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Cherie Gilmour

Brisbane Times

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The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

thursday 7

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

thursday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

thursday 8

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

thursday 10

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

26.03.2025 3

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

26.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

26.03.2025 6

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

26.03.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

I’ve always been tired, but now I know why. My fitness tracker tells me.

17.03.2025 4

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

I’ve always been tired, but now I know why. My fitness tracker tells me.

17.03.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

I’ve always been tired, but now I know why. My fitness tracker tells me.

17.03.2025 4

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

Stairway to hell: How the fitness tracker ruins my life

I’ve always been tired, but now I know why. My fitness tracker tells me.

17.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

02.03.2025 7

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

02.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

02.03.2025 6

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

Here’s my truth: I’m sick of other people’s ‘truths’

Spare me the psychobabble. None of us own the truth. It’s not something we can sculpt to suit our personal preferences.

02.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

Closing the gender gap’s a real pain. Period

Medical misogyny is real, but a campaign about women’s pain – if that’s what it is – sponsored by a painkiller company seems patronising and...

09.02.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

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.

22.01.2025 8

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour

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.

22.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cherie Gilmour

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.

22.01.2025 9

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

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.

22.01.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Cherie Gilmour

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

12.01.2025 7

The Age

Cherie Gilmour

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

12.01.2025 10

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 up....

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 up....

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 up....

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 up....

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 10

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 4

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 10

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 6

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 10

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 4

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 vending...

24.10.2024 4

WA Today

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 vending...

24.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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 vending...

24.10.2024 2

The Age

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 vending...

24.10.2024 3

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 week...

17.10.2024 10

WA Today

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 week...

17.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

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 week...

17.10.2024 10

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 week...

17.10.2024 10

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 10

WA Today

Cherie Gilmour