New year, new resolutions. In this case, we are encouraging you to make some resolutions to empower yourself to have a happier and healthier sex life. Here to guide you through this process is romance author and sex educator Shakira ‘Scotty Unfamous’ Scott, who works to empower people to embrace sexual wellness. Scotty covers why we need to stop faking […]
We are back and this week Linda Hayden leads Caroline, Martin, Tony and Vicky through the week that was. Plus we were thrilled to be joined by Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Ejiro Ogbevoen and Journalist and Writer, Dawn Foster. We talk Covid-19, George Nkencho and the grief process, the school situation, domestic violence over the holidays, Brexit in Covid-19 UK, the […]
In this episode of Policed: The Beat, Vicky speaks to Nana Nubi, a PhD candidate in the University of Limerick and Dr Lucy Michael, sociologist and racism expert. We explore questions and concerns emerging from the killing of George Nkencho by the Armed Response Unit. Questions of the right to life, policing and racism, policing mental health, and accountability are […]
In this Reboot Republic podcast we are delighted to welcome back global expert on inequality – Professor Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone and the Inner Level: How more Equal Societies Reduce Stress, and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being. Richard outlines the status and mental health impacts of inequality, how more equal societies achieve better […]
In the second interview that we’ve conducted as part of our coverage of Peter McGuire’s excellent 2 part series ‘Speak or Survive’,(do read the both articles on Noteworthy) we speak with Niamh, who was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Niamh begins by reading her letter to her abuser and tells us about the ways it has changed her and […]
In September 2020, Noteworthy published two award winning articles by journalist Peter McGuire on how victims of sexual violence are still fighting roadblocks to justice entitled Speak or Survive. Thanks to Peter, we were fortunate to speak to some of the contributors. These interviews were released previously to our patreon supporters. But we thought we’d share them with the wider […]
Sex and the internet – there’s more to the conversation than just the porn industry. Joining me for a deep dive into sex and the digital world with the authors of #NSFW:Sex, Humor, and Risk in Social Media, Susanna Paasonen, Kylie Jarrett and Ben Light. They explore the relationship between sex, humour, risk, work, and the almighty algorthim. We didn’t forget the unsolicited dick pic, and […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Lucy Michael, who is an independent researcher in the area of equality and integration, a spokesperson for Fingal Communities Against Racism, author (with Bryan Fanning) of Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands (MUP, 2019), and a Commission Member on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. We talk about how Fingal Communities Against […]