cribbed from that.
Labels: beauty, Daily Mail, journalists, misogyny, newspapers, Tad Safran, United Kingdom
Painfully single American screenwriter says all British women are fat, frumpy, ugly, not obsessed enough about their appearance, unfriendly and dress like hookers. This being in The Times, most of the comments posted afterwards make Tad Safran appear to be moderate in his opinions.
Labels: beauty, journalists, misogyny, Tad Safran, United Kingdom
