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Posted in Administration, Personal on Aug 12th, 2011
So, the Anti-Room is taking a little break for a few weeks. Don’t worry, we will be back, but as the Anti-Room is an unpaid labour of love that we run in addition to our day jobs and, well, lives, we just need a bit of time off. We are very proud of this site [...]
Posted in Anti-Heroines, Guest Posters, History, Women on Aug 12th, 2011
Among my many favorite things, (which include bacon fries, anything Mark Gatiss has ever done, the word ‘phantasmagoria’ and theme parks, to name but a few) one that ranks rather highly is stories about eccentric, unconventional and often brazen women who happily disregarded what was socially acceptable for their gender in the times they lived [...]
Posted in Anti-heroes, Anti-Heroines, Body image, Education, Feminism, Ireland, LGBTQ Issues, Media, Personal, Politics, Sport, Women on Aug 12th, 2011
“I DON’T KNOW which of us is worse off,” said my aunt. She felt growing up that she had no choice but to marry and have children. “But I look at you and my girls and you have so many choices that it must be difficult to make one and not feel you are missing [...]
And so, I found myself completing a circumnavigation of the globe, started nine years ago. Last time I came to Japan it was on a holiday flying westwards from California, where I was then working. This time I was coming from Ireland to participate in a large, annual international evolution conference being held in Japan [...]
Beyoncé by Alexi Lubomirski for Harper’s Bazaar In an interview in Harper’s Bazaar Beyoncé says feminism is natural to her and that it’s what she lives for and yet she doesn’t feel it’s necessary to define it. She thinks feminism needs a new name. “I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? [...]
Posted in Blast From the Past, Celebrity, Men, Relationships, Women on Aug 11th, 2011
Imagine a scenario where a man chases you with declarations of love and passion, offers a bright future mapped out with parties, impromptu music gigs, red carpet movie premieres, lavish gifts, chartered flights and yachts. The sex is hot. He can’t seem to get enough of you until *blammo* he doesn’t call for a week or [...]
Posted in Guest Posters, Relationships, Sex on Aug 10th, 2011
I waded diddies-deep into one of those conversations about sex at a party on Saturday night. You know the kind, the two-drinks-too-many kind that leaves lasting friendships in its wake. Because they know too much. By the time I rocked up they’d already gotten through the bravado part of the conversation (concerning the more exotic [...]
Posted in Guest Posters, Music, Personal on Aug 10th, 2011
I played a show in Dublin once where the front row was jumping up and down so much and so fast that they all got dizzy at the same time, started knocking each other over. Usually, I stare into space when I play, but this sea-like movement was so visually intriguing that I turned my [...]
Posted in Domestic, Economics, Family, Parenting, Personal, Rants, Travel, Work on Aug 9th, 2011
Type emigration into google and hit images… guess whose pictures come up en masse? Oh hell yeah, the Irish, a fantastic group of prematourists. We’re very good at it, and I for one am delighted to say Yes I can! This year’s Christmas card will feature my good self stood in front of a threadbare [...]
Posted in Food, Saturday Dish on Aug 6th, 2011
I love antique recipes. This recipe has been in my family for decades. My mom found it in a magazine when we were living in our first house, which we moved out of in 1982. My father remembers eating it in that house. I’m home in New York on holiday at the moment and I’ve [...]
