Without Apology is a newsletter about abortion rights, reproductive rights and reproductive freedom. Each week, a new edition will land in your inbox featuring a column, actions you can take whenever you ask, 'But What Can I Do?', and a round-up of the latest news from the global fight for reproductive rights.
Why Without Apology?
I believe that abortions should be available on-demand and without apology for everyone who needs them when they need them. I haven’t always thought this. I haven’t always been pro-choice.
As my views changed, I continued to resist the phrase ‘abortion on demand and without apology’. Through my organising with Kerry for Choice, the Abortion Rights Campaign and the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, I realised that for abortions to be genuinely free, safe, legal, and local for everyone, they must be available on-demand, without apology, shame or stigma.
Learning and Unlearning is a fortnightly (biweekly) newsletter about feminism, activism, LGBTQ+ experiences, and figuring out how to live an intentional life. Twice a month a new essay will land in your inbox.
Why Learning and Unlearning?
I came late to many things; the realisation I am bisexual, being pro-choice and feminism in general.
With each edition, I want to explore the expectation that we must know everything and be perfect feminists and activists. Spoiler alert: there is no such thing as a perfect feminist or activist. We are always learning and unlearning. Let’s do it together!
The Reading Journal is a fortnightly (biweekly) newsletter for people who love books that make them think about life differently, for better or worse. Twice a month a new essay inspired by the books I have read will land in your inbox.
Why The Reading Journal?
I document almost every book I read on Instagram and publish individual reviews on my website. As a result, I regularly read books that, to me, are in conversation with each other, even when they explore similar issues from conflicting standpoints. The Reading Journal features longer-form essays inspired by recurring themes in the books I gravitate towards reading.
Hi! I’m Paula Dennan, a writer and book reviewer who swapped life in Dublin for the quietness of County Kerry, Ireland. My work focuses on feminism, chronic illness, mental illness, and LGBTQ+ experiences. In 2023, at the age of 39, I went back to university to study Social Science. I am also working on my first book.
You’ll find book reviews and opinion pieces on my website pauladennan.com. Follow me on Instagram @pauladennan.
What’s the TL;DR?
Without Apology is the home of three newsletters.
Without Apology offers weekly commentary on abortion rights, reproductive rights and reproductive freedom.
Learning and Unlearning offers fortnightly (biweekly) essays on feminism, activism, LGBTQ+ experiences, and figuring out how to live an intentional life.
The Reading Journal offers biweekly (fortnightly) essays inspired by the books I have read.
