That Sun cover pisses me off, if the couple had been a man and a woman they would never have been called “Lovers”. It’s like they’re delegitimising their relationship calling them lovers, implying it’s a less serious relationship or something based solely on sex and it’s always the phrase used when it’s about a couple who happen to be gay. Or maybe I’m being a pedantic asshole.
Pablo
I agree the phrase ‘lovers’ is crass in the circumstances but I think they would have done the same for a hetro couple. They probably have a list of banned words for headlines; couple = lovers, incident = crisis etc.
ABM
Hahahaha.
You should get out your stationary set and complain.
Sidewinder
They say couple in the subhead. I actually was pleasantly surprised by how the whole thing was worded.
Collywobble
I do love to see pictures of Dubs crying on a Monday morning.
Soft like
The fecking Irish times have some neck publishing a Christmas ad and it’s only September fecking greedy feckers.
Just a thought
Anyone on the Isle of Man looking at the cover of the Belfast Telegraph will be going ‘was it for this’.
That Sun cover pisses me off, if the couple had been a man and a woman they would never have been called “Lovers”. It’s like they’re delegitimising their relationship calling them lovers, implying it’s a less serious relationship or something based solely on sex and it’s always the phrase used when it’s about a couple who happen to be gay. Or maybe I’m being a pedantic asshole.
I agree the phrase ‘lovers’ is crass in the circumstances but I think they would have done the same for a hetro couple. They probably have a list of banned words for headlines; couple = lovers, incident = crisis etc.
Hahahaha.
You should get out your stationary set and complain.
They say couple in the subhead. I actually was pleasantly surprised by how the whole thing was worded.
I do love to see pictures of Dubs crying on a Monday morning.
The fecking Irish times have some neck publishing a Christmas ad and it’s only September fecking greedy feckers.
Anyone on the Isle of Man looking at the cover of the Belfast Telegraph will be going ‘was it for this’.