Saturday - September 03, 2011

only took two femi-nazis to prove pc is alive and well and working. for them.

Woman power, I guess. 
Only takes two femi-Nazis to get a book store chain to change something because they were offended.

Granted, I can’t see the issue through a woman’s eyes.  But I don’t understand the offense here. Seems like more PC to me.
Of the many thousands of customers throughout the UK, two misfits claim they are offended and the store gives in. Good example of what’s wrong with the world and the dictatorship of PC.

No real surprise however as one of the two is ID’d as a Labour “Activist.” Now that says a lot. That says very left which of course explains it.

Sisterhood? A gang of two.

Take a look. 

Story from The Telegraph

Bookshop changes ‘women’s fiction’ label after appeal from ‘sisterhood’

Book store W H Smith is to drop the shelf label ‘women’s fiction’ after two customers complained to the female chief executive about “condescending, pink fluffiness”.

By Adam Lusher

Claire Leigh and Julia Gillick, both 29, were amazed to receive a reply after appealing “in sisterhood” to Kate Swann, the chief executive of the chain.
They had complained after seeing the works collected under the ‘women’s fiction’ label at a branch in Tonbridge, Kent.

Ms Gillick, an English teacher, told the Times: “It was very light, lots of pink fluffiness and there were no classic authors.” She wrote to customer complaints, but received no reply.

Ms Leigh, an NGO worker and Labour activist, wrote directly to the chief executive, saying they did not think women were a “minority or niche area”, and were “deeply offended by this condescending practice.”

They both soon received a reply from Jackie Wing, the head of fiction and children’s trading at W H Smith. She said ‘women’s fiction’ was often used as a trade term for “chick-lit- type authors.”

The Times says Ms Wing added: “I accept your feedback that this might not be the most suitable reference for our customers. In future we will make sure we do not use this description on promotional POS [point of sale] and the current POS will be replaced in our stores by the middle of October.”

After their victory, the women may continue. Ms Gillick is allegedly considering suggesting to her pupils that they write to a supermarket that is also supposed to have a ‘women’s fiction’ section.

Posted by peiper     on 09/03/2011 at 11:58 AM   
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