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Greater accessibility of technology has created an interesting digital landscape. We each have the ability to connect with more people from around the planet than ever before. Our engagements with a diverse range of people always hold the…

There used to be flyers hanging in UCD’s arts block that read ‘Drinking is not a crime. Rape is.’ The words screamed from the page, white on red background, beside an image of an unconscious woman with makeup smeared across her face.…

Dear Niamh, I am not one for writing open letters to journalists but here I am in reference to your piece “Count the shades of grey between seduction and violation.” 1. First, make sure you know the definitions of what you are talking…

I am 12 years old buying sweets in the local newsagent with my two friends. A man, older, maybe 50, in the queue behind us grazes his hand off my back and leaves it there with gentle pressure. Like it's an accident but too certain of itself…

I’ve always been notoriously unlucky. School raffles never led to prizes, Murphy’s Law was a good friend of mine, and the odds were never in my favour. It was only when I came to college that things seemed to change. Suddenly, I was the…

We’ve probably all heard about #UCD200. A group of male university students allegedly engaging in revenge porn. A secret Facebook page dedicated to sharing explicit pictures of women they may have had sex with. An official inquiry into the…

Last month, the Independent published an article that boasted the title 'Young, well educated - and permanently offended.' It would be monumentally ironic if I were to say that I was offended by this article. I was not. I was, however,…