Category: Columnists
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Techno & The Irish Character
Perhaps the most seasoned lamentation of Dublin’s tragically hip, heard resounding in both sidestreet & taproom, read in magazines & plastered numbingly across almost every platform online – is that of the poverty of Dublin’s Nightlife. Some of the most damning and oppressive constraints which we are made to suffer…
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Male Loneliness: An Algorithmic Farce or A True Threat?
In a 1971 interview with Life Magazine, one member of a ‘Men’s Rights Activist’ group explained: ‘Our enemy isn’t women — it’s the role we are forced to play.’ Writer Laura Bates continues, ‘so-called Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) might more accurately be described as Women’s Wrongs Activists’, who ‘are concerned,…
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Cyberspace – Looksmaxing: The Perfection of Neoliberalism
Looksmaxing, a movement that has its origins in niche online communities and incel forums but has recently gained mainstream traction with the popularisation of terms like “Mogging”, is the practise of maximising one’s appearance or “looks” to the highest possible potential. Looksmaxers approach the human figure with a clinical absurdity…
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From The Green Room: In Out Of The Storm
Much has been said over the years about Whelan’s on Camden Street – and rightfully so – but not enough has been said yet about Eppie, who we saw there in September. Watching them, it’s hard to describe them as anything but loads of fun. From frontwoman Palomi’s white boots…
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Marginalia – Samuel Beckett’s Notebook and Failed Novel
The death of the doodle is an often-unmentioned symptom of the digital age. The notepads that were once awash with marginalia have long since been carried away with the flutter of keyboards and the (alleged) organisation of computer backups. Yet a scan of the Samuel Beckett Digital Archive gives a…