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Why the prejudice against Travellers? Having only lived in parts of the U.S. bereft of Travellers, I rarely hear about them, except in the context of offensive portrayals of them as tactless drunks on exploitative shows like TLC’s My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, et. al. However, I’ve come across a couple of events over the past […]
This week in Ireland a woman, Anna Perenc, was fired from her job at a Dunnes Stores location. Basically what happened is that, during a sting operation, a 16 year old girl bought a bottle of wine from Perenc, who did not ID the girl (you must be at least 18 to purchase and/or publicly […]
Fall is coming up. Right now, we have the few, simple days left of summer. We can absorb and relax into this time before the leaves begin to turn and the warmth gives way to cooler temps. Which reminds me, most girls like to stock up on a few necessities before the seasons change so they can […]
So, there’s this vile man, Magnus Meyer Hustveit. He raped his then girlfriend, Niamh Nic Dhomhnail, several times while she was sleeping and unable to give consent. This week in Dublin, he was convicted (he pleaded guilty) and given a sentence of 7 years. But then the judge suspended the whole thing. Which means that […]
