Glamour magazine has announced its annual women of the year awards, and, this year, they’re naming a man of the year too. Paul Hewson – or as we know him, the prat in glasses, or, Bono – has been given the award for being one of the ‘most outspoken advocates for women and girls’.
Glamour certainly knows how to create a headline. Last year, it was transgender athlete Caitlyn Jenner who won woman of the year; this time round the magazine has gone for a smaller, less stylish, but equally annoying bloke to grab some attention. It was Bono’s ‘Poverty Is Sexist’ campaign, which draws attention to the fact that ‘powerful men can, and should, take on these deep-rooted issues’ that won him Glamour‘s accolade.
Bono is a pound-shop Bob Geldof and that’s not saying much. This is a man who once said ‘As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.
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