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Glass Ceilings & Rebekah Wade

What a shock to find that Rebekah Wade – smasher of glass ceilings, ruler of men, first woman to edit the Sun and soon to become chief executive of News International – is really a fluffy at heart. Married a fortnight ago, she has decided to take her second husband’s surname. He is racehorse trainer-turned-writer Charlie Brooks. So it’s Rebekah Brooks now, everybody. Michele Hanson, The Guardian.

You know I’m more concerned that to break through the proverbial glass ceiling Wade has re-enforced almost every sexist stereo-type by what she’s published as editor of The Sun – what message is she sending out to women? Her change of surname just re-enforces my opinion that Wade would stop at nothing to climb the greasy pole – next we’ll have Hanson extolling that Sun stalwart Katie Price aka Jordon as a female role model.

Speaking of Jordon here’s a typical piece published by The Sun.

BOOZED-UP Jordan flashed her knickers and danced on a table during a 12-hour Ibiza drinks bender – and yelled: “I’m over Pete, I can snog whoever I want.”

The former Page 3 pin-up, real name Katie Price, also flirted with ex-love Matt Peacock as she hit the nightclubs on the sun-kissed party isle.

Jordon in Ibiza

Jordon in Ibiza

In contrast, hubby Peter Andre, from whom she split last month, looked the model dad as he kissed and hugged his children in Cyprus. Alex West in Ibiza and Carl Stroud, The Sun.

Not so much Wade smashing the ceiling as carving out a trapdoor and then bolting it securely behind her.

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