An Open Letter to my Ex
for some audiences, watching this year’s Love Island has been quite triggering and has provoked one of our writers to write ‘An Open Letter to My Ex’, detailing the impact and experience of being gaslit by a partner. original artwork by Imogen Bristow.
Women Appear: Searching for Self
Katie Buckley’s first instalment in a trilogy explores the performative nature of female selfhood.
Girls at Gigs: Why Kathleen Hanna's 'All Girls to the Front' Mentality is Still Needed Today
Chloé McMinn looks at how the musical movement ‘Riot Grrrl’ foregrounded safety for women at concerts and why that mentality should be applied at all gigs.
inclusion riders: the key to diversity in modern cinema
Hettie McIntyre shares an article this week discussing the complexities of representation in modern cinema and how inclusion riders can change what we see on-screen.
Period Pains
Sally Mac’s poem explores menstrual pains as a reflection on society as a whole.
NOW: jenny saville
Erin Laidlaw’s review of Jenny Saville’s female nudes at Edinburgh’s Modern Art One.
a personal response to ireland’s decision to #repealtheeighth
Our anonymous author discusses her own experiences with the NHS’s discrete and caring abortion system, and how she is not ashamed to celebrate the right she exercised to take control of her future.
of ireland: why it was vital to repeal the eighth amendment
Emily O’Dowd talks about her experiences of being a woman in Ireland before, during, and after the campaign to repeal the eighth.
my pubes, feminism, and societal pressures
Bindu Devereux reflects on her person relationship with beauty ideals and pubic hair as an example of modern societal pressures.
countess markievicz and female legacy
Fionnuala O’Toole explores how we think about female leaders in politics, using the life of Countess Markievicz to illustrate her own personal view.