Colette Colfer

Ireland, rapid social change, and the importance of uncertainty: open.substack.com/pub/colettecol…

@CareyBrian I love religion! I don't love being forced into any belief - whether that is relating to Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Scientology or Gender Identity. I don't see religion in binary terms of good or bad. Sex, on the other hand, is binary - male and female.

@ColetteColfer That's the obvious implication and it's strange that you're pretending otherwise.

The new religion… This image, viewed in tandem with Maria’s Steen’s insightful article in the Irish Times yesterday (about Patrick’s Day), gives a good glimpse into the reality of religion in official Ireland today.

"Things aren't all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe; most experiences are unsayable: they happen in a space that no word has ever entered." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

@IrishCathNews scoops the rest of the media by publishing superbly articulate Irishwoman @HJoyceGender in her own words on gender identity ideology. Here's her speech to the @wicklowwomen4w1 conference on March 7th: irishcatholic.com/trans-when-ide…

@arealmofwonder One of my favourite poems. A learn by heart type of one

Poems for Lent (Day 26) • Derek Mahon •

I want to tell everyone what they took from us, what irreversible really means, and what that reality looks like for us. No one told me any of what I’m going to tell you now. 🧵

It is very strange to publish an article on the gender dynamics of mass shooters and not mention that the two "female" shooters used as flagship examples here were biologically male. Males commit more than 90% of violent crimes.

@CareyBrian Did I say it is bad? 😂 You’ve given a tell

@ColetteColfer I'm surprised that a lecturer in religious studies would use comparisons with religion as if that's supposed to be a bad thing.

‘Opinions are optional I’ve heard a few But if you don’t love Elvis Presley There’s something wrong with you’ - John Cooper Clarke

Finished listening to Martin Shaw’s new book: Liturgies of the Wild. Was excellent. One quote I’m meditating on: “No more jabbing our pen in our wound and calling it art. In myth, any voyage into the underworld involves you bringing back beauty. If there’s no beauty, no gift, then you’ve actually not re-emerged, no matter how much you claim that you have.” If we cannot find the beauty and the gift in the suffering, then we remain unchanged, and our soul remains small.

‘If we’re not supposed to dance, Why all this music?’ - Gregory Orr

Martin couldn't let St. Patrick's day ☘️☘️ go by without a little song...

A powerful piece from @paddyjogorman responding to Mick “Compassion” Clifford’s obtuse evaluation of the @wicklowwomen4w1 conference. We’re lucky to have people like Paddy 💚☘️🇮🇪 genspect.org/the-impact-of-…

6am, Dingle - Ireland's earliest St Patrick's Day parade. The pre-dawn tradition dates back to the Land War of the 1870s when British authorities outlawed public gatherings between sunrise and sunset. The people of Dingle found a way...

Rest in peace, Irish singer Dolores Keane, who passed away at the age of 72. Here is her last public performance, a beautiful rendition of Caledonia on TG4.

Great Granny!

@dootdootootdoot @Casserly_Rock Happy birthday Mná Mná

Happy Paddy’s Day! Also my birthday. It was my destiny to live in Ireland and get every birthday off of work☺️ Hope you have a great day too☘️☘️☘️

Great in-depth interview in the @Telegraph with the very talented @RooneyRachel about how a few vile bullies in the publishing industry ended her career. This should have been stopped but those who could have helped turned a blind eye. Archive version here: archive.ph/WpGhY

‘Let me tell you that I love you’ RIP Dolores Keane, a woman’s voice of Ireland Caledonia youtu.be/C_izA_a3z7w?si… via @YouTube