Katy Gordon » real women http://www.katygordon.org.uk Lib Dem champion for Glasgow Thu, 05 May 2011 10:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Katy on the BBC supporting Real Women http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/03/19/katy-on-the-bbc-supporting-real-women/ http://www.katygordon.org.uk/2010/03/19/katy-on-the-bbc-supporting-real-women/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:43:25 +0000 Katy Gordon http://www.katygordon.org.uk/?p=571 Last week Katy appeared on the Politics Show to talk about the role of women in politics. From women in Westminster, to the pressures women face regarding body image.

Katy discusses the increasing need for a balanced goverment, Fairness for parents of young children. Katy represented the views from other women in Glasgow North on the portrayal of women in the media.

 
This video is courtesy of the BBC. The extract is from an episode of ‘The Politics Show’ originally broadcast 07/03/10 on BBC One.

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This video is courtesy of the BBC. The extract was recorded during the Real Women debate at the Liberal Democrat conference, Bournemouth, from 14.40 – 16.10 on Sat 19th Sept 09. It was broadcast on BBC Parliament.

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On Saturday 20th September, Katy Gordon, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Glasgow North, called for the party’s Federal conference to tackle the negative impacts of body image pressure by supporting the Real Women policy paper.

She said that the paper, which aims, among other things, to tackle the unattainable body images presented to young women in fashion and beauty magazines, were ‘not about banning airbrushing’ but ‘working with industry regulators to… help women make informed choices’.

When discussing the policy paper with women from Glasgow’s North West Women’s Centre, Katy said, all the women independently suggested the proposals outlined in the paper. It is clear then that the paper is not, she said, simply ‘do-gooding liberals getting worked up over trivia’, but a way of ‘standing up for those who can’t speak for themselves… pressing for action when to do nothing would cause more harm.’

Update:  Some great comments on Katy’s speech on Neil Stockley’s blog, here.

On Saturday 20th September, Katy Gordon, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Glasgow North, called for the party’s Federal conference to tackle the negative impacts of body image pressure by supporting the Real Women policy paper.

She said that the paper, which aims, among other things, to tackle the unattainable body images presented to young women in fashion and beauty magazines, were ‘not about banning airbrushing’ but ‘working with industry regulators to… help women make informed choices’.

When discussing the policy paper with women from Glasgow’s North West Women’s Centre, Katy said, all the women independently suggested the proposals outlined in the paper. It is clear then that the paper is not, she said, simply ‘do-gooding liberals getting worked up over trivia’, but a way of ‘standing up for those who can’t speak for themselves… pressing for action when to do nothing would cause more harm.’

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