Combine chalk and passion and beautiful things can result. I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with the founding members of EmpowerHer*Voice Dublin, Esme, Sully, Kitty and Niamh, about how they use chalk to instil change on the …
Sexism
Women in the workplace
Una Power, Nadia Reeves Long and Vickey Curtis discuss gender quotas, female participation and gender bias in the workplace at an event co-hosted by two Trinity students
International Women’s Week continued with its slogan #BeBoldForChange with an event co-hosted by two individual students, Aislinn Brennan and Estelle Reeves Long, breaking the trend of a society-dominated week. More of an informal panel discussion in comparison to other events, …
The Repeal campaign is not without its flaws
“As a woman, I have strong opinions regarding the 8th Amendment, as it is an inherently sexist piece of legislation as it stands. However, also as a woman, I have strong and negative opinions on certain aspects of the campaign.”
The Repeal the 8th movement has recently brought the issue of abortion to the fore of Irish life. While the right to choose to have an abortion seems fundamental, there is a danger that repealing the 8th Amendment will be …
Have we forgotten what is it to show respect?
A woman never deserves to be attacked, so why is Kim Kardashian West being shamed?
On Sunday night, while staying in a rented apartment in Paris during Paris Fashion Week, Kim Kardashian West was robbed by two armed men who bound and gagged her before placing her in the bathtub and stealing $10 million worth …
UCC Student Centre removes “disrespectful and overly sexualised” adverts after complaints from students
Posters, depicting female bodies, ran slogans such as “Cheap looking,” “Do my buns look big in this?” and “What’s your cup size?”
I’ve spent my degree tiptoeing around sexist lecturers
Teaching staff aren’t held accountable for their behaviour; female students pay the price.
Hist committee divided amid allegations of bullying
A public spat between prominent members of the College Historical Society (Hist) escalated yesterday when its auditor was accused of “throwing committee members under a bus” after distancing himself from the deletion of comments on its public Facebook group.
Society …
Not our fight: the complicity of silence
Naoise Dolan on the importance of calling out bigotry
Naoise Dolan
Online Editor
On May 20th, two transgender women were stripped naked and beaten on a train in downtown Atlanta. According to GA Voice, Georgia’s LGBT newspaper, ‘people on the train did not try to stop the fight …
Auditor of the Hist distances himself from anonymous statement
The auditor of the College Historical Society (Hist) has distanced himself from comments made by a disgruntled committee member.
Female Hist members discuss sexism in debating: “It’s a boys’ club”
News Editor
The College Historical Society was rocked earlier this week by the publication of a document demanding an end to sexism within the society. The committee has since agreed to elect a temporary equity officer and introduce …