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Get Lucky and other Earworms: The Songs That Stick In Your Head

Okay, okay we KNOW that this is the second time in a week that we’ve had Get Lucky on the site.  But can you blame us?  It’s bloody brilliant.  It’s as bad as the time Aisling had...

Life, Books, Cinema & TV, , , ,
Read More |May 23 2013 | 36 Comments
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Games for girls: where will the next gen of Independent Women come from if THIS is what they’re being fed?

Female characters in videogames have always been few and far between. For years they were either unplayable damsels in distress or the token girl in a beat ‘em up and even now Lara Croft is the...

Life, Feminism, WTF, , , ,
Read More |May 23 2013 | 23 Comments
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If you’re not up for it don’t cum: is nightclub groping ok?

Here’s a scenario for you – you’re out in a nightclub with friends, dancing, minding your own business. Suddenly, you feel a hand squeezing your bum. What do you do? Shrug, sigh, walk away?...

Life, Feminism, Relationships & Sex, , , , ,
Read More |May 20 2013 | 72 Comments
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Breeches of peace: Skin tight leggings should only be worn by those with perfect figures.

Perusing today’s letters in the Irish Times over my morning coffee nearly caused me to spit out my beverage all over my skintight leggings. Sir, – The recent letters about men in shorts have...

Fashion, WTF, , , ,
Read More |May 16 2013 | 52 Comments

The Joy of Sext: Durex Fundawear brings phone sex to racy new level

Sexting. Everyone’s at it! It’s one of those things I’ve put on my ‘Must Learn’ list. Along with baking, Spanish and operating a sewing machine without sewing parts of...

Relationships & Sex, , , , ,
Read More |May 8 2013 | 15 Comments

No Boys Allowed: Do You Agree With Women-only Gyms?

Women, eh? What are we like? When we’re not earning 27 per cent less than men and doing most of the housework for them, we’re trying to take over their precious gyms! Well, some of them....

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Read More |May 3 2013 | 42 Comments

Say Floodgates One More Time: New Abortion Bill Still Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Well it’s been quite a week so far in terms of the national discussion on abortion. We’ve had priests from Cork comparing women to cattle in the Irish Times, former Taoiseach John Bruton claiming...

Feminism, , ,
Read More |May 2 2013 | 82 Comments

Poll: Can’t drive, won’t drive. How important is getting behind the wheel to you?

I couldn’t wait to learn how to drive.  I was in the car the second I could get a provisional license and was out causing terror on the roads as soon as possible.  Well I was mainly confined...

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Read More |May 1 2013 | 74 Comments

Valerie’s getting a tattoo! Would you?

Guess what? I’m getting a tattoo. It’s my friend’s 21st and she is planning on getting one, and since I have been dilly-dallying over the idea for many years now, I told her...

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Read More |April 25 2013 | 42 Comments
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Club Tropicana – Mac Fashion Sets Neon Orange Lipstick & Ablaze Eyeshadow Review

Brace yourself ladies; orange is coming for you. I’ve been seeing it EVERYWHERE recently, and I just invested in my first ever orange piece of clothing – a very fetching life-jacket orange...

Eyes, Lips, Reviews, , , ,
Read More |April 24 2013 | 35 Comments

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