A bit of a strange article. The writer seems to feel it's bizarre that someone like Sarah Brown can get to forty having had a successful and stimulating career, then now seem to want to devote herself to motherhood. I don't see anything strange in that. She seems to be the sort of person who is capable of making rational decisions and not being particularly bothered by what other people think. And the strangest thing
She makes no real money now, but the Browns live frugally: and if she ever misses her old life, it doesn't show.So, Gordon gets £137k. I'm not sure what an Observer journalist gets but I'm not quite sure in what world a six figure salary would require 'frugal living'.
And then we get a feature on Colleen McLoughlin, who is famous only for the man she lives with. Cate Blanchett, who I believe to be an actress of some note, is featured as
giggling with Brad Pitt, 'feeling eggy' with George Clooney and falling in love with Bob Dylan.Then we get a headline saying: Mother caught on CCTV minutes before her murder
So, today's message from the Observer is that women only matter in terms of the role they play for other people. We would never have heard of Sarah Brown or Colleen McLoughlin if it wasn't for Gordon Brown and Wayne Rooney; Cate Blanchett's acting career seemingly matters less than her relationships with men; and this poor woman who was brutally murdered has grown-up children and was filmed on CCTV returning home from doing something other than mothering.
And as for the Observer Woman monthly, well, this seems to be about clothes, partying and pretend celebrities.
It's a pretty damning indictment that Femail has articles about Beatrix Potter, Julie Walters, Computer Gaming, and a book about Latin.
