{"id":195958,"date":"2023-11-15T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195958"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:57:59","slug":"row-brews-as-beer-magazine-with-cerne-abbas-logo-attracts-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/row-brews-as-beer-magazine-with-cerne-abbas-logo-attracts-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"Row brews as beer magazine with Cerne Abbas logo attracts complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bitter row brews as beer magazine with nude Cerne Abbas giant logo attracts complaints about its laddish appearance<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Camra&#8217;s chief Tom Stainer called on The Giant Dongle to change its name\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He said: &#8216;Things that were acceptable years ago may not be appropriate now&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It comes after a cheese company was accused of &#8216;defacing&#8217; the giant&#8217;s penis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s called the Giant Dongle and features on its front page the Cerne Abbas giant&#8230; with his most infamous feature proudly on show.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s perhaps not surprising in this day and age that the magazine for ale drinkers has begun to attract complaints about its laddish appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The Giant Dongle is published by the West Dorset branch of the Campaign for Real Ale \u2013 Camra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last night Camra&#8217;s chief executive Tom Stainer insisted: &#8216;The issue isn&#8217;t with the giant \u2013 it&#8217;s historic, and a local landmark. It&#8217;s the title of the magazine that&#8217;s potentially problematic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve spoken to people in the local branch, they appreciate people&#8217;s feelings may have changed over time, and they need to listen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77630539-0-image-a-31_1699573877381.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180ft chalk figure cut into the side of a hill, boasts a 35ft manhood and is one of Dorset&#8217;s best known landmarks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77630619-0-image-a-32_1699573906985.jpg\" height=\"899\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Giant Dongle has faced calls to change its name<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Dozens of grazing sheep are tasked with restoring historic chalk Cerne Abbas figure after it became shrouded by overgrown grass<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Up to a third of our 160,000 members are women, and we need to ensure we don&#8217;t do anything that puts people off Camra. Things that were acceptable ten years ago may not be appropriate now.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180ft chalk figure cut into the side of a hill, boasts a 35ft manhood and is one of Dorset&#8217;s best known landmarks. He is said to have been created by the Anglo-Saxons in the 8th century.<\/p>\n<p>On the cover of Giant Dongle \u2013 which has a circulation of around 2,500 \u2013 the giant has been adapted to hold a full pint glass in his left hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the national Camra discussion website, advertising executive John Galpin said of the club logo: &#8216;It&#8217;s immature masculinity. It sends a message that members are little boys who make penis jokes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Any woman seeing that could be excused for thinking Camra is full of men waving their penises around whilst drinking beer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Galpin added: At a time when we are trying to be more inclusive it&#8217;s totally inappropriate. I for one wouldn&#8217;t want anything to do with it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/23\/77630547-0-image-a-33_1699573914124.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The National Trust owns the land where the giant, now a popular tourist landmark, was cut into the chalk<\/p>\n<p>Tour guide Gary Chester said: &#8216;It brings to mind innuendo-filled saucy postcards from Blackpool.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Cheese company hits back amid fury over its depiction of famous Cerne Abbas Giant without its penis &#8211; saying he has not been made &#8216;non-binary&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Mr Chester pointed out that, in recent years, Camra had been taking the &#8216;moral high ground&#8217; by barring beers with sexist and suggestive names from its festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing the Cerne Abbas logo, he added, meant that &#8216;if nothing else, this shows us not walking the talk&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Camra member Will Larter said the logo and magazine title were &#8216;puerile and offensive&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The publication should consider changing its name to the inoffensive &#8216;ConCerne-ing Beer &amp; Pubs&#8217;, he suggested.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was support for the use of the giant and the magazine&#8217;s name, with West Dorset member Alexandra Bardswell saying: &#8216;I think it&#8217;s great and funny on a magazine, including the word Dongle.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tony Wells, a Camra member from Kent, added: &#8216;I suspect that in 13 years no objections have been raised regarding its name and logo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>West Dorset Camra chairman Bruce Mead responded: &#8216;These points were already a topic of discussion. We will continue this at a meeting, taking into consideration the views expressed.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last night, Richard Gabe, spokesman for the West Dorset branch, said: &#8216;We are in an on-going discussion with our local membership into this issue and will seek to do any appropriate action.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The National Trust owns the land where the giant, now a popular tourist landmark, was cut into the chalk.<\/p>\n<p>The trust believes it was created more than a thousand years ago in late Saxon times. It has been argued that his manhood was a later addition, perhaps designed to ridicule 17th century republican Oliver Cromwell.<\/p>\n<p>In June, there were claims that the Oxford Cheese Company had emasculated the giant on a logo which it used on packs of its Cerne Abbas Cheddar by removing his manhood.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12732545\/Bitter-row-brews-beer-magazines-nude-Cerne-Abbas-giant-logo-attracts-complaints-laddish-appearance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitter row brews as beer magazine with nude Cerne Abbas giant logo attracts complaints about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":195957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Row brews as beer magazine with Cerne Abbas logo attracts complaints - 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