What a phenomenal cartoon. When my twins were very young, I had to have conversations with a lot of people who worried that allowing them to wear princess dresses would result in them being bullied. This would have been a wonderful response to have had 🌈🦋🏳️‍⚧️

Fascinating article, about language, gender, and research communication (click bait science): highly recommended!

A reminder that Zohran's da is one of the great African anti-colonial social scientists penguinrandomhousesecondaryeducation.com/book/?isbn=9...

This article about Indian equality activists in Dublin is fascinating. Gen Z influencers animating an overlooked tradition of anti-caste organising.

This is really worth a read: a clear-headed analysis of the spoiled votes, described compellingly as reflective of “agency without a landing place”. I believe Connolly’s win is a brilliant moment for the left; but we need to pay attention to this too…

This!!

Great read

I am unashamedly obsessed with Anne Enright: her glorious opinions, her razor-sharp prose. This interview was a treat. What an absolute treasure.

This brief essay nicely elucidates this even briefer tweet

With 3 constituencies left to count - Catherine Connolly has received the highest number of votes of any candidate for presidency in the history of the state According to @womenforelection.bsky.social data - MDH in 2018 had 822k #Aras25

This was unique circumstances for spoiled vote: no anti-gov candidate anywhere on the right, loud online campaign, week of riots. It’s still going to end up with less than half the vote Peter Casey got as a similar protest. The “political earthquake” here is the thumping victory for the united left

Looking forward to learning how the government will pander to those protest voters. You know, the 63% who voted for a clear left wing voice.

The Ionas are going to claim ownership of the entire wad of spoiled votes, and the old firm parties are going to interpret that as a sign they need to move further to the right. That should not be the lesson to learn from a left-wing landslide. But just watch 'em.

Posting so I don’t lose this and it’s perfect for a class I’m teaching! Thank you, @georgeradics.bsky.social

Please spread the word!

My favourite bookshop I’m so sorry to hear this. Solidarity, @booksupstairs.bsky.social 💪🏼

Improvised owl physio would be a good title for a story, or a band. Read the whole thread, it’s heartening!

In case any of the geographers in my network miss this

Tomorrow evening, in my absolute career highlight, I’ll be responding to the launch of this book in Dublin. Join us in the gutter bookshop at 6.30!

This only happens to you once

This is really great. I nodded throughout, but was especially taken by this bit

It should be obvious by now that free speech in incredibly unequal societies is not a useful aim Without a level playing field, some voices are far louder and some far easier to shut down Free speech can only be worthwhile if it's accompanied by radical reform of our public space to democratise it

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Still intrigued… maybe some geographers have leads? @queerdrew.bsky.social @deanphelan.bsky.social @aidanobrien.bsky.social @pbresnihan.bsky.social

I’m intrigued by this… hope somebody can help!

Toilets for everyone. It’s so simple. Makes everyone feel safe & cuts out the ridiculous queues for women’s loos while men have no queues. Inclusive policies help everyone. Well done @electricpicnic.bsky.social #transrightsarehumanrights

As it's still valid, presumably if I don't keep following it, I am also breaking the law and subject to arrest. The law of the land simultaneously requires me to be both a man and a woman and if I do either then I am breaking the law and subject to arrest. (11/13)

I fully support the Basic Income for Artists scheme, with only one caveat. My caveat is that I think that it shouldn’t be restricted to artists, but be made available to everyone (many of whom will turn out to have been hidden artists all along)

Delighted with this review of New Arcana in the the Poetry Book Society autumn brochure 🍂 @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝 bansheepress.org/read/banshee...

Just giving this another spin on the socials because that’s how dissemination seems to work these days

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline. It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

I love this

A question for #NatureSky #speirgorm I'm in West Kerry for a few days. One of my favourite things about Dingle in late summer is the hedgerows (and yes, I know most of those flowers are non-native/ invasive, and still I love them). This year, I don't see any foxgloves. Where are they all?

The biggest-selling Irish novel of all time must surely be Gulliver's Travels.

Fascinating thread. Interesting that it’s almost entirely men that come up. In music, mine is 100% Paul Simon, who is a prick all the way up and down and wrote some of the most perfect lyrics which I love to sing. Graceland: musical perfection, ropey politics, and then he doubled down 😬😬

Three writers & a visual artist share their experiences on the BIA pilot scheme. Read the full interview stingingfly.org/2025/08/07/b... ”...the Basic Income meant I could choose to have a child without the same financial insecurity and without the fear that I would have to give up creative work“

“A wild fluctuator”; “an unsure scintilla”; such depths in this tiny poem, I love it…

Thanks to @laurencassidy.bsky.social for selecting four of my poems to be included in the Quare Éire anthology. Great to be among such a strong selection. www.eoghancarrick.com/post/four-po...

ALSO @cballantine.bsky.social published a non-fiction piece that explores motherhood, the experience of raising a trans* child, the Irish language, and more. It's incredibly moving & seamless in its ability to explore how Ireland has changed & how it has not quareeire.wordpress.com/thats-the-wa...

I've had the chance this weekend to absorb some of the glorious poetry, imagery, music and story-telling in @laurencassidy.bsky.social's marvellous anthology. I especially loved this gorgeous image, by @justinegc-artist.bsky.social quareeire.wordpress.com/scathach-and...

For *Quare Éire*, I wrote about a queer primary school performance of Grease: the musical. It felt like a perfect queering of gaeilge and Irishness. The essay is at the end of this thread, but first, I want to tell you something… quareeire.wordpress.com

For *Quare Éire*, I wrote about a queer primary school performance of Grease: the musical. It felt like a perfect queering of gaeilge and Irishness. The essay is at the end of this thread, but first, I want to tell you something… quareeire.wordpress.com

Congratulations Lauren, I’m so thrilled to be featured in this gorgeous anthology ✨✨✨

Hey abortion friends, consider submitting a proposal for my edited collection 'Abortion Within and Beyond Medico-Legal Frameworks' 👇 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/... #repro #abortion

Saving for later/ citations…

It me (late 40s)👇🏼

Excited to be starting interviews on reporting SGBV in Irish Higher Education Institutions. You may see yourself in the study and consider taking part. Or you may be involved in networks that include survivors (I assure you, you are). Please read, like, share! 1/2 borg.ie/current-proj...

I wrote this with @kathbrowne.bsky.social about the last research project I worked on, Beyond Opposition