The New Year’s resolution doesn’t have to be boring. We all know you won’t start working out or develop a new personality. I know I won’t. That’s why in 2024 I have resolved to steal someone else’s personality instead. My …
Arts & Culture
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Jayna Rohslau interviews Trinity MFA alum Nicole Flattery on Warhol, female competition, and why we shouldn’t be nostalgic for the past
Here they come now. Edie, Jane, Nico: how pretty their names look in the headlines. See them run now. See their time run out. Never mind fifteen minutes of materiality when the myth of Warhol’s Superstar lives on.
Nicole Flattery …
Final girls soundtrack
Seasoned finals veterans Ciara, Ciana and Jayna provide words of wisdom and listening recommendations
Days like these, we agonise over our exams all day and all night. Or at least we do in theory, but your editors will be the first to admit that it can be difficult to focus when the daylight hours …
How to avoid academic bibliophobia? Discussing the terminal effects of academic reading on a book nerds psyche
Eimear Feeney discusses the stresses of academic reading and how it can affect a genuine love for reading
Finals are approaching and it is the universal student experience to feel agitated over the amount of assignments that keep piling up. It can be even more difficult if you are running away from an activity you used to enjoy, …
A Lament for Shane MacGowan
Eoghan Conway raises a glass to the legacy of the revered musician
I don’t know if Shane MacGowan believed in a God. To be brutally honest, I’d say a God could hardly believe in Shane MacGowan—an intellectual, witty vagabond with the literary credentials of a Nobel laureate. Although Shane would recognise himself …
Campus couture is the anthem of success
Alice Caroll interprets our excessive buying, overconsumption and dying for the latest microtrend
College: the era of new beginnings and a new wardrobe, according to the phenomenon which is Fashion Soc’s Campus Couture (at least if you can afford the gentrified vintage shops).
As each new student takes their first step on campus, …
The Butterfly Garden of Icarus
Jayna Rohslau navigates her way through the poetics of the Icarus launch party
Romance is dead and we couldn’t care less. After all, his funeral is the party of the year. Icarus, the social butterfly among Trinity College’s publications, officiated this celebration. We may have encountered heartbreak, grief, and unpleasant commutes in the …
How to build a Hanok
Jayna Rohslau interprets the second issue release for Korean literary journal The Hanok Review assembled in collaboration with Korean Soc, Lit Soc and DU Languages
How to unlock the poetics of space: first, commence the battle between upstairs and downstairs. Upon entering the GMB, I was confronted with a host of nerds anxiously clutching wine glasses. Realising I had made an error, I naturally ran …
Translucent feelings
Jayna Rohslau speaks to author Yan Ge on writing her first short story collection in English, online stalking David Foster Wallace and the realities of being a foreigner in Dublin
While at Trinity, I have enjoyed my English classes while simultaneously being frustrated by a lack of nuance in racial discourse. Reading Langston Hughes, it turns out it is hard to be black. Reading Aphra Behn, it turns out it …
Summit View
Giorgia Carli surveys the intimidating process of publicising your art online
Trinity College has a striking effect on people’s creativity. It is not unusual to wander around campus and recognise faces from Spotify band accounts or the art profiles haunting the Suggested Section on Instagram. In this culturally active environment, promoting …