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The Art of Persuasion | Inside Repeal’s Artistic Influence
Beneath a few layers of blue paint on the wall of Dublin’s Project Arts Centre is a 14 foot red heart. The words “repeal the 8th” are strewn across it in white, and were visible to all who walked by the building until the day they were…
Scarlet Recap #1 | George Hook, Kerry Bat, & Renting in Dublin
“I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
That scarlet is all around me
So I watch the morto grow
It's written on the wind
It's everywhere I go
So if you’re really scarlet
Come on and let it show.”
It’s 2017 and it’s…
Let’s Be Unambiguous, There’s No Middle Ground To Sexual Violence
I started watching a Netflix Original series called Easy last week. It’s self-described as an “anthology that follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture” - each of the 8 stories in the…
My Transition Diary #2 | Trans People Can’t Just Be
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My Transition Diary #2 | Trans People Can't Just Be
Why can’t trans people just be? This is a question I often ask myself. Cis people are just themselves. They aren’t aware that…
How Big Data Is Changing the Tech Industry
Big data has become a common buzzword when discussing the rising ubiquity of technology in our day-to-day lives. Some sources now describe data as a commodity worth more than oil, so it is not hard to see how important it is as a resource…
Face Value | Behind Ticket Touting and the Guys Who Do It
Tickets are funny things, as things go. They’re a luxury item, yet not really items in and of themselves; tickets are more the promise of a good memory. At least that is what we were taught during my training and induction into an online…
The Unexpected Benefits of Giving a Shit About Other People
Current events coming out of the United States and beyond are almost unbelievable. Across the world, people are treating each other like, well, shit and it seems as though there’s no way to change it. And, even if you wanted to, it would be…
Mind Games: Learning About Science With Board Games
From Trivial Pursuit to Monopoly, classic board games are not just fun and social but also present an opportunity to develop critical thinking and cognitive skills as players plot their next move or work out a gameplay strategy. But what if…
A Customer Complaint to The Man Factory™
Dear customer services dept,
I am writing to you to return a parcel that you sent out to me recently. I hope that by writing to you I can clarify my situation and you’ll understand where I am coming from this time. Despite my many…
Instagram & the Cult of the Body Image Hashtag
#fitspiration #cleaneating #strongnotskinny #transformationtuesday
If you’re on Instagram, these phrases are instantly familiar, conjuring up images of mostly attractive girls, phones pointed at a mirror, baring an exquisitely toned…