feminism

In show twenty-six, award-winning author Emilie Pine helps Tara to do a deep dive on periods. Tara and Emilie aren’t doctors, instead, they jump the chat off from Emilie’s essay Notes on Bleeding and Other Crimes from her bestseller Notes…

In show twenty-five, Tara wonders if she’s a feminist at all, she’s often so bad at it. There’s so much to take in and Tara, the eejit, hasn’t always been paying attention. What’s a feminist in the first place and how do you surf those…

“When you’re handed a challenge… why not try to make something beautiful?” Healing has been an important process for Ariana Grande. The catastrophic events at Manchester Arena in 2017 dealt a blow no twenty-five year old should ever have…

“Someone say psyche,” I said, one cold, blustery morning at the end of November. This wasn’t the most sane activity, given that I was alone on the side of the street. “Someone say psyche,” I repeated, loudly and more insistently as…

This week on Sparking Change, Dil talks to Mary Moynihan. Mary is the artistic director for Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company (more info here). Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company is a not-for-profit, human rights based…

This week on Sparking Change, Dil is joined by an extremely impressive group of women: Grace O'Sullivan, Melanie Lynch, Amy de Bhrún, Donna Gilligan and Eileen O'Sullivan. As it is a hundred years since women gained the right to vote in…

The National Women’s Council of Ireland recently called for the introduction of gender quotas in Irish local elections due to the fact that only 21% of the country’s 949 local councillors are female. In this argument, they pointed out that…

Nat Newman set herself the challenge of only reading women writers for a year. Here she talks about her experience and how it changed and enriched her reading habits for good. A few years ago, on this very site, I announced that I…

While it's terrific to see films like Lady Bird, Wonder Woman and to a lesser extent, Raw, get the acclaim they deserve, many other great films from female directors came out in 2017 to little or no fanfare. Is this due to sexism in the…

Smashing the Glass Ceiling, the Right to Work, and a new Name for the Children’s Hospital This week on Sparking Change we’re talking about some of the true-blue rebels in Irish history – Dr Kathleen Lynn, and Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington –…