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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
It’s not all that easy becoming a mother, being a feminist. When a vulnerable little baby who must be cared for 24/7 comes into the world and only one of two parents has a pair of tits, the meaning of the word equality is redefined. [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
Calm down, dear. David Cameron was undeniably patronising towards female MP Angela Eagle, but there’s more to that phrase than just superiority and arrogance. I’ve done a lot of thinking lately about my own tone, particularly on online platforms like Twitter, wondering if I should [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
When you start preparing for welcoming a baby into your life, one thing is likely to get very obvious very quickly: you are a marketeer’s dream. Countless are the things an expectant parent simply must buy: from prams and cots to breast pads and nappies. [...]
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Saturday, November 17th, 2012
I don’t quite know what to say about Savita’s death. I’m lost for words, but I have to say something, because silence is acceptance, and acceptance is condonation. I wrote, fuelled by anger and frustration, about the Irish abortion laws a while ago, and I [...]
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
‘Pretty in pink’ and ‘Cool dudes in blue’ read two of the three headlines in my first ever mailout from Mamas & Papas. High on excitement about becoming a parent, I had somehow gone and allowed myself to hope that it wouldn’t be like this, [...]
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
When stand-up comedian Eleanor Tiernan wrote about sexism against men, it was welcomed as interesting and refreshing, as a new perspective. Enough of all this nagging about sexism against women: here’s a different take on things. Maybe because it’s “a bit subtle” or “easy to [...]
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Saturday, July 7th, 2012
I have just watched the video attached to this Guardian article about the increase in Irish women seeking help for abortions abroad, and I am beyond myself with anger, frustration and disbelief. I know that this is what happens in Ireland; I know that it’s [...]
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Monday, June 25th, 2012
There’s a debate on twitter at the moment around the hashtag #havingitall: about the women who want to have it all, and about whether or not they can.
It’s funny how the having-it-all discussion gets stuck at greedy, career-hungry women who are stupid enough to [...]
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
The mothers of my two best friends when I was around ten were very different from mine. They looked a lot older than my mother, and they always had cakes and home-made buns in the house. I didn’t really know what their jobs were, if [...]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
People are talking about a Capitalism 4.0. Capitalism must change for the better, they say, and become more responsible. The financial crisis that started in 2008 has demonstrated that very clearly.
I don’t know much about macroeconomics, but I find this whole discussion almost as disappointing [...]
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