Charlotte Raven



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Full name: Charlotte Raven

Area of interest: Contemporary culture, popular culture, women's issues, current affairs

Journals: The Guardian

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Website: Guardian.co / Charlotte raven

Blog: Comment is free...

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Biography:
Education: Manchester University: BA English; Sussex University: MA Critical Theory

Career: Modern Review: contributor, then editor; The Guardian: columnist, regular column from 1999/2002

Current position/role: Occasional contributor


 * also writes/has written for: The Observer (feature writer), and contributed to The Face, Critical Quarterly, The Spectator and New Statesman

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Viewpoints/Insight: How I beat the dark - Little was wrong with Charlotte Raven's life except she couldn't stop crying. Then she faced her depression and began the long battle to conquer it - The Observer, 17th March 2002

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Controversy/Criticism: An article in The Guardian caused controversy in June 2001 with criticism of the mother of Jamie Bulger, see:
 * 1) Why the Bulger mourning marathon sickens me June 26, 2001
 * 2) 'City limits', The readers' editor on… Crossing the line between opinion and diatribe The Guardian, 30th June 2001
 * 3) Complaints flood in from 'whingeing Liverpudlians' The Daily Telegraph, June 2001

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Column remit: Contemporary culture, popular culture, women's issues, current affairs

Section: Comment

Role: Columnist

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Website: Guardian.co / Charlotte Raven

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Articles:

 * knows we all love a pussy cat'' - Peter Mandelson, the minister for everything, has let out his playful side to give politics a new Saturday-night appeal - 16th August 2009
 * Fair likes to sneer at the more downmarket celebrity magazines. But isn't it playing the same game?'' - 13th March 2008
 * never liked the consumer herd, so self-denial was made for me - if I could just resist the plasma TV'' - 31st January 2008
 * Why mistresses are still mattresses - The idea that loveless extramarital affairs and no-strings sex are empowering is nonsense - 6th January 2008
 * How my generation lost the plot - Charlotte Raven was an enlightened, progressive woman - until she had a baby. And she's not alone. How did conservative parenting sneak back into fashion? - 15th July 2006
 * For us romantics, Pop Idol was the last straw - The Guardian, 19th February 2002



Links:

 * New Statesman: articles (archive)
 * Wikipedia bio