Undercurrents
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And it's goodbye to all that . . .
- Kira Cochrane
- 03 July 2008
I didn't want my boyfriend to glance into the study one day to find a pile of ash beside smouldering cowboy boots
Retrosexual, or just misogynist?
- Kira Cochrane
- 05 June 2008
- 3 comments
There is still a long way to go to full equality, and we have seen the culture regress in some ways
Sleep deprivation is no badge of honour
- Kira Cochrane
- 22 May 2008
- 1 comment
The ability to cope without sleep has been seen as the main mark of a leader for some years now: a signifier of toughness, machismo, strong-mindedness
Angry Anna shows us how to age
- Kira Cochrane
- 08 May 2008
While the older generation bears the brunt of pernicious ageism, a fear of being considered old infects society as a whole
A feminist but not a sister
- Anne Perkins
- 24 April 2008
- 1 comment
Anne Perkins pays tribute to Gwyneth Dunwoody against whom the charms of Tony Blair crashed and broke as harmlessly as a wave on the quay
The "sweetie" problem
- Kira Cochrane
- 10 April 2008
Language is a mutable, fluid construct, open to the vagaries of context, and that's the way I like it
Pets? I should Coco
- Kira Cochrane
- 27 March 2008
- 1 comment
My cat never bothers me with her suspicions about her cheating boyfriend
Your library: use it or lose it
- Kira Cochrane
- 13 March 2008
Now, more than ever, libraries need support, including whatever investment or bold financial planning is needed to take them forward
Who would be a teenager now?
- Kira Cochrane
- 28 February 2008
- 1 comment
Yes, some teenagers are unruly, even violent but rather than single out those actually causing trouble, we lump them all together
A brand called you and me
- Kira Cochrane
- 31 January 2008
- 4 comments
A poorly educated country girl was going to be nowhere near as lucrative as what she could be made to represent - that contradictory concept of the "slutty virgin"
