 When: Thursday, 4th of April, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street The Book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Facebook Event: IFN April Book Club How to find us: We'll be downstairs in the restaurant section. Our reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network. We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. About: **Trigger warning: This book deals with mental illness and suicide** Recently, Faber have released a 50th anniversary edition of the book and there's been some controversy about the cover: Guardian article on Bell Jar Cove And here's some more info: Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational--as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic. Goodreads Review Book reviews: Independent Newspaper Bell Jar Review This one has major spoilers: Classic Lit Bell Jar Review There's also a movie from 1979: IMBD Bell Jar Film Page To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. Happy reading & hope to see you next month!
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 Today SAFE Ireland published its Domestic Violence Services National Statistics for 2010. While over 7,000 individual women received support from Domestic Violence Support Services last year, on over 3,236 occasions services were unable to accommodate women and their children because the refuge was full or there was no refuge in their area. This represents a 38% increase of the figures for 2009.
The statistics also reveal that more than 2,850 individual children received support from Domestic Violence Services in 2010. This figure includes 2,355 children who were accommodated in refuges and 56 who were accommodated in transitional housing. An average of over 100 calls a day were made to helplines across the country which amounted to 38,629 calls in total. Releasing the statistics, Safe Ireland said that the latest figures proved that existing services had reached tipping point. The organisation’s director Sharon O’Halloran commented, “The real pressure points are being seen in the number of times women cannot be accommodated immediately. These women and their children are the tragic fall out of Ireland’s abject and consistent failure to meet European minimum requirements for refuge.” Ireland has just one third of the refuge capacity recommended by the Council of Europe. With budget cutbacks, essential new refuges are not opening and existing refuges are finding it more difficult to maintain their services. To read the statistics in full click here. SAFE Ireland is the national representative body for women’s frontline domestic violence services in Ireland. To find out more go to www.safeireland.ie The Irish Feminist Network invites you to their One-Year Anniversary celebrations where we discuss ‘Is feminism relevant?’
RSVP on Facebook The Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 Friday, September 30th 2011 7pm – 10pm Speakers on the evening: Susan McKay – CEO, National Women’s Council of Ireland Emma O’Kelly – Education and Science Correspondent, RTE Ailbhe Smyth – Co-convenor of the Feminist Open Forum, Chair of the National Lesbian & Gay Federation Join us to celebrate a year of the IFN as we launch a new website and outline our plans for the future of the organisation. RSVP: irishfeministnetwork@gmail.com |
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