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Amor fati on the Aeolian islands (opens the original)
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Dearest gentle reader, I write this blog from my bed back in Dublin: the fading light of a September evening is coming in through my window, I have a hot water bottle at my feet, Himalayan salt lamp in the corner and lo-fi girl is hip-hopping away. There is so much I want to report and document from the last few weeks of my life. I have filled pages of my journal, made (terrible) drawings of sceneries and taken copious amounts of snaps on my analog camera - but none of it can compare to the warm
Maternal and reproductive health on trial (opens the original)
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Like many women, I have been horrified to watch the Lindsay Clancy case unfolding in the United States - a damning indictment of maternal and reproductive care in that country, and a reflection of attitudes towards pregnant people globally. My heart goes out to Lindsay, who I believe was failed on every level - systemically, institutionally and even by her core support networks. There is a case to be made that the neoliberal envisioning of “family structures” had a part to play in the deaths of
The death of love (opens the original)
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Note: These words have been very much influenced by two novels: DH Lawrence’s ‘Women in Love’ and Kate O’Brien’s ‘Mary Lavelle’ and their imprint is very visible in certain sentences and turns of phrase in the piece below. This draft was started at Cil Rialaig Arts Centre, Co. Kerry. I’m extremely grateful for the support and time afforded by the Cil Rialaig Project to do some writing.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EJyc!,f_auto,q_auto:g
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