Poetry- The Call in the Night
The Call in the Night – By James Carroll They say you never forget your first First love, first heartbreak, first kiss.. But you were my first everything. I’m not scared of the dark anymore Because you took me apart in broad daylight I held you in my arms like a god could hold the sun […]
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- Anointed
By Lizzie Kelly The doctor brings it up. I have never asked for a way out. He offers it to me always. Fists clenched and convulsing. Dead, dying unborn. That would not be unusual, for a girl of your age. The blood looks yellow, as it hits the floor, diluting from the moment it leaves […]
Motley Talks to Louize Carroll: Gender, psychology and the bass.
Motley Magazine’s Ava Sommers sits down with bassist, psychologist and all-round badass Louize Carroll. The first time I came across Louize Carroll, I was about fifteen. I was beginning to play bass in a band with my friends, but had only ever heard of male bassists before that. I began looking into iconic female […]
Female Sexuality Depicted in Jane the Virgin
Baneen Talpur discusses the popular television show and how it conquers sex related stereotypes that have plagued women for generations. “Hold the flower in your hand Jane,” Jane’s grandma asks her. “Now crush it and bring it back together, you can’t right? This is what happens when you lose your virginity, you CANNOT GO BACK.” […]