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    eleanargh: This is one of those few situations where there isn't a lack of depictions of women in the media. Photos of attractive 18 year old girls opening their... more »
    Rare Affinity: Each year for what seems like decades, the number of students who pass their A levels in England and get distinctions soar. It has now become somethin... more »
    wooden_shoes: I feel totally ignorant: British Jezies help me out: What are A-levels? more »
    Ailatan: After I read "Bath" I thought they were Catherine Morland and Isabella Thorpe checking to see if Mr. Tilney was still in Bath. more »
    JZee: Ha! An actual real-life pashmina. Americans - this is not what the typical British school girl looks like. more »
    Rare Affinity: I must remember to listen to that programme on BBCDesktop. I once went on a tour of Whitehall which ncluded a small part of 10 Downing Street. At one ... more »
    morninggloria: I wonder how many of the secretaries ended up being the objects of hopeless crushes from the Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant. more »
    Annabellie: Oh, CHURCHILL. I know he was awful and racist and sexist, but I can't help loving him. Did anyone else see The Gathering Storm with Albert Finney play... more »
    mama_t: I'm an EA, but damn. To be a secretary back in the day, you had to be made of steel. My mother was one of the secretaries in the "100 Club" which mea... more »
    tomatoheart: I kinda want to punch a lot of things right now, because the assumptions that fly around here about sex workers make me ill. if drinking, drugs and a ... more »
    Tmoney02: In regards to the trafficking law - how does one prove that the man knew this wasn't just a prostitute but a trafficked prostitute? Unless the man tra... more »
    lalaland13: I knew a girl in college who worked as a high-end stripper in a big city after being raped by her father as a child. She had no contact with her crazy... more »
    nellicat: I have such mixed thoughts on sex work. I mean yes, of course most women wouldn't want to do sex work if there were better options for them, but isn't... more »
    gherkinfiend: @formergr: the rape conviction rate in the UK is 5.7%. That's 5.7% the 10% of the rapes that get reported...the other 90% just get ignored. The averag... more »
    Jack_Burton: I'm betting that the IRS is going to be the next one who "rogers" her... Any sex workers want to chime in on taxes, hypothetically, of course? more »
  • #snapjudgment

    Grade A

    [Bath, U.K.; August 20. Image via Getty]

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  • #anglophilia

    Yes, Minister

    A new documentary gives the women behind Number Ten their due. More »