Setting off on my first university summer as a single woman, I decided that I was going to have a peaceful and healing summer, focusing on myself before heading on my Erasmus year. The past academic year was full of …
Working in Halls this summer was harder than it needed to be: conditions need to change
Working in Halls this summer was harder than it needed to be: conditions need to change
The author of this piece requested that it be published anonymously. These are not the opinions of Trinity News.
Working in Trinity Hall (Halls) this summer has been unpleasant; and I was not the only one who had concerns. Speaking …
My first-hand experience with transgender healthcare in Ireland
A trans student discusses what it is like to access gender-affirming medication through the HSE today
There are many issues with the Irish healthcare system which each contend for public attention, such as the need for secular free healthcare or the exploitation of junior hospital staff or nurses. Of course, these issues are of utmost importance …
Getting Checked
A visit to the gynecologist, and reflections on sexual and reproductive healthcare
I am not registered with a GP.
Somewhere in the haze of school to bigger school to university, one city and one country to another, I never did the paperwork. I was aware, as one is aware of things like …
Sunday Longread: I don’t know if I’m a victim
An anonymous writer shares their story of facing image-based sexual abuse
This article contains mentions of abuse, child abuse, and image-based sexual abuse
Normally when you text your ex, it’s when you’re inebriated or seeking some sort of closure. This case was different. I never wanted to speak to him again. …
Life after sexual assault
Relearning to love oneself after trauma is scary, but it doesn’t have to be done alone
This article contains discussion of sexual assault.
It was over a year after my assault that I finally had sex again. At first, it didn’t matter that I was in a loving relationship full of trust and goodness, both of …
“Recovery has given me more than I could ever have dreamed of”
A student shares their experience of being in recovery from addiction
This article includes detailed discussion of mental health, attempted suicide, drugs and alcohol, and sexual abuse.
I didn’t come into recovery because I wanted to. I came into recovery because I fucking had to. Writing this, I am nine months …
My abuser, a fellow Trinity student, took my college experience from me
I convinced myself I was a strong person weathering a storm with a complicated man
I met my ex-boyfriend in my first year at Trinity and we immediately clicked. If I had to think about everything I wanted and needed in a man, he was it. He was extremely intelligent, caring, he made me laugh …
That 4am feeling: what to do when the dark cloud creeps in
A student recounts the course of radical change they undertook to improve their mental health
It’s the dreaded 4 a.m. feeling – the time of the night when the hangover sets in. All the excitement of the night and your declarations of love to your friends, your partner, the random lad in the smoking area …
Op-ed: Postgraduate and “casual” teaching staff are taken for granted by Trinity
A Trinity TA opens up about about the precarity of being a teacher in an Irish university
Contrary to popular belief, teaching and lecturing at university by no means automatically guarantees secure employment, ample time to pursue research, and a cosy office in which to do it. Over the past decade or so, especially since the recession …