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‘Linger': Femin(t)ine Hygiene or Hijinks?
This week I learned that there apparently exists a market in consumer-land for “internal feminine flavouring”. Since there is all manner of merchandise available preying on the insecurities of women’s...
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“If there’s anybody threatening the sanctity of marriage, it comes from those who have the privilege and the right, and we have abused it for decades.” – Sen. Diane Savino This week saw the Civil...
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12 Days: Make & Doodle
There may be a gloomy ol’ recession cloud hanging over this Christmas but, as the adage goes, “every cloud has a silver lining”… which can be improved with sequins and beads according to the handy...
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Nolan, Sister: Anna’s New Show looks at Life in the Convent
Everyone’s favourite Big Brother runner-up and documentarian, Anna Nolan, shall be returning to our screens tomorrow night (10.30pm, RTÉ 1, January 10th 2010) with a new programme which retraces her...
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‘The Kids Are All Right’ picks up Berlinale Teddy Award
Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right has picked up the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the the Berlin film festival, the Berlinale. The award was conferred yesterday as the 12-day...
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Gaelick longlisted for Irish Blog Awards 2010
We got some good news here at Gaelick over the weekend: Gaelick has received mention four times in the Irish Blog Awards longlist of nominations! Gaelick has been nominated in the following categories:...
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Dr. Martens, I presume?
British footwear company, Dr. Martens, is celebrating its 50 anniversary this month. Five decades later and ‘Doc’ boots still remain the preferred clodhopper of every anti-establishmentarian. To mark...
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A Sign of Progress in UK Asylum?
Kiana Firouz in a still from "Cul de Sac" Yesterday, a film called Cul de Sac received its global premiere in London. The film is based on the life of its maker, Kiana Firouz. Ms Firouz originally...
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Ban on Gay Blood: A Restriction In Vein
This week, a new report from the Williams Insitute at the School of Law in the University of California (UCLA) calculates that a staggering 219,000 US pints (or 103,626 litres) of viable blood is not...
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Tegan & Sara: Upcoming Tour & Preview Show
Brace yourself, ladies. They’re almost here! The anticipation of Tegan and Sara’s imminent arrival is palpable and in less than a week they’ll be taking to the stage in Belfast’s Mandela Hall (Monday,...
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A New Agender: Irish Gov drops Foy Appeal
Dr. Lydia Foy with her solicitor, Michael Farrell, of FLAC Yesterday afternoon, word was excitedly spreading that the Irish Government had withdrawn its appeal against the 2007 High Court decision...
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Álainn or Appalling: Kathryn Thomas
For the discerning appraisal of our Álainn or Appalling readers this week is RTÉ’s peripatetic presenter, Kathryn Thomas. The tantalizing Mzz Thomas has trekked far from her native Blockbog Road,...
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Batting 3 for 3: Robyn is ‘Indestructible’
Swedish popstress supreme Robyn is about to release the third installment in her Body Talk trilogy. Parts 1 and 2 were released earlier in 2010 and Body Talk Pt. 3 is due for release in late November....
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Move over, Meg Ryan. Seattle has a new love story
Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire Signs Marriage Equality Legislation Into Law. Image © Stephen Brashear/Getty Images There is a lot of love this Valentine’s Day in Washington State. Yesterday...
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Update: New Jersey’s governor has formally vetoed the law.
Image credit: New Ways Ministry (newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/) First, it was the Evergreen State, and then the Garden State. Marriage equality stateside marches onward from the west coast to the...
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Marriage equality in Maryland, Maine & again in California
Hot on the heels of not only the recent Californian Prop 8 ruling but also the introduction of marriage equality in Washington State, now it’s all go in (take a breath) Maryland, New Jersey (a bit),...
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Bitches be Pussy Faggots!
The denizens of Gaelickton do rather enjoy their monthly jaunts to Bitches Be Crazy (as previously chronicled). BBC is Dublin’s queer peripatetic pop-up party that has been bringing banging DJ sets and...
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Prop 8 heads to US Supreme Court after Federal Appeals Court ruling
On Tuesday night, a US federal appeals court rejected a motion to reconsider an earlier ruling that struck down Proposition 8, a Californian initiative that reversed marriage equality. The expected...
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Review: Married in Spandex
Married in Spandex follows a young lesbian couple, Rachel Turanski and Amanda Kole, from West Philadelphia as they travel across the United States to get hitched among the cornfields of Ames, Iowa....
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Review: I ♥ Alice ♥ I
Republishing this post as I ♥ Alice ♥I returns to Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray on Thurs 6 June, 8pm Phone 272 4030 for box office or book online Well, reader, if you are anything like this...
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