Sometimes I get messages from people who want my opinion on a particular topic or event because, they say, I am ‘always right’.

I ??shouldn’t be writing this column. The last thing the world needs right now is yet another cisgender woman sermonising about her views on the trans community.

In a study released in 2013, scientists found that when they applied an electric shock to mice as they were exposed to the smell of cherry blossoms, the mice were, in time, trained to fear that scent. 

Supposedly sexually harassing women in the work place and going on to win an Academy Award for best actor are perfect examples of rape culture, says Louise O’Neill.

I can be sociable and outgoing but I require a great deal of time by myself in order to recharge, says Louise O’Neill.

International Women’s Day is next Wednesday and I’m already wondering who will be the first person to ask me, ‘Well, when is International Men’s Day?’ 

It made me reaffirm, once again, that I am more than my body, and that I deserve to be loved regardless of how attractive society deems me to be.

If you’re not going to engage in those conversations with your son or daughter, are you really in a position to criticise them for turning to pornography for guidance?

I spent my life pretending I was fine when I wasn’t, pretending that I never needed help when I felt utterly hopeless.

Addiction knows no class, no gender, no race nor religion. All it wants is to feast on us.