As a journalist, there are two weeks of the year when I might as well have an auto-delete function for almost all pitch emails, adverts and press releases that arrive in my inbox. The first is the week leading up to Valentineās Day, the second is the week before International Womenās Day.
The former may not surprise you. Iāve always thought that Valentineās Day is a desperate revenue-boosting attempt by the flower and chocolate industries and is Moonpig, Hallmark and coās way of bridging the gap between Christmas and Easter by convincing people that there really is no better way of expressing affection than a naff poem and pseudo-witty cartoon. The marketing material and contrived āresearchā that make the rounds basically serve no other purpose than to highlight how flaccid our relationships have become ā or else how weāre destined for a life of grim solitude.
If what you make or sell has no blindingly obvious link to womenās rights or gender equality then please donāt try to pretend otherwise
Related: Female Tory MPs read out sexist abuse ahead of International Womenās Day
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