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Pravina Rudra

London

Opinion Editor and Writer at The i Paper

Opinion @theipaper . Words in @thetimes & other places, previously columnist & Comment Editor @newstatesman. Also, solo backpacking & (actually) ADHD

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  • Nov 12, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Pravina Rudra

    I should preface this by saying I’m not a broody kind of girl, or whatever the caricature of a 30-year-old woman is supposed to be these days (it’s hard to keep up, sometimes). I like newborns: their squidgy cheeks, and their instinctual need to curl their finger around that of even a stranger. But once they start talking and walking, my interest wanes. I dislike the way we patronise toddlers with baby babble, and the untruths we tell them.

  • Oct 24, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Pravina Rudra

    Instead of hearing a jovial Wes Streeting proposing Ozempic jabs for unemployed people with obesity (courtesy of pharmaceutical company Lilly) as he did last week, imagine the suggestion being made by a previous Tory health minister – say, Thérèse Coffey or Jeremy Hunt. Quite a different image, isn’t it? You might well get Angela Rayner accusing the Conservative Party of “jabbing the jobless”.

  • Oct 10, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Pravina Rudra

    At a birthday party last month, I found myself in the middle of a group of single young women aged around 30, all Labour or Green Party voters. They agreed, with only a trace of irony, that men should really be paying for dates. In that moment, I felt grossed out by what I perceived as hypocrisy. “How can we get equality if we expect guys to pay for things”, and all of that very basic, Feminism 101 stuff. In the weeks since, I’ve realised these women weren’t outliers.

  • Sep 26, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Pravina Rudra

    Going “no contact” is no longer just an aspiration for rugby players in their thirties. There are now support groups and books and whole movements built around the concept of cutting yourself off from difficult family. Millions of people watch TikTokkers who tell strangers to go “no contact”, and the Reddit forum r/EstrangedAdultChild has 43,000 members. It’s not just online either.

  • Sep 11, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Pravina Rudra

    What curses a marriage? Infidelity? Money worries? Nope – apparently it’s having your wedding featured in Vogue. On the back of a a TikTok series on the “cheerful Vogue wedding feature to quickie divorce pipeline,” the likes of The Times and Us Weekly started asking why everyone from Ariana Grande to Sophia Bush has been hit by “the Vogue wedding curse”.

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Pravina Rudra
Pravina Rudra @Pravina_R
27 Mar 25

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

Pravina Rudra
Pravina Rudra @Pravina_R
20 Mar 25

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.) https://t.co/Avx6WazmyZ

Pravina Rudra
Pravina Rudra @Pravina_R
17 Mar 25

RT @roryisconfused: The Bakerloo line has an inexplicable 70s in New York vibe to it…a certain tone…a louche scuzziness…Lou Reed, Televisio…