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Kira Cochrane

Kira Cochrane

Kira Cochrane is the women's editor for the Guardian and writes a regular column in the New Statesman.

Articles by Kira Cochrane

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And it's goodbye to all that . . .

  • 03 July 2008
  • 1 comment

I didn't want my boyfriend to glance into the study one day to find a pile of ash beside smouldering cowboy boots

Are gender stereotypes boring?

  • 19 June 2008
  • 3 comments

Suggestions one sex is more intelligent, witty, sympathetic, moral or interesting than the other do tend to be objectionable

Retrosexual, or just misogynist?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 08 May 2008

While the older generation bears the brunt of pernicious ageism, a fear of being considered old infects society as a whole

The "sweetie" problem

  • 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

  • 27 March 2008
  • 1 comment

My cat never bothers me with her suspicions about her cheating boyfriend

Your library: use it or lose it

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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"

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