I’m late to the party, it seems. Full-discosure - life member.
First of all, Silk’s comments right from the start were superb, even if I didn’t come to all the same conclusions even if I agreed with all the premises. There’s more than way to skin a cat.
When I first saw the images, all of 60 minutes ago the first thought that went through my head was "No!!!!" that lasted about a whole minute - there was quite frankly disbelief. I read the blogs and the comments, and found that a lot of people think CAMRA made a mistake for quite different reasons. I don’t agree with them all, at all. Some are quite ill-thought out. How about this one:
"As a young woman who loves discovering fabulous beer, I do not want to be portrayed in this way."
You’ve forgotten about the males, madam. *I* as a [age-band elided] man who loves discovering fabulous beer, do not want to be portrayed in this way either, where "this way" is that male in the first image. Twatty hair-cut, wanky wannabe-thought-of-as-cool shades. WTF?!?!?
Let’s hear some sympathy for the offended males too, you sexist pigs!