Age: 72.
Appearance: Excuse me?
Appearance! You know, the question I ask every day. Well, I think it's an inappropriate question for today's Pass Notes.
Why? Because we're talking about Gloria Allred, the feminist lawyer.
And she is special because? Because you could say her career has been defined, inter alia, by a refusal to judge women on their appearance.
Examples? Plenty. Allred once acted for a girl excluded from her brother's Scout group, calling her treatment "gender apartheid". She also sued a US retail chain for running separate toy sections for boys and girls, and a salon that charged women more for a haircut.
What's she up to now? She is representing Sharon Bialek, the fourth woman to allege sexual harassment by Herman Cain, and the only one to go public.
Herman Cain? Frighteningly, he's one of the frontrunners in the Republican presidential campaign.
What does he say about it? "Have you ever been accused of sexual harassment?"
No, actually. But I was wondering what Cain has said about the allegations. I just told you. Cain was asked about the claims by a journalist, and he responded by mimicking his questioner. He has since said the claims are "totally false".
Either way, I don't think I'll vote for him. But this Allred cove - she sounds great! She divides opinion.
How so? Aside from the usual misogynists, a few well-respected columnists feel she's an attention-seeker.
Really? Yes – it's argued she goes after too many high-profile cases, including ones involving Mel B; Jodie Fisher; Heather Mills; Rachel Uchitel, who had an affair with Tiger Woods; and the family of Nicole Brown Simpson, OJ's murdered wife.
Isn't she just doing her job? In the main, yes. But she can go a bit overboard.
Like when? Like when she gave a press conference criticising baseball coach Roger McDowell for miming anal sex with a baseball bat – and, to avoid confusion, meticulously recreated the gesture with her own bat.
Do say: "And he held it like... this."
Don't say: "Appearance?"
