Jennifer Horgan

6 days ago | irishexaminer.com | Jennifer Horgan

I met Jimmy in the summer of 2001 in a bar in Newport, Rhode Island. I was on my J1, four months stretching ahead of me — a glorious sense of summer. It was a love affair wrapped inside a love affair. The cultural romance between Ireland and America back then created a separate, magnetic attraction. He loved Irish girls, just as I loved American boys. style, the force was with us. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Jennifer Horgan

“Where we don’t settle, terror grows.” The speaker, a man who left New York for Israel at the age of nine, is talking to Louis Theroux at the start of his documentary, . The gun slung around the New Yorker’s shoulder extends beyond his knees. He uses the word "right" more than once. Louis Theroux, and his friend Adam Buxton, are among my constant (podcast) companions. Reminiscent of many of the English boys I taught abroad, they are quick-witted, kind, and funny.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Jennifer Horgan

Battle lines are often drawn around "normality". Activists in Britain have been fighting to protect it for some time. And now they have it — a Supreme Court ruling that only individuals born biologically female can enter female-only spaces. The straightforwardness of the verdict is appealing. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Jennifer Horgan

I felt nauseous watching footage of Katy Perry in Bezos‚Äô Blue Origin rocket. Holding up butterflies, teddy bears, a daisy, chanting, ‚ÄúTake up space‚ÄĚ, the all-female crew‚Äôs 11-minute spin was certainly branded as feminism for little girls. Sure, Katy, I get it. Only 14% of people who have entered space are women, but can we sort out Earth first? Starting in countries where female literacy is as low as 18%.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Jennifer Horgan

A guilt-tripping form of activism has taken root here in Ireland. I call it “guiltivism”. The guiltivist belongs to the “you’re not doing enough” brigade. Or, even worse, the crew of “you’re not doing as much as me”. It’s everywhere. One guiltivist will post that we need to “do” more. Comments will follow. “Thank you for standing up for humanity.” Or, “I only wish there were more like you.” Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.