Archive for October, 2008
Thursday’s big issue: Showing off your bump
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Today’s Daily Mail newspaper has printed pictures of singer Charlotte Church doing her shopping under the headline ‘Pregnant Charlotte Church shows off all her lumps and bumps’.One reader responded by commenting: ‘Give the woman a break, she’s pregnant. I’d be suprised if she didn’t have lumps and bumps.’What do you think about the way the media portrays pregnant women? Is it unfair that women…
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Wednesday’s big issue: Gay porn
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Men fancying lesbians has been common knowledge for years now, but apparently women are also becoming more and more excited by gay sex. A leading gay fiction author reckons most of his books are bought by women, and with more gay love scenes on TV and film these days it appears women just can’t get enough. What do you think? Does watching gay men do it for you, or would you rather watch…
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Tuesday’s big issue: Benefits ’scroungers’
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As the nation teeters on the brink of financial meltdown, not everyone is struggling on the bread line.The Compton family from Hull have not had a job in 15 years, but they still manage to afford a seven-bedroom house, where they live with their 10 children.Mrs Compton says her children never go without the things they want but complains that her neighbours call them ’scroungers’.What do you…
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Monday’s big issue: Teenage marriage
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Are teenagers like Peaches Geldof too young to get hitched? Nineteen-year-old Peaches married musician Max Drummey two months ago in Las Vegas.At the time her dad Bob Geldof was said to be furious. Reports today suggest that the couple have spent little time together since their wedding. What do you think? Are teenagers mature enough to make such a life changing decision, or should they wait…
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Chocolate week shopping basket
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What girl can resist the culinary carnival that is chocolate? It never forgets to call, it won’t make your feet hurt at the end of the night and you don’t have to save up to splurge on it. To celebrate the creation of this milk, dark and white wonder, it’s Chocolate Week from 13-19 Oct. Us chocoholics at Cosmo licked our lips as we choose this chocolate-themed collection of beauty, food and…
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November Cosmo out now
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This month’s Cosmopolitan magazine is giving every reader 20% at Shoestudio.com, aka heel heaven.* INSIDE COSMO’S NOVEMBER ISSUE: Men vs women we get inside men’s mindsTess & Vernon reveal what makes each other tickSex secrets only men know …until nowFashion 284 dress-sexy solutions for every body shapeBeauty ultimate hair and skin treats that really…
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Everybody’s talking about… lap dancing
By cosmo life
The number of lap dancing clubs in Britain has doubled to around 300 since 2003, when a new law was passed making it easier for owners to get a license.Does this mean more men are now going to lap dancing clubs and, more importantly, do their wives and girlfriends know about it? This was the subject of the biggest discussion in Cosmo’s Relationships discussion forum this week after…
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Friday’s big issue: Men kissing
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Is the sight of two men kissing still a shocking thing in 2008?It is according to the 145 viewers of Eastenders who complained to the BBC after a gay kissing scene was aired before the watershed on Tuesday night.Viewers of the soap also complained on the BBC’s Points of View message board, saying the scene was ‘offensive’ and ‘unsuitable for children’. Do you think Eastenders is out of…
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Thursday’s big issue: University education
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As British universities lose ground on their foreign counterparts, is getting a degree all it’s cracked up to be?The uni world rankings show that universities in the UK have slipped behind overseas institutions over the last 12 months. Should we be concerned about this, or is a university education overrated anyway?Does having a degree give you an advantage in the jobs market, or does it make…
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Wednesday’s big issue: Forgiving infidelity
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The wife of a top policeman who killed himsellf has said that she forgives him for having ‘up to 10 lovers’.Carolyn Todd’s husband Michael, who was the chief constable of Greater Manchester, died on a Welsh mountainside in March. It is thought he killed himself after his complicated private life began to unravel.Mrs Todd said at an inquest in to his death: ‘The tragedy is that Michael never…
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