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Heidi Fleiss: “Thank God for abortions!”

By on January 6, 2010

Who knew Celebrity Big Brother UK would get so interesting so quickly? Day two, and they’re still making awkward small talk (everything relaxes on day three, when they start having farting competitions). They’ve done the usual thing of stacking the house with people they think will be incompatible: a cage fighter, a football player, the [...]

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Big Brother Friday: Noirin sets her boundaries and is ignored, again

By on July 17, 2009

In case you’ve been wondering what’s been going on with Noirin in the Big Brother UK house, the good news is that Sree got booted out by the public, with a huge proportion of the eviction vote. Did he get pilloried in his eviction interview? No. Apart from a little gentle ribbing on his overestimation [...]

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BBUK: Angel and Noirin: Fake-fat-shaming and the induction of self-hate as a motivational tool

By on June 27, 2009

I’ll be posting the odd BB clip to illustrate a common conversation that goes on every day, as a conversation trigger. You don’t have to watch the show to join in; the issues are standalone, and I’ll put in bits of background to show where people are coming from. Please don’t post to tell me [...]

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Sree on Big Brother UK – harasser, homophobe, Nice Guy(tm)?

By on June 26, 2009

Big Brother UK Season 10 is well underway. I’ll be posting the odd BB clip to illustrate common conversations and issues, as a discussion trigger. You don’t have to watch the show to join in; the issues are standalone and everyday, and I’ll put in bits of background to give an idea of where people [...]

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“At least I’ve got my two legs” – BBUK

By on June 6, 2009

Big Brother UK is on again. I always enjoy BBUK the most, possibly because the casting is the most diverse of the Anglosphere Big Brother shows, possibly because the edit and setup is a bit less artificial than the others, so you get to see more of the real people – or at least, you [...]

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Big Brother Friday: Menstrual product euphemisms

By on August 29, 2008

Menstrual cups, tampons, and pads: what’s the most amusing euphemism you’ve heard? Here’s one I quite like, from Mohammed of Big Brother UK: “Erm… Rachel was a little bit embarrassed to kind of come in and say it, but we might need a refill of the, uh, “ladies’ nappies”? For once-upon-a-month … stuff?”

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Big Brother Friday Fauxpology: Mo’s been in the headmaster’s office before, hasn’t he?

By on August 15, 2008

Just thought I’d revisit Big Brother UK with a little “Oh no he didn’t!” post.

As clip one begins, Mikey, the blind cross-dressing Scotsman radio dude, has just had his hair shaved off as part of a task. The task involved the housemates cutting or clipping their hair such that the combined hair filled a flask to the top.

[Transcripts/summaries of clips are at the bottom of the post.]

I’m guessing Mo would justify this action, outside the house, as being just him, paragon of equalism, treating everyone equally badly. You can sure tell that he’s been in that hot chair before, and knows exactly the script to follow, though he still stumbles over it. It grates.

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BB Friday: Intruder Belinda joins the “but he’s BLIND!!!” game

By on July 11, 2008

Day 35 of Big Brother UK, and everyone is struggling with the Irish Dancing & Drumming task. Click To Play note: This is a five and a half minute video, which I’ve summarised but not transcribed yet – it’s school holidays and I’ve been a low-spoon-y. If anyone needs a transcription, please let me know. [...]

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The next Big Brother race scandal? Luke: “It ain’t a gang in here. It ain’t a culture”

By on July 9, 2008

I’ve talked a bit before about Darnell in the Big Brother UK house. Darnell, a Black songwriter with albinism, spoke up for Mikey (who is blind) when a group of housemates were patronising and fawning over him. The housemates Darnell who told off are allies of Luke, who fancies himself a master strategist. So Luke [...]

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Big Brother UK: Darnell says blind housemate Mikey not a “performing monkey”

By on July 4, 2008

There are two people with disabilities in Big Brother UK this year. Mikey and Darnell are not being presented by the production team purely as “The Disabled Housemates”, with their disability as the only facet of stereotyped caricatures. They don’t seem to have been offered any particular “special treatment” by BB producers. This is incidental [...]

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More Big Brother bullying: Alexandra removed from the BB UK house

By on June 20, 2008

This week Alexandra was summarily removed from the Big Brother UK house after making indirect threats towards fellow housemates and their friends and families. I think this incident highlights a possible difference between Big Brother Australia and Big Brother UK. It is my impression that the Australian BB management seems to be more tolerant of [...]

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