LIVING, SELF
Louis Theroux’s documentary reveals not a movement of rebellious men, but a business model built on male insecurity…
By Roe McDermott
LIVING, SELF
Rising rents, house sharing and design culture have quietly transformed the meaning of the home, writes Roe McDermott.…
By Roe McDermott
SELF
Men are taught to want women, but rarely to like them, writes Roe McDermott. In a culture shaped…
By Roe McDermott
SELF
The three day waiting period for abortions has no medical basis, but it remains in Irish law as…
By Roe McDermott
SELF
Christmas “magic” is produced through women’s unpaid emotional, domestic, and relational labour and this work remains stubbornly invisible,…
By Roe McDermott
LIVING
Kristen Stewart’s comments expose why men’s “commitment” is celebrated, women’s professionalism is punished, and abuse is too often…
By Roe McDermott
AGENDA
After a dispiriting election and deepening crises, Catherine Connolly’s presidency signals a confident, inclusive Ireland, resisting the narrow…
By Roe McDermott
LIVING
Romantic comedies once offered a shared script for how to flirt, how to fight and reconcile and most…
By Roe McDermott
AGENDA
Are wellness culture, self-optimisation and maternal health movements tied to ableist and far-right ideas about bodily morality? Roe…
By Roe McDermott
LIVING
The leaks from private group chats of young members of political parties in both Ireland and the US…
By Roe McDermott
LIVING
It was an episode designed to rile up tensions and suspicions, but no one expected it to be…
By Roe McDermott
SELF
In 2025, marriage remains a better deal for men than women: men gain leisure even when unemployed, women…
By Roe McDermott
