Boobs Or Brains, Ladies — You Can’t Have Both

Who’s gonna tell ’em?

Toni Hargis
The Virago

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Photo: Carol Vorderman’s public Facebook page

No chance of getting writer’s block when you have men like Shaun Bailey spewing sexist BS on national TV.

Bailey is a British Conservative politician who lost the election (thank god) for London Mayor in 2021 and now sits in the House of Lords despite being named and shamed for throwing parties during the height of Covid. Remember — that time when we, the little people, were all locked down, unable to visit sick and dying family members? Some people were fined; he was elevated to the House of Lords.

Recently interviewed on GB News (currently competing with the USA’s Fox for control of the far-right swamp), he opined on Carol Vorderman, who’d recently called him out. (Apparently, Carol needs to hear what he has to say.)

For non-Brits, Carol Vorderman rose to fame as the brainy mathematician on the TV show Countdown, and after a long TV career, she now uses her voice and pen for political causes. Whether or not you agree with her, it’s generally recognised that she’s brainy. Shaun Bailey disagrees with her, but rather than refute her arguments, he took what he thought was the easy way out — to discredit and demean her.

“You know, she’s a serious political commentator, then if you look at her Instagram, it’s all pictures of her bum

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Toni Hargis
The Virago

Co-author of “How to Stand up to Sexism; Words for when enough is enough”. Helping women find their voices. @ToniHargis