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Julia Molony: "Stop dating broke guys" " why women created the femosphere
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (341+ words) Alice, a former escort and sugar baby, promotes a self-developed dating strategy based on what she claims is her unique insight into male psychology. Backlash against liberal feminism has fed into a desire to get the most out of the…...
Letters: Ireland needs to take note of progressive jail reforms our neighbours have made
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (852+ words) Scotland plans to decrease its prison population, which is currently one of the highest per capita in Europe. England and Wales decreased their prison populations after Britain's Labour government came to power. Why isn't our Government following suit? Why are…...
Lorraine Courtney: Let's stop pretending outdated tradition of Women's Christmas is radical or feminist
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (327+ words) By the time Nollaig na m Ban rolls around each January, I usually learn about it the same way I learn about most things now: through an Instagram story from someone I went to school with, featuring a caption about…...
Polly Vernon: The first stage of saying you don't want kids is when everyone goes "You'll change your mind. T
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (527+ words) Polly Vernon (54) is an award-winning journalist and author, who lives in north London with her partner and her dog. I felt quite unpopular as a kid. I wonder if we all do? I was desperate to be popular and cool....
Catherine Prasifka: Toxic masculinity influencers like Andrew Tate promote an extreme form of misogyny that rebels against the gains of feminism
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (106+ words) We need to talk about men. It seems like everywhere you look, there is someone talking about the male loneliness epidemic, the crisis of masculinity or the incel movement. Degrading and violent sexual acts have become normalised " but what are…...
Russia in review: Julia Ioffe offers a feminist history on her Motherland while Alfred Carry is unconvincing on convicted spy Maria Butina
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (105+ words) In April 1990, Julia Ioffe left the Soviet Union for America. On her last day, the eight-year-old Muscovite received a note from her schoolteacher. "Don't forget," it read, "Russia will always be your Motherland." Julia Ioffe's fascination with her home nation…...
The feminist bomb that changed Irish theatre forever
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (429+ words) It's difficult for people who do not closely follow Irish theatre to see what a momentous change the #Waking'The Feminists campaign has made. In this year's Dublin Theatre Festival, the two prime slots, the Abbey and the Gate main stages,…...
Saoirse Hanley: I consider myself a feminist, so why did I roll my eyes when Lily Phillips said she met some of her best friends in the porn industry?
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (135+ words) Can porn ever be feminist? It's a question that has likely rattled around the brain of every person who is in any way involved in feminism in the past few years. We tie ourselves in knots by wondering whether or…...
Catherine Prasifka: Feminism has gone backwards, and being a woman on the internet in today's world is proof of this
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (151+ words) This may be the worst time in history to be a young woman on the internet. The internet of the 2010s was not a good place for women: there was body shaming, slut shaming, objectification and fetishisation. But teenagers today are…...
What is micro-feminism? How woman are staging tiny acts of resistance to challenge the status quo
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (118+ words) There's no denying the impact large-scale, female-driven movements like #Me Too can have in the global fight for gender equality. Making a significant dent in the patriarchy doesn't always have to involve grand gestures Micro-feminism refers to small acts of…...