Proud of GCN

G for Gay has been  used for a long time to describe sexual activities which go against conventions. In 1951, it entered the Oxford English Dictionary as a slang term for homosexual and since then has been the preferred term…

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Feisty Feminist

F is for Feminist. For centuries feminists have asserted the rights of women to own property, vote, have a profession. Where does feminism connect to the inequalities of North v South? Can men be feminists? THINK GLOBAL: ACT LOCAL Think…

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Eco-equality

E is for equality in diversity. E is also for Ears which are really important for listening to others without jumping into EGO judgement or polarisation which helps the powerful manipulate us. ECO resonates with the power of connection to…

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Age and Androgyny

A for AGE. My white hair and whiskers remind me that society, economy and culture influence stereotypes of gender and of old people. A for androgynous reminds me of the mix of masculine and feminine qualities in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando…

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A Sense of Self

In 2022, despair knocked my sense of self back through seven decades. I survived the failure of my novel, Michel-Michelle, launched in the Irish Writer’s Centre in Dublin, while Covid lurked quietly out of the limelight. I  managed my way…

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River Termon runs under the bridge marking the border Rivers and wildlife cross the border. There are more than 208 border crossings between Northern Ireland in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with more crossing points than any other…

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