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Cherie Gilmour

Brisbane Times

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Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

previous day 8

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

previous day 9

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

previous day 9

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

I used to give out my phone number to any old shopkeeper. From now on, I’m playing hard to get.

12.01.2025 7

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship
12.01.2025 7

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

I used to give out my phone number to any old shopkeeper. From now on, I’m playing hard to get.

12.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship

No, retailers, you can’t have my number. We’re not in a relationship
12.01.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

On our next road trip, Bluey can babysit the kids for the whole 900km

Travelling interstate in a car with small children over the summer holidays is not for the faint-hearted, but some of us rise to the challenge....

27.12.2024 4

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

On our next road trip, Bluey can babysit the kids for the whole 900km

Travelling interstate in a car with small children over the summer holidays is not for the faint-hearted, but some of us rise to the challenge....

27.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

On our next road trip, Bluey can babysit the kids for the whole 900km

Travelling interstate in a car with small children over the summer holidays is not for the faint-hearted, but some of us rise to the challenge....

27.12.2024 4

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

On our next road trip, Bluey can babysit the kids for the whole 900km

Travelling interstate in a car with small children over the summer holidays is not for the faint-hearted, but some of us rise to the challenge....

27.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Sex merchants have hijacked Christmas. Does Santa really need to be ‘weirdly hot’?

As Mariah Carey once again defrosts to bring All I Want for Christmas is You into every shopping centre, there’s something else that’s warming...

19.12.2024 2

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Sex merchants have hijacked Christmas. Does Santa really need to be ‘weirdly hot’?

As Mariah Carey once again defrosts to bring All I Want for Christmas is You into every shopping centre, there’s something else that’s warming...

19.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

Sex merchants have hijacked Christmas. Does Santa really need to be ‘weirdly hot’?

As Mariah Carey once again defrosts to bring All I Want for Christmas is You into every shopping centre, there’s something else that’s warming...

19.12.2024 5

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Sex merchants have hijacked Christmas. Does Santa really need to be ‘weirdly hot’?

As Mariah Carey once again defrosts to bring All I Want for Christmas is You into every shopping centre, there’s something else that’s warming...

19.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Is our language going down the toilet? My word!

I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car,...

30.11.2024 3

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Is our language going down the toilet? My word!

I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car,...

30.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

Is our language going down the toilet? My word!

I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car,...

30.11.2024 5

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Is our language going down the toilet? My word!

I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car,...

30.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

My daughter’s new principal has a superpower. Now, what was his name?

At the end of my daughter’s first day of orientation for “big school”, the principal stands at the gate, saying goodbye to every child by name....

22.11.2024 4

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

My daughter’s new principal has a superpower. Now, what was his name?

At the end of my daughter’s first day of orientation for “big school”, the principal stands at the gate, saying goodbye to every child by name....

22.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

My daughter’s new principal has a superpower. Now, what was his name?

At the end of my daughter’s first day of orientation for “big school”, the principal stands at the gate, saying goodbye to every child by name....

22.11.2024 5

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

My daughter’s new principal has a superpower. Now, what was his name?

At the end of my daughter’s first day of orientation for “big school”, the principal stands at the gate, saying goodbye to every child by name....

22.11.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

At school, they advised me to become a vet. They were so wrong

In year 12, my exasperated careers adviser tried to cobble together ideas for me based on my stated interest, “animals” (because “the Mars...

24.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Trump may be a jerk, but not because he can’t twerk

I’m no fan of Donald Trump, but questioning his mental health on the grounds of dancing is a low blow. Kamala Harris threw shade at Trump this...

17.10.2024 3

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Trump may be a jerk, but not because he can’t twerk

I’m no fan of Donald Trump, but questioning his mental health on the grounds of dancing is a low blow. Kamala Harris threw shade at Trump this...

17.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

We haven’t reinvented the wheel, so why the toilet flusher?

I’m madly waving my hand up and down over a sensor-operated toilet flush panel, which isn’t registering my existence. I switch up the motion,...

03.10.2024 3

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

We haven’t reinvented the wheel, so why the toilet flusher?

I’m madly waving my hand up and down over a sensor-operated toilet flush panel, which isn’t registering my existence. I switch up the motion,...

03.10.2024 2

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

I’ve never sent a naked selfie. There’s no shame in a little shame

Yes, I see you looking at me in the change room at the pool, your mammaries doing the cha-cha as you dry what would be your short-and-curlies if...

30.08.2024 1

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

I’ve never sent a naked selfie. There’s no shame in a little shame

Yes, I see you looking at me in the change room at the pool, your mammaries doing the cha-cha as you dry what would be your short-and-curlies if...

30.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

A Very Hungry Caterpillar costume won’t turn your kid into a bookworm

Book Week rolls around again, and with it comes the predictable chorus of strung-out parents who have no time to read books themselves but are...

19.08.2024 1

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Now AI will soften our fury at call centre staff. Let’s rage against this machine

The Japanese company SoftBank is developing an “emotion-cancelling” filter called SoftVoice for call centre workers to screen out the...

04.08.2024 2

The Age

Cherie Gilmour