Helen Coffey

London

Senior Features Writer at The Independent

Senior features writer for @IndyLife/@Independent. Ex-travel editor. #flightfree travel book Zero Altitude out now with @flint_books. Repped by @northbanktalent

Articles

Katie Piper is right, ageing as a woman is like a bereavement – but most of us are stuck in the denial phase of grief

1 day ago | msn.com | Helen Coffey

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Katie Piper is right, ageing as a woman is like a bereavement – but most of us are stuck in the denial phase of grief

2 days ago | msn.com | Helen Coffey

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Katie Piper’s right, ageing as a woman is like a bereavement - but most of us are stuck in the denial phase of grief

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Helen Coffey

The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission. In focusThe presenter and campaigner has said that women have to come to terms with ‘ageing out of the male gaze’. But that’s becoming increasingly difficult in a world shaped by female celebrities who point-blank refuse to get any older, writes Helen Coffey Age is just a number”, goes the old adage.
Get off Feeld if you’re ‘vanilla’ - it’s not for you and that’s OK

3 days ago | independent.co.uk | Helen Coffey

The Independent's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn commission. CommentThe sex-positive app has seen a huge boost to user numbers – but many of them are ‘tourists’ looking for vicarious thrills. Helen Coffey argues that we should swerve the kink-spotting safari and stay in our dating lanePlease don’t judge me, but I have a very specific kink.
Miranda is the only thing that can save And Just Like That from utter tedium

6 days ago | msn.com | Helen Coffey

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Miranda is the only thing that can save And Just Like That from utter tedium

6 days ago | independent.co.uk | Helen Coffey

commentCynthia Nixon’s red-haired go-getter was always the best thing about the original ‘Sex and the City’.
Miranda is the only thing that can save And Just Like That from utter tedium

6 days ago | aol.com | Helen Coffey

Are you a Carrie, a Miranda, a Samantha or a Charlotte?”Circa 2002, this question was as ubiquitous as asking someone their star sign – the ultimate shortcut to defining what kind of woman you were (there being only four known “genres” of women at the time). For millennials, the answer said as much about you as your Hogwarts house or whether you preferred Ryan or Seth from The OC (Ravenclaw and Seth, in case you were wondering).
Gisele Pelicot’s daughter says mother ‘would die’ before acknowledging she was victim of rapist father too

6 days ago | independent.ie | Helen Coffey

Gisele Pelicot’s daughter says mother ‘would die’ before acknowledging she was victim of rapist father tooCaroline Darian arrives in the Avignon courthouse, southern France in December. Photo: Lewis Joly/APCaroline Darian, the daughter of French serial rape victim Gisèle Pelicot, says she thinks her mother would “die” if she acknowledged that her daughter was also a potential victim of Dominique Pelicot.
Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter claims her and her mother no longer speak

6 days ago | msn.com | Helen Coffey

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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter claims her and her mother no longer speak

6 days ago | msn.com | Helen Coffey

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