It's good to talk, for Roses and politicians alike

https://www.facebook.com/suzybyrne1/posts/10154448262102953 It’s good to talk. So say all those mental health ads running on every TV and radio station, and it’s the accepted consensus about most things these days. Except abortion, that is. When someone does talk about abortion, it’s a channel-changer, an eye-averter, and the discussion is left to the extremes on both sides, [...]

Good feminist / Bad feminist?

The debate about ads in the UCC student cafe got a bit heated on the Opinion Line last week. While nobody thought they were funny, the spectrum of opinions ranged from mildly disinterested to downright disgusted. For once, I wasn't outraged about it. It was stupid, sexist and generally unintelligent. As a couple of our callers [...]

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