Articles by Clare Burgess
Girls in the lead
Girlguides can offer girls a respite from pressure of gendered expectations. Clare Burgess offers her perspective as a late-joiner
Clare Burgess // 7 December 2009
Categories: Culture and Media, Family, Work and Play
Like Mother, Like Daughter?
Clare Burgess reviews this collection of short stories for children. Collected by Bel Mooney, the stories all focus on the concept of the mother-daughter relationship. But can this really be seen as a generic experience?
Clare Burgess // 4 December 2006
Categories: Books
Smelling of Roses?
Tampax present their scented tampons as 'natural', associating them with flowers. But Clare Burgess argues that advertising for menstrual products merely exploits and contributes to women's insecurities about periods and their bodies.
Clare Burgess // 11 September 2006
Categories: Products, Television
How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Got Wild And Got A Life
Clare Burgess reviews Kaavya Viswanathan's 'coming of age' story. Purporting to be about a teenage character finding herself, it is in fact is a rather predictable tale where the happy ending involves - guess what? - finding a boyfriend.
Clare Burgess // 29 May 2006
Categories: Books
