Gudrun Schyman at BBC

Guess if I was surprised this morning, when Gudryn Schyman showed up on BBC.

All Swedes knows who good old Gudrun is. But for those of you that are not Swedes: She's the front person of Feministiskt Initiativ (a feministic political party in Sweden's previous election). She's also the former leader of Vänsterpartiet (a left wing political party).

Do not ask me what the news were about, because it made no sense. The reporter was talking about that Sweden is one of the most gender equal societies in the world, but that many feel that there is still a long way to go. Then there was Gudrun talking a bit about the patriarchal structures, saying that they exists everywhere, all over the world. After that some Swedes on the streets were asked wether or not they would ever vote for a feminist party. And that's it.

I would have understood this being shown during the election in 2006. But I have no clue why it was shown now.

Anyway, I guess Feministiskt Initiativ could do with some good media for once, as most of the media that they got here in Sweden, during the election in 2006, was crap. Still upsets me how they were ignored, misunderstood, and often made a joke about. One of the big newspapers here in Sweden made paper dolls looking like the women in the party. Accessories for the dolls were things like breasts and fish smelling arm pits. Honestly, what is that?!

So I was happy seeing Gudrun on BBC news this morning. Even if it wasn't really news.