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Aisling Walsh

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Aisling Walsh’s Biography

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Researcher, writer and translator based between Ireland and Guatemala. PhD in Sociology, LLM in International Human Rights, BA in Sociology, Politics and Spanish.

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Aisling Walsh: As a queer and mixed-race couple, will we really feel welcome in Ireland?

Aisling Walsh: As a queer and mixed-race couple, will we really feel welcome in Ireland?

On the evening of November 23, 2023, I landed in Dublin Airport, fresh from Guatemala City. In the time it to…

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Sinners sinks its teeth into Irish settler colonialsim - Red Pepper

Sinners sinks its teeth into Irish settler colonialsim - Red Pepper

Ryan Coogler's thriller highlights how Irish people were often complicit in colonial violence against black a…

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Why Philip Pullman's Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Why Philip Pullman's Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

When we first encounter Lyra Silvertongue, neé Belacqua, she is hidden in a wardrobe and listening intently t…

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Aisling Walsh: Coming out as queer was easy, but revealing I'm autistic fills me with fear

Aisling Walsh: Coming out as queer was easy, but revealing I'm autistic fills me with fear

Last August, I married my partner of three years. While all our guests were clearly aware that I'm queer, giv…

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New Irish Writing short story: Counting Pennies by Aisling Walsh

New Irish Writing short story: Counting Pennies by Aisling Walsh

To be sent to the thong table on a Saturday afternoon is akin to being thrust into the bowels of hell. But th…

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Aisling Walsh: Autism must not be a 'get out of jail free' card for men like Gregg Wallace

Aisling Walsh: Autism must not be a 'get out of jail free' card for men like Gregg Wallace

I haven't owned a TV in about 12 years, so I remained ­oblivious to the phenomenon that is the BBC's ­MasterC…

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The Neuroqueers Take the Ton

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By Aisling Walsh
| Electric Literature Verified
Skip to content Books & Culture Bridgerton celebrates, rather than pathologizes or makes a spectacle of, its potentially neurodivergent characters I inherited my (sometimes closeted) fandom of period dramas from my mother who was always up for anything with overly formal square dance, a wig, and arranged marriages.
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The problematic elements behind embracing cacao ceremonies

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By Aisling Walsh
| RTE Brainstorm
Analysis: Cacao ceremonies has hit the mainstream, especially with lockdown-related woes increasing its popularity, but the uncritical embrace of it – explicitly marketed as Mayan – is deeply problematic. A heart opening mirror to the internal world, a sacred space full of flowing energies, and a powerful plant medicine to release your trauma and embrace healing are just some of the benefits promised by the purveyors of the latest new-age trend in spiritual awakening: cacao ceremonies.
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