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Some conversations are harder than others. We put them off all the time - awkward ones, difficult ones, uncomfortable ones, ones we just don’t know enough about to partake in. But sometimes, certain conversations are necessary. We need to…

Hey extroverts - whisht! Quiet down there, simmer down now a minute and I'll tell you. If you’re not the loud, assertive, life-of-the-party type then there’s something amiss with you, isn’t there? Course there is. ‘What’s wrong with you,…

In the wake of Women’s Marches and so many other amazing feminist events taking place around the world, there has been a surprising amount of anti-feminism backlash. Why would a woman not want to be a feminist? According to this article…

It’s my last weekly column for HeadStuff. I said goodbye last week because for this last one, I want to leave you with some thoughts and homework, if you’re up for it. You’ve guessed it, it’s about the 8th amendment. I’ve said a lot of this…

This month marked my return home after a few years abroad, and as the absent one does when the change of job gives them a bit of breathing space, I spent some time with my mother. It’s hard to situate oneself on the class spectrum, because…

Last Sunday crowds of up to 20,000 ascended Croagh Patrick as part of the annual pilgrimage. Reek Sunday, as it is known, is primarily referred to as a Roman Catholic event in a custom reaching back to the Celtic pagan harvest feast of…

I always get a bit wary when something is called ‘the ultimate’: rollercoasters, fighters, burgers. It literally means ‘the last’, and so I’d be happier with a slightly substandard rollercoaster/ fighter/ burger if it meant I got to…

From a women only screening of Wonder Woman to a women only music festival, public events that cater to an exclusively woman identified audience have gotten much attention of late. News of these events is usually accompanied by indignant…

In late August 2016 two Irish women live tweeted their journey to the UK to have an abortion. The hashtag ‘#TwoWomenTravel’ dominated Twitter for two days, as users watched the anonymous women document their experience in real time amidst…

"The French are assholes." This is a lie. The French are not assholes, they’re just… Coconuts. Let me explain. While working in Paris a few years ago, teaching English to Air France employees, I attended a workshop for said employees. It…