No longer is it seen as a haven for princesses and fairies and the little girls who love them.

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Such a move would likely make many more customers consider subscribing to the channel, as currently those who are most likely to love HBO programming, Game of Thrones, Girls, etc. are the least likely to still have a cable subscription.

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"The recession is hitting our readers hard but girls still love to shop, " she says.

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"The Girls Don't Care" in particular functions as an ideal sequel to "End of Love, " as Barzelay gently advises against hipper-than-thou posturing: "The girls don't care that you ache to be free, " he sings.

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New members included the Antoine Trust, Jersey Fertility Support, Jersey College for Girls Parent Teacher Association, Love Matters and GOSH Jersey Cancer Trust Love Hearts Appeal.

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Other performers due to appear at the massive show include the Spice Girls, U2, and Madonna, while Jennifer Lopez will perform her new song Love Don't Cost A Thing for the first time.

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But I will never forget the kindness and warmth and love that you all showed me and my family, especially our girls.

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And the girls, three of them university students, are so silly: dreaming non-stop of love and marriage, practising astrology, obsessed by the men they never, or hardly ever, are allowed to see but with whom they chirp like crickets throughout the night on their mobile phones.

ECONOMIST: Saudi fiction

Rajaa Alsanea's novel, set in the form of a gossipy internet blog about four upper-middle-class Saudi girls and their calamitous love lives, was officially banned in Saudi Arabia when it was published in Arabic two years ago (and a lawsuit was briefly filed against the author, fortunately away in America studying dentistry).

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