In a world of marketable insecurities, to love your body seems like some grand act of rebellion. To let someone else love it, whilst openly admitting to it, seems totally outrageous. We fall into the trap of assuming people see …
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Tits out for production value
Anna Lyons examines why onscreen nudity is an issue for actresses breaking into the industry
If you have ever turned on your TV a minute past the watershed, there is a high chance you’ve come face to face with onscreen nudity — most likely female. Yet, in order to fully understand the issue of female …
On the cliff-edge of womanhood: Interview with Saba Sams
Jayna Rohslau discusses sex, female friendships and the language of desire with author Saba Sams
In a literary world of flowery prose and glamorised problems, the writing of Saba Sams stands out for its unflinching depiction of young women. In particular, her 2022 collection of short stories, Send Nudes, hones in on her female character’s …
Is there such a thing as right person, wrong time?
Savannah Turnbull unpacks the process of finding ‘the one’
If you weren’t haunted by Andrew Scott’s final words in season 2 of Fleabag, please pass your therapist’s number on to me. The gut-wrenching season finale duologue between Fleabag and Hot priest has echoed in my mind for the past …
Coburn Gray is highlighting the Wrongs
Maisie Greener reviews Dylan Coburn Gray’s latest production Absent the Wrong and its depiction of queerness, race and adoption in Ireland
With queerness, race, adoption and eviction all appearing in Absent the Wrong’s promotional material, I was slightly apprehensive that Dylan Coburn Gray and Once Off Productions’ collaboration would only skim over these serious subject matters. I expected that the play …
Covert versus Overt: The Kardashian Kontroversy
Ella McGill makes the case for Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress to the 2022 MET Gala
Filling the feeds of Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok, it is impossible to have missed the images of Kim Kardashian donning Marilyn Monroe’s iconic gold gown for the recent Met Gala. It has also been impossible to miss the fact that …
Dating in Dublin: Bye For Now
A Trinity student explores the reality of dating in the small city
I grew up in London, where Tinder was deemed to be a quick way to die or a trek out to a suburb you’d never normally go to. I would never previously have dreamed of signing up to a dating …
