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Dublin Quidditch Team Hosts First Open Training Session

June 14, 2016 Niamh Ennis

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Muggle Quidditch has been going for about ten years the other side of the Atlantic but it’s only beginning to pick up as a sport in Ireland. Many will laugh and say “Are you for real? It’s a fictional sport!”. Quidditch, although formally fictional and only existing in the world of Harry Potter, is gaining […]

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Idolize/Fetishize – Life In Japan

June 12, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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I’ve talked a lot about idols on this site, in this column, other columns, and most recently, in an interview with some idols themselves. If you were to scour those articles with a fine-toothed word-comb, you’d likely notice a pattern of near-psychotic positivity; I’m a big fan of idol music and idol culture, and generally […]

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Cosplay

Jamie Lee Curtis Brings Cosplay To Warcraft Premiere

June 9, 2016 Lauren Murphy

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Despite not appearing in Duncan Jones‘ new film, Warcraft: The Beginning, Jamie Lee Curtis took to the red carpet premiere of the film decked out in full orc cosplay! #WarcraftMovie @Warcraft @warcraftmovie #itsnoteadybeinggreen Orc shaman and warrior pic.twitter.com/SG9WXdqaxH — Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) June 7, 2016 Curtis attended the premiere of the film with her son, […]

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Comics

Don’t #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend

May 26, 2016 Declan Doody

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A petition/hashtag has exploded online as some fans have taken it upon themselves to ask Marvel and their team behind Captain America to give him a boyfriend. #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend and it’s predecessor #GiveElsaAGirlfriend are fan driven trends and organised pushes to see more LGBT inclusion within some of the most popular movies and franchises of the moment. […]

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Culture

Interview: Dela – Idol Music & Conquering The World

May 25, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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In the underground car park of Akihabara’s UTX building (which some of you may know from Love Live!), Tokyo’s summer’s-coming humidity is intense, to say the least. My best shirt is pasting itself to my back and I can feel my face flushing with every step through the dense, soggy corridors in search of Dela, […]

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5 Reasons Japan Is Actually Pretty Great – Life In Japan

May 22, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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In my last Life in Japan column, I may have come across a little negative. While I absolutely stand by what I wrote, and can do so comfortably because Japanese people are too polite to argue with me, there is a reason I’m still here. Japan is a pretty great place all things considered, and […]

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Ew Tube – The Golden Age Of TV Commercials

May 17, 2016 Dave McEvoy

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In case you haven’t noticed, I mainly use the wonderful invention of YouTube to do something everyone else in the world hates: watch ads. This week I decided to share some of my favourite American commercials from the 1950s, a fantastic era for television. I could have picked the most dated, sexist and racist examples […]

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Art

Monsterpalooza 2016 – Review

May 8, 2016 Fernanda Machado

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Once again, fiends and ghouls of all shapes, sizes, and ages were reunited under one roof. Monsterpalooza is back at it with their 8th convention, this time with a new location. Over the years, the convention grew so much they were left with no other option but to relocate. I spoke to some long time […]

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5 Reasons Japan Is Not That Great – Life In Japan

May 8, 2016 Andy Kavanagh

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I’ve been living in Japan for just under a year and a half now and have been, for the most part, using this column as an excuse to gush about it. Fourteen years ago something awoke in me that would, fourteen years later, take me to the land of the rising sun, and while I’ll […]

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Irish Videographer Creates Rape Awareness Short Film

April 27, 2016 Mary McFadden

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Irish videographer and actress, Emily Susan Ryan, has put together a short film for Denim Day today, otherwise known as Rape Awareness Day. The film, called After, follows a young woman who has been raped and shows how she deals with the attack on her own. At the end of the video, statistics flash onto […]

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