WEEKEND OPINION
Monday, May 21, 2012
MY FRIEND’S daughter is expecting her first baby and talking about childbirth at my kitchen table, in a manner which is best described by the words, “unsuspecting” and “credulous”.
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By Aida Austin - Saturday, May 12, 2012
I’M UP on the west coast in deepest rural Ireland, lying on the sofa in a friend’s sitting room.
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By Aida Austin - Saturday, May 05, 2012
EVERY spring, as sure as daffodils bloom, so does the idea that women should worry, diet and exercise their way to bikini-ready bodies.
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By Aida Austin - Saturday, April 28, 2012
MY SISTER, whom I am visiting in Sligo, has been embarrassed into attending a “unique social event” by a male work colleague.
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Aida Austin - Saturday, April 21, 2012
SOCIOLOGISTS employ all sorts of clever-sounding techniques in order to determine how social systems, such as small rural communities for example, function.
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