No one is more cynical than I am about the hardships of life as a woman. I understand how tempting it is to look at the oppression, exclusion, discrimination, and subjugation that still characterise women’s lives today and draw pessimistic …
Cat Grogan is the Deputy Life Editor at Trinity News. She previously served as Deputy Sex & Relationships Editor. She is currently in her Senior Sophister year studying Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Sociology.
“On my deathbed, I will go back to nights like that”
Cat Grogan talks to Dublin band Le Boom about touring, writing, and plans for the future
Le Boom performs for the crowd but their love for music is no performance. “If ye weren’t here, we’d be doing this ourselves anyway,” are the words spoken to the audience by frontman Christy between sets at their December gig …
Calling for an End to the Female Body as a Trend
Cat Grogan scrutinises the fickle trends that society imposes on the female body and the detrimental ramifications that these trends have on women’s lives
Picture this: a newborn baby girl lies before you. It is your job to tell her the truth: that the world she has been born into will evaluate her worth according to the shape of her body and the extent …
So you think you can DJ (here’s how you can)
Elisa Eckstein and Catherine Grogan chat to DUDJ committee members Sahana Sridharr and Puzzy Wrangler’s Ashling O’Connor
As we look forward to a dynamic change in Dublin nightlife, it’s important to recognise those who have been trying to keep this culture alive over the past few years. Bringing new tracks and sounds into everyone’s night out, DJs …
Philia – the highest form of love
The Sex and Relationships team discuss what friendship means to them
Philia, according to Ria
The word Philia (ϕιλία), like many other great concepts, comes from the Greeks. It is translated as the love that’s seen in friendship. Quite often in scholarly works philia is considered to be the highest form …
Agony Aunts: Trinity College Dublin Edition
The Sex and Relationships team tackle the questions plaguing the minds of students
Q: I don’t know if there’s anything more between me and a friend, or if they just see me as a friend.
Ria: For me, not knowing whether or not something more exists is scary. I regret every situation …
The past, present and future of TCDSU
The 2021/22 sabbatical team reflects on their term in office
Emerging from the wake of Covid-19, this year’s Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) undoubtedly faced additional challenges and responsibilities in representing Trinity College’s student body. As the year draws to a close, Trinity News considers the TCDSU Sabbatical team’s …
Reopening the Pav
From the staff behind the counter to the students on the floor, everyone has something to say on the iconic student bar’s reopening
The Pavillion Bar, known affectionately as the Pav, finally reopened its doors this semester for the first time since they were forced closed by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the new addition of the temporary Pav marquee, the campus bar may …