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Their news coverage is pretty decent. I read it daily. But their opinion pieces are laughably stupid. Just this past summer they did a piece about how air condi
by alansmitheebk 11y ago
Their news coverage is pretty decent. I read it daily. But their opinion pieces are laughably stupid. Just this past summer they did a piece about how air conditioning is sexist.
Every day Jessica Valenti writes something about the Pro Life movement and calls it the "Anti Choice" movement, which is a like Fox News calling banksters "Job Creators."
Syreeta what's her face did a piece the other day about how film stock is racist (she apparently doesn't know how to set her camera aperture properly and blames it on film not being designed to capture black faces).
It's a fucking joke.
- a_bonobo 11y ago> Just this past summer they did a piece about how air conditioning is sexist. I wondered about that article and had a look: http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2015/aug/04/new-cold-war-why-women-chilly-at-work-air-conditioning http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2015/aug/04/new-c... If you read through the article, it's clearly a joke to them. >25C it is, then. Fine, as long as you’re aware that means more men wearing shorts in the office during summer.
- alansmitheebk 11y agoI agree that there was a bit of a tongue in cheek tone to the piece. For example, the title referenced the cold war. That being said, given the larger context of The Guardian's opinion pieces and their tendency towards feminist demagoguery, I read it as "I'm kidding!" (but I'm kind of serious, too.) There was also a mention of the higher temperature being better for the environment, which reinforced the "I'm only half joking" subtext for me.