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Helen McCrory as Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders: "she dresses to kill (no pun intended) and makes the viewers rethink the term power dressing, all of this contributing to her iconic character."

Why Polly Gray from Peaky Blinders is a feminist icon

Peaky Blinders / 21 Nov 19

This year's Rose of Tralee contestants: "far from being passive, blandly interchangeable "lovely girls", their achievements and lives reflect the changing role of women in Irish society and abroad"

Ireland's strange relationship with the Rose of Tralee

Rose of Tralee 2019 / 19 Aug 19

"Gender equality is not an option, but the only desirable version of society"

Why feminism can be good for men

Feminism / 02 Jul 19

Elisabeth Moss as Offred/ Ofjoseph in the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

The tales behind The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood / 28 Jun 19

"During times of starvation, it is women who suffer the most." Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

How the Great Famine affected Irish women

History / 30 Jul 19

The "Derry Girls Against Borders" mural at Free Derry Corner in October 2018. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Brexit's worrying effect on women in Northern Ireland

Brexit / 19 Feb 19

Margaret Skinnider made the decision to test the limits of misogynist lreland

No Country for Women: "She never stood back from a fight"

No Country For Women / 25 Jun 18

All hail Queen Bey. Beyonce onstage at Coachella 2018. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella

Why Beyonce matters

Beyoncé / 17 Apr 18

"It is important that the female voice does not give in to criticism, abuse or antagonism and silence itself". Photo: iStock

A brief history of the female voice

Feminism / 09 Jan 18

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