Kate Demolder

Love Actually: the plot is demented
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‘Love Actually’ is demented, actually

After re-watching 'Love Actually', as every middle-class white woman at Christmas is wont to do, Kate Demolder gives…

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Are we really having less sex?

We are more open about sex than ever before––living in a present of sexual plenty. Yet statistics say…

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Who can save the earth? Mary Robinson believes it’s women 

“The climate crisis is a manmade problem that requires a feminist solution.” Ahead of Earth Day 2023, Mary…

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Are you having the'right' amount of sex?
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Relax. It turns out we’re having the ‘right’ amount of sex

Kate Demolder conducted a rudimentary examination among friends and acquaintances – single and committed – to decipher how much sex…

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Barbara Lee Irish Witch
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Behind Closed Doors: Meet the Irish witches

Kate Demolder speaks to Irish witches and Wiccas about what ‘the craft’ means to them – and how…

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Dealing with unwanted sexual attention
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‘My youth wasn’t a deterrent to his sexual attention, but part of its appeal’

Adult male attention – wanted or otherwise – creeps in at the edge of a young girl’s adolescence,…

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How #Girlboss became a dirty word

Patrick Kavanagh once wrote, to name something is a love act and a pledge – but what happens when…

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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Ghislaine Maxwell looked the part and that’s all that matters

Ghislaine Maxwell: How a stylist, upper-middle-class and well-groomed woman lent the currency of her social class to the…

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Barbie Movie
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The problem with Barbie? She stands for nothing at a dangerous time for women

Subservience, beauty above all and tiny, tight bodies are coming at us hard and fast just as abortion…

By Kate Demolder

Wagatha Christie: Vardy & Rooney
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Wagatha Christie and Depp v Heard: what these cases have in common

Wagatha Christie (Rooney v Vardy) and Depp v Heard; two trials, both alike in dignity. Yet despite being…

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Rihanna Vogue pregnancy photoshoot
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The eroticisation of pregnancy and motherhood

Demi Moore’s ‘Vanity Fair’ pregnancy cover flipped the the old virginal myth, showcasing that women can still be…

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Finding our sense of identity: Normal People in Trinity College Dublin
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‘Wealthy people found anecdotes about my life funny, my clothes shabby chic’

When Kate Demolder started university back in 2011, she found herself amongst people with a level of wealth…

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