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Mental Health & 13 Reasons Why We Need To Do Better
Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why was released to mixed reactions. Many defend its bold take on suicide, depression and mental illness. Others have blamed it for the horrific suicide of their own children, claiming that despite the warnings of…
Why Feminism Ruined My Life
There is an expression in feminist circles that once you put on the 'violet tinted glasses' (or had your 'feminist awakening') there is no going back. You will not be able to enjoy popular culture, politics, sex, motherhood, relationships…
Theresa May Dreamed It Would Come to This
Theresa May dreamed it would come to this. With the foresight of the truly fretful politician, she invoked the mythic links between Toryism and Unionism in her speech on the day she became leader of her party and the unelected prime…
Confessions of an International Development Worker | Me and My Western Privilege
Much has been written in Irish media of late relating to questions of privilege, intersectionality and call out culture. We had Frankie Gaffney's opinion piece in The Irish Times, an open letter in response to this, the comments from left…
Red Smear | Why the Press Painted Corbyn as a Communist
On the 9th of June Jeremy Corbyn, a man with a face like a kindly, but worn old shoe, led the Labour party as it secured 262 seats in the British parliament. This successfully denied a majority to the Tories, the Slytherin House of the…
How the Language We Use Can Help Combat Men’s Violence Against Women
Violence against women is an area that is supported and tolerated in our culture in various ways - tiny reportage rates, even tinier conviction rates, stereotyping of both victim and perpetrator, massive difficulties in obtaining barring…
Great Comedy is Tragedy Plus Time: Donald Trump Beyond 100 Days
If not for Washington DC’s aged streets, Donald Trump’s inauguration could have been all the more bombastic. Allegedly, the leader of the free world wanted a military parade to mark his ascension, something that certainly would have marked…
The Paris Climate Agreement, Donald Trump, & his Quixotic Crusade to Turn Back Time
As confused reports came in of a mass shooting at a casino in Manila on Thursday evening, Melania Trump tweeted her condolences to those affected, and although I’m sure that she did so in good conscience, I couldn’t help but feel that she…
Ireland’s more progressive than the International media thinks – and not because of Leo…
Maybe it wouldn’t get under my skin so much if I’d watched in a different context. Maybe I’d shrug it off, laugh even, because I’m Irish and we are good at doing that. We have to be. We are not quite oppressed enough to Take Offence – after…
Political Distrust & Misinformation | How Ireland’s EU Treaty Debacles Anticipated Brexit
Months of procrastination on the part of the British political class finally came to an end on March 29th with the triggering of Article 50. It may seem redundant, if not outright pompous, to say Brexit could have been prevented nearly a…