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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Society
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
Politics
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
Society
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
Society
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
Society
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
Society
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
Society
Pets? I should Coco
- 27 March 2008
- 1 comment
My cat never bothers me with her suspicions about her cheating boyfriend
Society
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
UK Politics
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
Society
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"
