- 1. Trans Community Mourns Brianna Ghey, Victim of Fatal Park Stabbing
- (Feminism)
- ... the U.K. and Ireland have gathered for candlelight vigils honoring Brianna Ghey, organized by activists like the Transgender Action Bloc, who organized a London vigil that included speeches about the increase ...
- Created on 16 February 2023
- 2. Sundance 2023: Women Directors Tackle Themes of Frankenstein, Introverts and Little Richard
- (Movies)
- ... (played with gothic precision by Marin Ireland) helps Celia, a grieving maternity nurse (Judy Reyes) to keep her daughter “alive.” With plenty of gory autopsies, gruesome experiments and disgusting medical ...
- Created on 21 January 2023
- 3. Sinead O'Connor Doc "Nothing Compares" Is As Powerful As Its Subject: Revi
- (Movies)
- ... Compares is as powerful as its subject. Belfast-based filmmaker Ferguson uses a blend of dreamlike footage shot in Ireland and archival news footage, along with O'Connor's words in voice-over, to take the ...
- Created on 30 September 2022
- 4. "Dressing The Resistance" Features The Fashions of Women Activists, And Shows How People Have Historically Used Clothing To Activate Chang
- (Style)
- ... Army women. Photo: Kilmainham Gaol, Ireland 1960s British designer Mary Quant helps popularize the liberating miniskirt. Photo: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo 1965 Middle ...
- Created on 12 April 2022
- 5. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... critically acclaimed comedy Derry Girls is not renewed for another season. Sad. Creator and writer Lisa McGee said it was always the plan to end the show after three seasons. Set in Northern Ireland in ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 6. Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist
- (Arts)
- ... character. In fact, fairies had long been part of British folk lore and pop culture. Fairies, pixies, brownies, elves, goblins, and boggarts populated folk tales throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 7. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... English women would walk around a walnut tree three times on Halloween shouting, “Let him that is my true love bring me some walnuts!” Then they'd watch, waiting for a fetch to appear. In Ireland, three ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 8. “With her eyes still open, she touched herself for a minute and a half, came noiselessly”: Sally Rooney Depicts Female Sexuality, Bi-sexuality, Intellectual Women, and Mental Illness in New Book “Beautiful ...
- (Books)
- ... setting of a blind Tinder date at a bar in a remote town in Ireland. Here we are first introduced to Alice, a rich, famous novelist who has taken to hibernation after some time in a psychiatric ward, and ...
- Created on 20 October 2021
- 9. How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods
- (Feminism)
- ... more about Patience and Kashish: Photos courtesy of Global G.L.O.W., credit: Peter Niwagaba More from BUST This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar This Indian ...
- Created on 30 October 2020
- 10. Week Of Women: BLACKPINK, Emily in Paris, Save Yourselves!
- (Entertainment)
- ... of Cal, an American expat and retired Chicago officer who’s trying to lie low in Ireland – and gets pulled into another mystery when a local townsperson goes missing. Out October 6. Top photo courtesy ...
- Created on 01 October 2020
- 11. UK Government Has Halted Progression For Trans Rights on Gender Recognition Act Reform
- (Feminism)
- ... similar to countries like Ireland, Norway, Malta, legal recognition for non-binary people, and lowering the age to access gender recognition to 16. These suggestions were essential because the current ...
- Created on 30 September 2020
- 12. Denmark's New Law Against Sexual Violence Is A Huge Ste
- (Feminism)
- Last Wednesday, Denmark announced that sex without explicit consent can be prosecuted as rape. This modification to the country’s sexual violence laws “is one of the most important battles for gender ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 13. This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar”
- (Feminism)
- It looks like the stigmatization of periods and menstrual products is far from over. Earlier this month, a Tampax ad which aired in the UK and Ireland was pulled from the airwaves for being “vulgar,” ...
- Created on 02 September 2020
- 14. A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
- (Feminism)
- ... a smiling woman, it didn’t come off in the patronizing way that tampon advertisements usually do. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) got several complaints about the advertisement. ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 15. Nick Cannon’s Comments Indicate A Bigger (And Much More Nuanced) Problem
- (Feminism)
- ... than Black people so why is this even important?'" she wrote. "For most of racialized history (starting with the inquisition, or with colonization, or even with the invasion of Ireland), Black people and ...
- Created on 17 July 2020
- 16. Margaret Atwood Is Here To Save Us (Again), But This Time With Self-Quarantine Recommendations
- (Books)
- ... 2020 Romance, romance, romance! Set in Ireland in the 1950s, the Country Girls triology follows two young Irish girls’ adventures in love. The best part about this recommendation? This series was crucial ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
- 17. 17 Feel Good Shows You Can Stream To Feel Less Socially Isolated
- (TV)
- ... follows a group of Irish teens in 1990s Ireland as they navigate the years of teenage rebellion and awkward mishaps. Available on Netflix. 13. Schitt’s Creek I once heard someone on a podcast say ...
- Created on 19 March 2020
- 18. Two Architects Become First Women Ever to Win Pritzker Prize
- (Arts)
- ... When designing the Urban Istitute of Ireland, they mixed various colors, textures and materials in a move to craft a building that was visually appealing for the average passersby. From both their craft ...
- Created on 04 March 2020
- 19. Northern Ireland Just Had Their First Same-Sex Marriage
- (Feminism)
- Same-sex couple Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards married in Carrickfergus in a ceremony and made history with their marriage as a first in Northern Ireland on February 11. The couple engaged in 2015 ...
- Created on 14 February 2020
- 20. How American Women Fell In Love With Halloween
- (Living)
- ... America from Scotland and Ireland that gained wider acceptance during the “Celtic revival” of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Thus, according to the article, the girl whose slice of cake held the ...
- Created on 31 October 2019
