Editorial IV – Resistance
By Niamh Browne The word Motley is defined as ‘incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate’. This to me is the strength of Motley, the magazine. We are various, eclectic and we have the freedom of being freaks. To quote Jughead Jones, a character on one of my favourite tv shows, Riverdale: ‘I’m weird. […]
Chained Bodies
An inside look at a special upcoming performance by Final Students from the UCC Department of Theatre by Séan Edna Donnelly ‘L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.’ Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains – Jean Jacques Rousseau A supernatural redemption. A utopia with a terrible secret. […]
Poetry- Growth
By Saoirse Ní Dhonnabháin Growth Sweet flesh transformed scraping teeth, dry eyes, flaking skin, skin so swollen trying to cope I feel the affects more than ever now something is growing festering Eating and drinking and consuming my blood, my life, my energy, my calcium engorging my body, bursting my breasts ripping and tearing and […]
Marie and the Supremes:
Motley’s Editor in Chief Niamh Browne speaks to Justice Marie Baker on her time in UCC, her career as a barrister and her role as the first woman from Munster to sit on the Irish Supreme Court. Justice Baker is an exceptional individual, as anyone who sits on Ireland’s highest court is assumed to be. […]
Editorial V- Vagina Monologues
Niamh Browne – Editor in Queef Aristotle once defined woman as a ‘deficient man’. That she was somehow hollow, empty or lacking something fundamental of the qualities that man possessed. This quality of lacking meant she was inferior. The origin and structure of patriarchy is long, complicated and disputed but there is no doubt […]
The Best Places for Modern Love On Campus
A contributing writer explains how UCC can facilitate your love life, in more ways than one. For the vast majority of us, UCC is the place we have to call home for several years. While that is something to be sad about, it is not without merit as a stage for finding someone to […]