Pravina Rudra
@Pravina_R
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Opinion @theipaper . Words in @thetimes & other places, previously columnist & Comment Editor @newstatesman. Also, solo backpacking, ADHD
London via EsSIX
Joined November 2015
I wrote about Charlotte Proudman: Platitudes which make you want to slow clap & comments about "white men" which expose her own entitlement. The problem with being a parody is that even when you do make a valid point, you can’t be taken seriously. https://t.co/vEs2OYRDq8
newstatesman.com
The “Feminist Barrister’s” entitled sensationalism detracts from her causes.
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I wrote about bad therapy - Instagram "self-care" and Chat GPT sycophancy encourages us to coddle our resources at the cost of other people's & be selfish. And how not all therapists are created equal - anyone can call themselves a therapist or counsellor
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From ChatGPT to Instagram 'self-care' – cowboy therapists are making us selfish
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Speaking about this to Ben Kentish at 11 tonight on @LBC
My column on how saying Bonnie Blue is the end result of feminism or sex positivity is absurd - she’s the endpoint of capitalism. She pretends to be about female pleasure instead of profit. When she says her kink is gangbangs, she means it’s her cash cow
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My column on how saying Bonnie Blue is the end result of feminism or sex positivity is absurd - she’s the endpoint of capitalism. She pretends to be about female pleasure instead of profit. When she says her kink is gangbangs, she means it’s her cash cow
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She pretends to be about female pleasure - but she's really about profit
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My column on whether our desperation to critique Sabrina Carpenter and Blake Lively is because they're hot and blonde. And the weird phenomenon of the right loving blondes (Sydney Sweeney, Fox News hosts), and the left dismissing them as bimbos as a result
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Our desperation to critique women like Sydney Sweeney smells of something
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I wrote about how my dry humour never lands, and people just think I’m stupid or sexist, racist etc. Particularly when they don’t know me, in dating. And of course the last thing a dry-humoured person wants to do is explain their joke @theipaper
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In dating my dry humour never lands - and people just think I'm stupid
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I wrote about why despite being the children of divorce, millennials shouldn't be scared of marriage. We settle down later (once we've had our flings) & know how to work on our issues. Men are more aware of sharing physical & emotional workload at home https://t.co/nsRJk6faua
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We’re far more open about expectations and have flings to get things out of our system before we settle down
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Wrote about how the West has been sold the idea that depending on others is unhealthy (self-care, self-help, self-actualisation), but we crave belonging to something bigger. No coincidence these new religions are called cults -whether CrossFit or tag rugby https://t.co/mI8WW6hZ8r
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Rampant individualism and the decline of religion has made Britain unhappy - we're desperate to belong to something
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Wrote about why true Britishness is pretending nothing's happened when someone's being wacky in public, nul points, boasting about how crap your hometown is etc.Farage (owns 20 Union Jack socks) doesn't realise real pride in Britain is quiet & self-assured
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Politicians want more Union Jack - but we prefer nul points and boasting about our “Crap Towns”
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Religion always seems to come up with such weird and yet oddly uniform ways of undermining women
My column asking why we're so desperate to defend the idea that religion can be feminist. As someone who was once religious, feel we perform considerable mental acrobatics to suggest that the Pope stood up for women, or that the hijab is a feminist choice https://t.co/8hkDvsN0np
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My column asking why we're so desperate to defend the idea that religion can be feminist. As someone who was once religious, feel we perform considerable mental acrobatics to suggest that the Pope stood up for women, or that the hijab is a feminist choice https://t.co/8hkDvsN0np
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It requires mental acrobatics to suggest the Pope - or any religion - has advanced the cause of women
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Did the…did the bunny really need to be there for that.
US President Donald J. Trump orders flags on all federal buildings, including the White House, to be flown at half-mast in memory of His Holiness Pope Francis.
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I wrote about how we romanticise poverty but in reality economic insecurity hardens us (cf. Trump's election). The real question is why rich people can be so unkind: think Jeff Bezos launching his fiancé into space while Amazon workers urinate into bottles
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A study shows people from a higher economic class are more likely to donate, volunteer and display other forms of kindness
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My column asking why we love mocking mums - from Reels to Mumsnet. Dads are rarely parodied (except 👍) - there's less to go off because he's around less and shows himself less. Mum, meanwhile, is punished for ways she puts herself out there for her kids
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When people depict the ridiculousness of gentle parenting online, they rarely show dads
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I wrote about how the ick was my biggest problem in dating and how I overcame it (you can control it). Also: if so many female icks relate to men being vulnerable and having a go - is it any wonder young men are so confused about how to be a man today? https://t.co/fYKHw8K7tJ
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You can control whether you get the ick - don't believe Instagram Reels
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My column on why Liz Truss's decades-old affair isn't a reason to diss her. And on how unfaithful men in politics portray themselves as gallant blokes led astray by sirens - while women in politics are primarily sexual ("Legs-It!", Charlotte Owens etc.)
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Few women in politics would dare write such a piece about their sexual history
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The Bakerloo line has an inexplicable 70s in New York vibe to it…a certain tone…a louche scuzziness…Lou Reed, Television…a young Julian Casablancas would have looked at the interior of a Bakerloo line tube and gone “yes, yes this is exactly what I mean”…
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Wrote about why dating might not be as bad as women think. I myself have been guilty of distorting its reality, as do things like BeamMeUpSoftboi & it being unfashionable to say dating is going OK. Also dating sucks for men too-they just talk about it less
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We're distorting the reality of trying to find love
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Talking about my love for Bridget Jones on this documentary - at 8.30pm on Channel 5
She is the icon, she is the moment 🫶 What's your ultimate Bridget moment? 🤔 📺 We Love Bridget Jones: All The Laughter & More, Saturday 15th February 8.30pm #BridgetJones
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