Historian, feminist, academic (UCD) - #EYA Ambassador 2024-25 / Research-gendered & to sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
Dr Mary McAuliffe
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#NewLives
The first female professor of politics in Ireland and the UK, Elizabeth Meehan forged an impressive career addressing gender, feminism, women’s rights, identity, citizenship and pluralism. In 2018 the PSAI renamed their annual award as The Elizabeth Meehan prize. www.dib.ie/biography/me...
Minority absence blindness: Study finds when participants read an article w/ quotes from 6 male surgeons, only 17% noticed the absence of women. When a female surgeon was included, participants were much more likely to notice her presence. @kimelsesser.bsky.social
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The Dáil has voted 78 to 68 to defeat a bid from opposition parties to prevent the use of counselling notes in sexual assault prosecutions. Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said his legal advice was that counsellors’ notes should be available, and that they can be of value in securing a prosecution.
@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
I will buy a subscription to the first mainstream Irish publication that simply states the truth in the headline of a news report that "racist pogroms" took place in Belfast last night and doesn't weasel word it by calling it a "protest" and continues do so
