Undercurrents
Kira Cochrane's forthright and feminist take on women and modern culture
Articles in Undercurrents
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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"
A ringside seat at the Diana circus
- Ros Wynne-Jones
- 24 January 2008
- 1 comment
John is as much a part of proceedings inside Court 73 as anyone, representing as he does the more troubling aspects of the public's relationship with Diana
Drunk girls - it's no big deal
- Kira Cochrane
- 10 January 2008
- 6 comments
Over the years, alcohol has brought me many things, including headaches and embarrassment
Celebrity in cyberspace
- Viv Groskop
- 03 January 2008
- 1 comment
Poor old newspapers, TV and magazines have to compete with people posting celebrity sightings, downloads to YouTube and "citizen-papped" mobile-phone photos
The last word on diets
- Kira Cochrane
- 13 December 2007
Dieting strikes fear into my soul - and not just because I know it'll involve imbibing vats full of bean sprout juice
Why Sweden's not perfect, after all
- Kira Cochrane
- 15 November 2007
- 13 comments
The Swedes seem to slide effortlessly into first place - or thereabouts - in bloody everything worth prizing
Truths we must face up to
- Kira Cochrane
- 08 November 2007
- 1 comment
Kira Cochrane is outraged by the bullying of the disabled
Keeping an eye on the teenagers
- Viv Groskop
- 25 October 2007
There is a deep unease towards teenagers at the moment. Perhaps it is a backlash against the laissez-faire child-rearing of the 1970s
Divorced from reality
- Kira Cochrane
- 18 October 2007
- 1 comment
It's been almost a year and a half now since Paul McCartney and Heather Mills announced their split, but the circus just rumbles on
Fine words on a filthy trade
- Kira Cochrane
- 04 October 2007
- 1 comment
Women who have been forced into prostitution, lured with the promise of jobs as waitresses and nannies ... what's really happening when buyers visit them is that they are being raped
