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It’s been a month since we last met to discuss all things that go mort in the night. In that time Hollywood has been cancelled, Hurricane Ophelia wiped out Ireland’s off licences, Gemma Collins fell off a stage, Simon Cowell fell down…

I recently read an article about the toll of emotional labour on women in relationships. It’s a great read and I’d recommend it to anyone. The topic, of course, got me careening down the rabbit hole that is the Internet, and I stumbled upon…

It’s half five on a Wednesday evening and I’m lounging on the couch - half watching Pointless, half texting a friend. We haven’t caught up in a while and among the pleasantries and Netflix tips, we get talking about the Harvey Weinstein…

Yeah, that's what I'm going through right now - the post graduate blues. It seems like everyone else is breezing right past you. You log onto Facebook and see all your friends with job offers and you're still on the dole. Or maybe you're…

In May of 2016, the breezy, indie rock troupe Real Estate announced that one of their founding members, Matt Mondanile, would be departing from the band. At the time, an official statement had implied the somewhat surprising departure was…

Nearly two weeks ago, Dil Wickremasinghe’s show Global Village was canceled after a decade on the air. To say it was a shock to the radio presenter and her listeners would be an understatement. In her statement on Twitter, Dil described…

"Nice guys." We all know one. Whether it’s in a movie or a TV show, the Hollywood trope of the “loveable nerd” that eventually gets the girl - or at least a rewarding favor from her - never seems to go away. While most popular in the…

Inspiration arrives from the strangest sources, the most unlikely places. I usually have something mindless on television in the background while I write now that I live alone.   On an episode of the sitcom Bewitched, I heard the words,…

Follow Aoife’s Transition Diary from the start here. You wake up minutes before the alarm goes off. You’ve had a restless night, tossing and turning. Your anxiety about today had, as it always does, spilled over to your sleep. You…

I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write about women’s rights for this recap. Like, I really tried not to. I lit a candle for the White House WiFi connection to drop and give us all a break from Trump’s tweets. I turned off my Google alerts…