In a recent round table discussion held through University College Cork, author Elizabeth Anderson explained American politics as a graph where one axis is about policy and the other is about culture. She explained that even though things like a higher minimum wage or universal healthcare are widely popular across…

Buildings and Ruins as Physical Sources of Memory Today I as I was walking along the road in Clonakilty, Ireland, I noticed how I tend to stop and gaze at the old crumbling walls or abandoned structures along the road. I always feel a little embarrassed when I do this…

The sun just came out. It’s shining through my window onto my fern that sits on the windowsill. That one little change in my environment made me feel better. I took a deep breath, I sat up straighter, and I thought, “Okay, maybe I can do this.” Because that’s how…

Here’s a depressing thought: Is it possible that the main reason Feminism in the 1970’s was successful at getting middle-class women out of the home and into the workplace was because corporations realised they could use the extra workers? Up to that point, society figured it needed it’s middle-class women…

I want to find evidence for — and find a way of talking about — the idea that deep memory is important. By deep memory, I mean historic collective memory. I mean what we refer to as heritage, but more. Heritage can have existed in the past 500 years, but…

The Media The media as a tool of governmentality. It’s included in the four pillars of American government: Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Media. I’m not sure if it’s official. In fact, I don’t think it is taught that way, but it should be. Even in the 18th century, the Founding Fathers…

Maybe I just need to write about myself. Maybe that is just as important as making a research paper out of what I am going through. Maybe I just skip the middle-man and write what I am going through. So working is scary for me. It is related to trauma…