International Womens Day 2018

Gleann Nimhe By Ellen Nic Thomás Gleann Nimhe Flaithis nimhniúl ag leá faoi chois, Ag scaoileadh domlais dhubh. Táim gafa le galar, tinneas tógálach, Feoil is craiceann ag lobhadh. A Thiarna, más ann…

To celebrate International Women's Day 2018, music editor Andrea Cleary hosts a special episode of the HeadStuff Podcast. Andrea chats feminism, pop music, and the Irish music scene with some of the journalists, musicians, DJ's and critics…

Poverty remains an issue of utterly singular importance in the lives of millions of people in America and across the globe. At this moment, by some accounts, there are five (5!) human beings on earth who own as much wealth as the poorer…

Throughout history, women have made incredible contributions to science, but have routinely and regularly been written out of history books, research papers, and awards applications. Women have also had to work at least twice as hard to…

3 Little Words By Sarah Richardson https://youtu.be/sB1csABEIhkhttp:// Submissions are open for all HeadStuff poetry categories, including Poem of The Week (Every Friday), Unbound (longer sequence of poems from a single…

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…

Swarm By Laura-Blaise McDowell I see him on a documentary about swarms. A scientist in the United States who has isolated the pheromone used by the Queen Bee to control her workers. He has bathed in it. He walks slowly…

On this International Women's Day 2018 we celebrate women who are making change and helping a community come together over food and sustenance within the inhumane system of Direct Provision (DP). Ellie Kisyombe has lived in Direct Provision…

Aching On Return By Eva Griffin Slow humming in my chest the size of a pinhole where the Little Skellig might fit as I ride backwards through Mallow pulling away from the edge over and over, further still from the…

Nightmare By Rachel Sobylya A crustacean carousel spins and I cannot dismount a hideous lobster and mother has abandoned me and I am screaming. I wake alone and it is the first time since he left and I…