Bono should have been man enough to refuse ‘woman of year’ award

I AM outraged. Horrified and disgusted. Appalled and let down by the direction in which things are heading, writes Suzanne Harrington. 

But enough about Toblerlones. And, no, this isn’t about Donald sodding Trump, either, because it’s only Monday and we are already all sick to death of him. The squirrel-headed buffoon makes George W Bush seem like a safe pair of hands. Enough! We are sick to the teeth of America eating itself feet first. Go away, modern Roman Empire, and get on with your decline quietly. We all have rage-and-disgust fatigue, and feel so desperately sorry for all those Americans who didn’t vote for him. As Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi tweeted: “Nothing like the Oval Office for treating narcissistic personality disorder.”

We have all been so distracted by the horrors that will soon emanate from the White House that a more localised horror has slipped under the radar — or maybe it was just me, Toblerone-blinded, who missed it. Bono was made ‘woman of the year’ by Glamour magazine. Worse, he accepted it, instead of smiling wryly at such a tragic stunt and saying “no thanks, I couldn’t possibly”. You know, because he’s not a woman, and there are quite a few actual women — around 3.5bn — to choose from. But, no. Being a bit of a tragic stunt himself, he took it.