Votes speak louder than clicks
Dee Courtney asks students who support equal marriage rights for more than passive support.
Ice bucket haters should chill out
Liam Hunt tells us why we should not be swayed by the internet begrudgers, and instead keep dowsing ourselves with cold icy water.
Friends with better timelines
After a summer of long working hours, Eva Short casts a cold eye on social media and its everyday deceptions.
Queering the knot: marriage equality and the state
On the cusp of Ireland’s long-awaited referendum, Conor Scully interrogates what it would mean for the LGBT community to buy into the institution of marriage.
“Boobs on the ground”: how to non-apologise for sexism
Naoise Dolan uses the Fox News “boobs on the ground” gaffe as an example of how to deliver a non-apology for sexism.
In defence of Emma Watson’s UN speech
Orla McGinnity argues that the struggle for gender equality must not be a “battle of the sexes”
Educated to emigrate
Tom Healy discusses the problems that persist around youth employment and emigration
Whose feminism is it anyway?
In the aftermath of Emma Watson’s UN speech, Sally Rooney examines the soundbites about “man-hating”.
Misremembering a pointless war
Neil Warner challenges those who seek to paint the First World War as a noble conflict
Should I go to lectures? Definitely, maybe.
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Roisin McMackin shares her thoughts on tackling that age old question faced by new college students.
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