“You could all be in a pub right now,” Amanda Palmer marveled at the assembled crowd. We were notably a largely female, largely queer-presenting group in one of the smaller rooms at the RDS. It was lined with shelves of … Continue reading No Shame with Palmer & Penny Marking the referendum results with feminist discourse
Friday 25th of May 2018 was the day we made history. When the results came in, my mum said that she is thankful my sisters and I, and our future children, will grow up in a completely different Ireland to … Continue reading 25th May 2018: The Day We Made History It was the biggest F You to all those involved in the suppression of women in the centuries gone by.
“Don’t judge a book by its cover”, they said. After reading through Repeal the 8th, the anthology recently edited by Una Mullally and published by Unbound, one is left to wonder: if the title of the book were not one … Continue reading Required Referendum Reading Considering Una Mullally’s Repeal the 8th as “too political”… [is an] unfair and dangerous misreading of this important and touching anthology.