‘Emma’ by Jane Austen Jane Austen herself was pretty badass, and she created a whole host of feisty female leads who don’t need a man to make them happy. (Sure, they all get married at the end, but they were doing just fine on their own.) It was a real challenge to pick just one Austen
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Short answer? This Every time I see it it makes me cry. In fact, every time I think about it I cry. Pretty much every Irish man woman and child watched Ireland defeat Italy last night. For some of these viewers, it was the first soccer match they’d watched this year. Others were die hard soccer
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So last week we talked about the signs that your friendship has gone bad, and we agreed that you would take a few days out to think about how you feel right? And now you’re back so obviously you’ve decided that this friendship has to end, which is a pity but there you have it. First of
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If you haven’t read Lena’s essay about being sorry, now’s the time. It’ll make ya think … Sorry, Not Sorry: My Apology Addiction Beyonce’s “Lemonade” was a massive cultural event for a lot of profound reasons, not least of which because it gave women a melody to which they could sing the words “Sorry, I ain’t sorry,”
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So you’ve known her all your life. You’ve had so many sleepovers your parents haven’t seen you apart in years, cried together when One Direction broke up and watched every episode of Pretty Little Liars together. But lately you have grown apart and you really feel that your friendship is more hard work than it used
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Okay, full disclosure, Grace O’Malley or Granualie, has been dead for 600 years, so the likely hood of you getting to hang out with her anytime soon are pretty slim. But this is one of the coolest women to ever grace our shores, and we don’t hear about her as much as we should. Yeah,
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If you want to figure someone out quickly, tell them that they can’t do something and see how they react. Gabi Schull had cancer as a young child and as a result part of her leg was removed. The doctors took the lower part of her leg, turned it backwards and reattached it to her
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Yeah, it’s kind of an obvious one. But who doesn’t love Lena Dunham? Lena’s alter ego Hannah Horvath is so narcissistic, self-obsessed and precious that it’s hard to separate her from Lena Dunham herself. But this just goes to show how amazing a writer, actress and director she is. Here she talks about her size and
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Up to 200,000 people in Ireland are reported to have an eating disorder, causing up to 80 deaths per year. You would struggle to find any female who says that they are happy with their body as we, by our nature, focus on the bad, and not on the good. We compare ourselves to others
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So we’ve all heard the term “coming out” and we know that it refers to someone from the LGBT community telling their friends and family the truth about themselves. We’ve all heard the good and the bad stories; parents who say they always knew and those who refuse to accept the facts and the relationships that
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Discovery magazine, which aims to “give girls age eight and up the advice, encouragement and inspiration they need to get through those difficult pre-teen years”, is in really, really big trouble this week. Take a look why… This sh-mag, is basically telling 8-13 year olds that their body shape is something they should be worrying
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This is Kathrine Switzer. She is a marathon runner.No biggie right? These days we are used to seeing pictures of thousands of men and women crossing the line at Marathons in New york, Boston, London, Dublin, Dingle. In 1967, marathons weren’t as big a deal. In Boston, less than 1,000 runners registered and were rewarded at
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Exams are stressful and study is boring. Fact. Most of us would rather trim the lawn with a nail scissors than study. If we’re honest, we are inclined to lock ourselves in a room for two hours organising our sock drawer or thinking about what our death row meal would be, and then clapping ourselves on
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Summa is coming, and your parents pockets are only so deep so its time to find yourself a job. So how do you get a job when you have no experience? Tip 1: Don’t get your Mammy to go around the town handing out CV’s. Every time a Mammy hands in a CV it goes straight
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If you want to start a gang of worlds most fabulous creatures, you should probably start by giving Iris Apfel a call. At age 94, Iris has been the unofficial queen of New York for over 60 years. You know why? Because she couldn’t give a damn what you or anyone else thinks. Iris is one of
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When someone confronts us, or picks on us, our instinct is usually to either get upset and feel small, or to see red and retaliate. For example, one of the most common ‘insults’ I hear of is the age-old, go-to: How would you react to this? 1: Get upset and cry. This is exactly what the bully hopes
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We all assume there are a number of careers that are available to us, and mechanic is not usually one of them. Have a look at Patrice Banks, who says “I couldn’t find a female mechanic, so I became one.” Patrice posted a poll on facebook in 2011 asking her female friends to name their No
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