Read a selection of articles I wrote for PlayGround Magazine while working as the English editor-in-chief.
'We're all dominant and submissive - don't deny yourself': What BDSM teaches us about power and consent
A secluded BDSM chateau in up state New York, La Domaine Esemar, is training masters and slaves to play with power dynamics and closely examine consent.
Zero-hour contracts and no food or water: inside the savage machine of low-cost flights
The true cost of low cost air travel is much higher than your €19 ticket.
Secrecy, shame and stigma of abortion: The women abandoned by Ireland
Irish citizens will go to the polls on May 25 to vote on whether to repeal the country's Eighth Amendment, which gives equal legal right to life to a mother and an unborn fetus. Meet the women who have been failed by this archaic law.
Why is porn the only multi-billion dollar industry allowed to be so openly racist?
The porn business is given a free pass on racist stereotyping and unequal pay structures because it is deemed an 'unacceptable' workforce by mainstream culture.
Exclusive: Women are experiencing sexual paralysis, pain and trauma after a common cervical procedure
The LLETZ (LEEP) procedure is performed to remove abnormal cervical cells that could become cancerous if left untreated, but a group of women say sexism in medicine failed to prepare them for the sometimes traumatic side effects.
The business of spirituality: Are we buying into an age-old form of religious capitalism?
We ask whether the spirituality industry is the new face of money-making religious movements.
Stars align: How astrology became the millennial 'religion' for turbulent times
As interest in religion among young people declines, an explosion of astrology signifies a yearning for meaning and purpose.
The 'new' minority? How atheists leaving conservative religion navigate life after control
Turning against your family and friends' religious values often comes at a high price, but the internet is helping young people come to terms with their atheism.
Meet the Juggalos: America's Faygo-drenched clowns fighting for their right to 'whoop'
As protestors gathered in Washington to protest the FBI labelling of Juggalos as a 'gang', we asked five people what being a Juggalo means to them.