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Don’t be stupid, girls. And don’t be stupid, BBC Radio Scotland

Well, that’s International Women’s Day over for 2012. I’m not a big fan of this particular “day” because I think that on 9 March, after all the fine words and the gifts of mimosa (in Italy, at any rate), everything just goes back to normal. I also think that girls and women in the (still …

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Posted byMarian Dougan9 March 20128 July 2014Posted inLife and work and everything elseTags: BBC Radio Scotland, feminism, Janice Forsyth, Life and work, Media, petition, Pink, women and girlsLeave a comment on Don’t be stupid, girls. And don’t be stupid, BBC Radio Scotland

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