Smedias 2022

Onscreen Offscreen: We Need To Talk About Netflix

We Need to Talk About Netflix Netflix is in trouble. At least, according to Wall Street it is. If the money demons aren’t happy, sacrifices are inevitably going to be made. Instead of increasing their subsc...

Why You Should Be Listening To: Hyperfixations

‘What are your Hyperfixations? What’s your weird, niche area of expertise?’ Hyperfixations is an independent Irish podcast which operates under the premise that everyone in the world is an interesting perso...

What To Expect From Thor: Love And Thunder

(Namely, gay space pirates with a side of deicide...) Prior to its release, Marvel’s upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder had set an MCU record previously held by 2008’s The Incredible Hulk for the shortest amou...

Why You Should Be Listening To: Sentimental Garbage

As someone who could quite easily quote the entire Twilight saga from memory, and has read all of the Gossip Girl books (more than once), I am no stranger to obsessing over ‘lowbrow’ culture. So, when I heard ...

Kellie Harrington – Olympic Hero

Ireland’s list of boxing greats keeps getting bigger.  Bernard Dunne, Katie Taylor, Jono Carroll, Mick Conlon, Conor McGregor (if you count his fight versus Floyd Mayweather) and more recently Kellie Harr...

Is There Any Benefit To Giving Up Coffee?

Before starting college, I had never been much of a coffee drinker. Perhaps I’d enjoy the odd mocha, or some syrup-laden frothy concoction, but the majority of café visits consisted of a hot chocolate order (a...

Sex Ed in Ireland is in Dire Need of Reform

The Irish sex education system has been heavily challenged in the last couple of years. Students, politicians, sexual health and wellbeing charities from around the country have been calling for major reform t...