Bundel award-winnende columns en interviews eerder verschenen in The Times. In drie hoofdstukken – Cafeïne, Ghostbusters en marihuana: Homoseksuelen, transseksuelen, dames en internet: Ouderschap, overheid en overbekakt – komen heel diverse thema's langs zoals het dalen en stijgen van de celebritywaarde van beroemdheden als Elizabeth Taylor en Brook Shields tijdens de begrafenis van Michael Jackson, haar eigen verslavingen aan skunk (voorbij) en aan World of Warcraft, de tv-series Dr. Who en Downtown Abbey, goodiebags bij kinderpartijtjes, Sherlock Holmes, haar liefde voor openbare bibliotheken, het huwelijk van William en Kate.
This book examines the development of feminist identities among women active in revolutionary movements and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. It is based on interviews with women who were active in the contemporary Irish republican movement and activists in the broader women's movement. The book explores how and why women became active in the armed Irish republican movement including an intricate examination of their roles within the IRA. It documents how the gendered experiences of the conflict and of participation in republicanism fostered feminism in many women and how this newfound republican feminism was positioned relative to the broader women's movement in the Northern Ireland.