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Dr Mary McAuliffe

@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

Historian, UCD Gender Studies - โ€˜woke, leftist academicโ€™. Research-gendered & to sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine

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The policing and surveillance of bodies is certainly reminiscent of the early modern witch hunts

07.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
View from the bus

View from the bus

Ok Iโ€™ll admit it, sometimes Dublin can be lovely #culchieinthecity #viewfromthev39A #baggotstreetbridge

07.10.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t think heโ€™d resign either, heโ€™d disappear into the รras for seven years โ€ฆ and wouldnโ€™t the Gov be delighted to have a quiet, complacent President.

07.10.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

07.10.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*speakers

07.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It funny, the gender critical โ€˜feministsโ€™ really want gender studies to fail-yet year on year we not only have our core students but we have huge numbers of students choosing our modules as their options โ€ฆthe kids are great, challenging and questioning-canโ€™t rest easy on feminist laurels with them ๐Ÿ˜

07.10.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thankfully new head is great, absolutely trans inclusive - has had some great queer history (in its broadest sense) in

07.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Media studies should be core for at least some of students time - so they can try make sense of the online world they inhabit
Gender studies is vital to understanding the world,esp considering the misogynistic (and its attendant handmaidens, racism, LGBTIQ phobia etc) backlash we are undergoing

07.10.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

07.10.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know, as ridiculous as wanting to study world religions perhaps!

07.10.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ
Somebody sent me this scene shot of an academic in SETU disparaging the academic programmes of another university โ€ฆ not a good look!
But also Gli**er- how can one person be so consistently wrong on everything - we, feminists, are the descendants of the witches, not the witch hunters #speirgorm

07.10.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My sister was just saying that this morning - we do tend to do things for the craic, just to see what happens!

07.10.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œFianna Fรกil voters have a strong tradition of supporting neutrality. I am asking them for their votes.โ€

- Catherine Connolly TD
@catherinegalway.bsky.social
#aras25 #Spรฉirghorm #TripleLock

06.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Three Irish citizens arrive home after Israeli detention Three of 15 Irish citizens held by Israel after it intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla returned to Dublin Airport before midnight.

Three of 15 Irish citizens held by Israel after it intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla returned to Dublin Airport before midnight.

06.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yeah, the fella - I remember him โ€ฆ many hims!

06.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve lost deposits, highly suspected landlord of โ€˜removingโ€™ some jewellery of mine that went missing, paid money to live in unbelievably bad conditions โ€ฆ this tenants revenge is manna for a lot of us.

06.10.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vote for Catherine! Vote for equality, vote for honesty, vote for consistency.

Raise your voice, use your vote!

#KerryForConnolly #รras25

#ConnollyForPresident

06.10.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Irish citizens taken from Gaza aid flotilla released from prison in Israel Simon Harris said officials were monitoring the progress of another aid flotilla carrying Irish citizens.

Relived and delighted to read this #stopthegenocide #lifttheblocade
Irish citizens taken from Gaza aid flotilla released from prison in Israel jrnl.ie/6836403

06.10.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The GRA was passed in 2015 with very little fanfare following years of courageous campaigning by trans people. We have yet to see any negative ramifications in society - and we won't.

We simply *cannot* have a President of Ireland who speaks about trans women or their human rights in this way.

06.10.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Book cover

Book cover

Chapter list

Chapter list

In more personal news - I am delighted that this book in which I have a chapter on the treatment of militant anti- treaty women in the Irish civil war is out-it is horrendously expensive as academics book go, so drop a DM if you want a peek at my chapter link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #history

06.10.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hence why grift in my post is not a misspelling!

06.10.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know, me too - while itโ€™s serious business, it does also keep us all entertained

06.10.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A difficult situation for her

06.10.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t think theyโ€™re enough of them to get him over the line โ€ฆ but these days who knows! And Iโ€™ve no idea what happens in that case, perhaps @gavreilly.com could enlighten us?

06.10.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She didnโ€™t quite grab them as she followed up with a garbled โ€˜it a complex issueโ€™ jumble of words.

06.10.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a grift video โ€˜In my opinion a woman is a female adult and a man is a male adultโ€™ - parroting the TERFS

06.10.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed peopleโ€™s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So thereโ€™s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

06.10.2025 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 75    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚good one

06.10.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are but hopefully the lefty woman not the other one

06.10.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He might be centrist in American politics but this is a thread about Irish politics where Newsonโ€™s politics would be more representative of right of centre when matched to our politics. So I might say Iโ€™m not the stupid one read - please read posts more carefully

06.10.2025 08:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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