Lynn Berger

Culture and Clichés correspondent at De Correspondent

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What is it like when people like you aren’t listened to? This author knows all about it

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Why grandparents are the ultimate essential workers

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Meet the parenting expert who thinks parenting is a terrible invention

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Once more, for feeling: why trying new things is overrated (and repetition is vital to society)

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Why the meaning of home has changed (now that we can’t leave the house)

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Who’s afraid of loneliness?

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You used to have hobbies. Now you have to have an obsession

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How we turned into batteries (and the economy forces us to recharge)

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As a feminist, I thought princesses were the worst. Then my daughter wanted to be one