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Release Day: Threatening Women
The backstory and an excerpt from my new book Threatening Women: A Cultural History of Why Ireland Shamed and Contained Women
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Diaspora Grief
On yearning for the 'missing limb' that is Ireland
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Epigenetics and the generational effects of the Great Hunger
Exploring the research on epigenetics and how it may explain the inter-generational impact of the Great Famine
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'A lady does not accept payment for her work'
Personal reflections on 19th and early 20th century shifts in the ideology of women's (paid) labour
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A scrapbook of enchantment
Writing can be pure drudgery.
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Apples and community
Thoughts on community in the absence of a 'common form of life' and when all the women are worn out keeping it going
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My Big Why
That phrase, “Know your why” irks me.
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All the things I never knew
How my view on womanhood has altered while researching The Women of Ireland Project
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Some happenings
Events, reading groups and illness
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