Megan Cassidy looks at the second chapter female celebrities are claiming for themselves, this time on their own terms. By now you’ve probably been targeted with an Instagram ad for…
Jennifer McShane speaks to three women about voluntary childlessness What is it about turning thirty as a woman? A biological clock that may have been humming, undisturbed in the background can…
“This new discourse calls for the need to imagine a better future for Black people”: Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro examines the transformative power of Afrofuturism Afrofuturism presents Black individuals with the…
One in 10 employees in Ireland has experienced workplace bullying. Niamh O'Donoghue on spotting the signs and how to deal with it. It’s common knowledge that most leaders don't set out to…
Taylor Jenkins Reid is an American novelist best known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six Nina Riva woke up without even…
Employers’ attitudes to flexible working, gender equality in parenting, the division of childcare and housework between fathers and mothers; Linnea Dunne questions whether the past year has really changed anything…
Psychotherapist Sarah Crosby on toxic positivity and how the dark side of 'positive vibes only' can impact our wellbeing I remember the first time I read The Secret. The initial…
Kate Brennan Harding describes her experience of Galway’s rental market. I have managed to move around a lot in my life. Moving house is second nature to me, really. I…
Jenn Gannon examines the newly sinister nature of celebrity gossip. When Dakota Johnson impishly uttered “That’s not the truth, Ellen” it was unlikely that the actress thought she would be…
Our extract this week is Diving for Pearls by Jamie O'Connell... Prologue White. Two purring engines. Six round windows on each side. It flies, a sleek machine slicing through currents…
Three years after Repeal, Author of In her Shoes - Women of the Eighth Erin Darcy looks back on the campaign, and considers the power and the toll in sharing…
In this month's tarotscope Sarah Marie Griffin reflects on the swords, their petty bullshit and rowing on. I’ve written before about attending bimonthly – well, moon things, is what I call…
Silencers of the vulnerable, protectors of the powerful, enablers of predators; Dr. Julie Macfarlane on the immorality of Non-Disclosure Agreements and their presence in Irish society. What do the mothers…
Back of the line is a new series of stories, written by our columnist Senator Lynn Ruane, from the back of the line... "People who need support the most are…
Cassie Delaney investigates the Irish media industry and reveals a culture of sexism, assault and cover-up... Rome wasn’t built in a day. In fact, there was a period of over…
Haifa based writer khulud khamis describes what the last two weeks have been like for the Palestinians of her city, her fears of returning to the status quo, and hope…
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Yara Alagha on the situation in Palestine; the importance of language, Israeli settler colonialism and ways we can help the cause. For many families who returned to their homes in…
In the wake of the McGinley family’s tragedy, Sophie White writes about mental illness, stigma, motherhood and the real social change needed. Tw* this piece contains references to suicide. I…
