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Why K-Pop Fans Were Perfectly Primed for the Revolution
These last few weeks have seen widespread protests across the US in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In addition to and in response to the protests, many people have come together online to stand in solidarity…
Communal Grounds | Why We Cannot Be Without Coffee Shops Post-Covid
A few weeks ago, Twitter’s algorithm showed me one of the most circulated recipes of the lockdown. It’s a coffee recipe, made with instant coffee grounds, sugar, hot water and milk. If you spend time on social media, you’ve almost certainly…
Notes from the Quarantine | Reflecting on a new way of living
COVID-19 has imposed a new way of living on many of us. With necessary restrictions on movement at a national and international level, normality is on temporarily hold and our pace of life reduced to a crawl.
While unlike other disasters…
Why Are We Having Less Sex?
Sex is important. Not because its fun but to put it mildly, it keeps us going. The past few years have revealed trends that should cause concern. The #MeToo movement has been an incredibly publicised movement which has changed perceptions…
“If You Don’t Have Doubts, You Should Give up Being an Artist”
Before we had the COVID-19 pandemic and the career of an artist became even more precarious, I spoke to artists from three different disciplines for an episode of Overinformed to ask what it took for them to get where they are today. I…
Where is My Home? | The Housing Crisis, Homelessness & Co-Living
Our housing crisis and homelessness crisis has dominated Irish political discourse for the second half of the 2010s. It was perhaps the defining feature of the 2020 general election which itself redefined the Irish political landscape, or…
Why Are We so Afraid to Be Bored That We Would Electrocute Ourselves?
Perhaps you might be switching between boredom and panic at the moment. You probably can guest why you are bored at the moment. Your home can only be homely for so long before it becomes a prison and we are finding out how long that is.…
Political Correctness is Not as New as You Might Think
Is there a phrase more of our time than political correctness? In an age where fake news and the truth is something that people are taking or leaving, where diversity is somehow considered a threat and being “a straight-talker” seems to…
The Burden of Opportunity | Are Millennials Spoiled For Choice?
It’s a tricky time. Being in your 20-30s' that is. It’s a time when you define the rest of your life, hopefully. Of course having to redefine yourself is always a possibility, no matter your age. So what is the experience of 20-30 year olds…
The Zone | Why we fear the concept of comfort
For a long time I was blissfully unaware of any such thing as a specific ‘zone’. Like generations before me, I survived. Obviously not in an optimal way; why else would this ubiquitous term enjoy such prominence in our culture now?…