Cherie Gilmour
Cherie Gilmour is a freelance writer.
Opinion
Feminism
I’ve never sent a naked selfie. There’s no shame in a little shame
That we use “prude” as a derogatory term should show us the implicit pressure we put on others to embrace nudity and sexuality.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Literature
A Very Hungry Caterpillar costume won’t turn your kid into a bookworm
Book Week is upon us once again but if you want your child to embrace the joys of literature, don’t delude yourself with convenient fictions.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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AI
Now AI will soften our fury at call centre staff. Let’s rage against this machine
Don’t gag us just because we complain. We’re justifiably angry.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Psychology
The only life coaches I’d hire are long dead or too busy
It seems you can’t swing a cat without hitting a life coach these days. They’re everywhere, jacked up on positivity and self-love.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Dating
What I learnt from watching the Ashley Madison doco with my husband
Dating is surely something that should remain solidly human, but AI is shifting the ground rules.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Pop culture
There’s a word for this new snowflake version of Scrabble. Do I need to spell it out?
Some devotees have slammed Scrabble’s update as unforgivable. If it gets younger players off their phones, it could be worth it.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Parenting
I’m teaching my child not to have a best friend
We’re obsessed with friendship bust-ups, but it is possible to avoid the worst of the pain with a less exclusive approach?
- by Cherie Gilmour
A new book about Bridget Jones, but not that Bridget Jones
A librarian named after the famed unlucky-in-love heroine shares her namesake’s misfortune in a new novel.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Parenting
Sorry Frozen, but it’s time children let it go once and for all
I know I’m treading on thin ice here, but it’s been a decade since Disney released its tale of Elsa. Can children please find something new to love?
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Parenting
I demand my kids hug their grandparents. Am I a bad mother?
Hugging the grandparents seems like a small hill to die on, but for me, it represents a much broader pattern of teaching kids important lessons they seem to be losing.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Disability royal commission
After 14 years, I left the disability sector. Money alone can’t fix its problems
Throwing money at problems is what we do as a society. But sometimes in doing so, we fail to diagnose the underlying conditions that have created the problems in the first place.
- by Cherie Gilmour
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