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
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"
Society
Drunk girls - it's no big deal
- 10 January 2008
- 8 comments
Over the years, alcohol has brought me many things, including headaches and embarrassment
Society
The last word on diets
- 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
Society
Why Sweden's not perfect, after all
- 15 November 2007
- 27 comments
The Swedes seem to slide effortlessly into first place - or thereabouts - in bloody everything worth prizing
Human Rights
Truths we must face up to
- 08 November 2007
- 1 comment
Kira Cochrane is outraged by the bullying of the disabled
Society
Divorced from reality
- 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
Society
Fine words on a filthy trade
- 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
Society
A choice too far
- 20 September 2007
- 7 comments
While we are naturally appalled by reports of female genital mutilation in other cultures, cosmetic vaginal surgeries continue in the UK and US
Society
The dark world of lads' mags
- 23 August 2007
- 4 comments
The worst crime of lad culture was it took old-fashioned chauvinism and served it up in the same format
International Politics
Nancy's wise counsel
- 09 August 2007
- 1 comment
We are entering the era of the political wife who hears all the criticism of herself and her actions - and goes ahead and acts anyway
