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I am continuing to look for work but it’s tough, and your help pays the bills for a couple of queer women and their cats (one of which is essentially allergic to tap water. Here she is
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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An tseachtain seo // this week

Scríobh mé faoi Mhanchán Magan. Is féidir leat peann glas a tabhairt dom. Fadbh ar bith.

Léigh agus Cláraigh anois at the link in bio !
A canva graphic over a photo of a botharín in Kildare that says ““Manchán saw beyond borders through language. It wasn’t that he saw the Irish language as exceptional in its ways of expression, he saw that there was commonality in this expression with languages globally that is being eroded via neocolonialism.” A canva graphic over a photo of a botharín in Kildare that says as Gaeilge ““Chonaic Manchán thar teorainneacha trí theanga. Ní fhaca sé Gaeilge mar eisceachtúil ach ó thar go bhfuil cosúlachtaí aici leis aon teanga eile. Tá na ceangail seo creimthe ag nuachoilíneachas.”
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A green canva announcement graphic with a simmering cauldron and plants that says “new perks! Become a paid subscriber today and get access to recipes directly from my hearth practice” A mustard yellow canva announcement graphic with a simmering cauldron and plants that says as Gaeilge “buntáistí Nua: éirigh síntiúsóir inniu agus beidh ag teacht agat ar oidis ó mo theallach”
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Aistriúchán beag 🤏 de mo nuachlitir // a little translation of my newsletter. Read the full version in English here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io/v-for-vendet...
An orange background of spider lilies with a green text box and guy fawkes mask that says as Gaeilge “Tá súil agam go bhfaigheann nuachlitreacha seo thú ar nós an litir de Valerie. Tá súil agam go mbrúfaidh tú an cnaipe ar an traein ar nós Evey.” An orange background of spider lilies with a green text box and guy fawkes mask that says ““I hope these newsletters find you the way Valerie's letter found V and then Evey after him. I hope they ground you to meet the darkness, the fear. I hope that like Evey, you push the button on the train that becomes the catalyst for more people to act.”
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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An tseachtain seo // this week in the newsletter. Read it now and subscribe on whogivesafocal.ghost.io/the-irish-ar...
A graphic made from a photo of a country lane in Kildare leading to St. Brigid’s well. The graphic reads an excerpt from “who gives a focal”newsletter “I want to caoin when I scroll past atrocity after atrocity here and abroad. And the problem is, I have not. A good majority of us have not. Maybe because we fear that exact deep, bellowing grief that the Irish are talking about.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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An seachtain seo, rinne mé nuachlitir. This week, i made a newsletter sign up and support here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
A sage green promo in art nouveau style with a st Brigid’s cross that says “who gives a focal? A newsletter about pop culture and politics, and how Brigid keeps me sane” A sage green promo in art nouveau style with a st Brigid’s cross that says as Gaeilge “who gives a focal? nuachlitir faoi chultúr pobail agus polaitíocht, agus an tslí gcoinníonn Bríd mo mheabhair orm”
September 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Conas a déarfá???? Always be pluggin?
A screenshot in Irish which reads: tá sé nuacht cléach den chuid is mó. tá organizing my thoughts le kelly hayes. is eagraí dúchasach í. tá podchraoladh aici freisin "Movement Memos". tá prisonculture le cealaitheoir Mariame Kaba. Scríobhann sí faoi na leabharlanna agus na gluaiseachtaí sna US. tá Erin in the morning le Erin Reed agus scríobhann sí faoi trans rights agus reachtaíocht Translation: it's mostly left-wing news. organizing my thoughts is by Kelly Hayes. she's a native organizer. she also has a podcast called "Movement Memos". prisonculture is by abolitionist Mariame Kaba. she writes about libraries and movements in the US. erin in the morning is by erin reed and she writes about trans rights and legislation
January 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A screenshot rewrite of Keith stacks Brianne with a controller in her hand that says “oh boy todays the day I listen to Ethel Cains new album and go see Nosferatu again”
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM