Goodwill Cxunting Podcast

What happened at Kincora boys home? Well, the British State has done everything it can to stop you from finding that out. In this podcast I've summarized the work of Irish journalist Chris Moore's book: 'Kincora: Britain's Shame: Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys’ Home Sex Abuse Scandal and the British Cover-Up' in an effort to understand how it was that this abuse went hidden...

Deconstructing religion, especially Fundamentalist Christianity can be hard. The indoctrination runs deep, but when you start to understand that a lot of what Fundamentalist Christianity is, is simply teachings from ancient wisdom repurposed to put men at the centre, it becomes a lot easier. From astrology, to tarot to meditation, everything that sits outside of the framework of religion could be...

How to think you are someone AKA How to not give a fuck what people think AKA How to ascend AKA How to be your highest self AKA How to be a bad bitch In this episode I answer the most common question I get asked in my DMs: HOW DO I STOP WORRYING WHAT PEOPLE THINK? I'm 33, and trust me a lot of it comes with age but also I've been putting all the things I mentioned in this podcast into prac...

I spoke to the amazing, and remarkably erudite Demi Laverty aka @Demima about Plain Politics: How deprivation leads to addiction, sectarianism and paramilitarism in the North. Demi's work spans her professional, academic and lived experience and she currently works day to day with people in these communities tackling these complex issues head on. We talked about what it's like to be at the...

I spoke to Monya Ahmed MYP about how she became a Youth MP which took her from her family home on the North Coast in Northern Ireland to speaking in the House of Commons. Monya is now studying for a degree in Ulster University and is a member of various youth led organisation and projects across N.I. You can follow her and learn more about how to get into politics at: https://www.instagram.com/mon...

I spoke to Katrina McDonnell, founder of Menstruation Matters about everything from periods, to imposter syndrome, to what it's like to have changed the law for people with periods right across the North of Ireland. Katrina is a force of nature, her unwavering commitment to making life better for women and girls in Northern Ireland has not only means that everyone now gets access to free perio...

Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explores the history of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and asks what the establishment of a dedicated Women's Safety Minister in the Northern Irish assembly could mean for women in the North of Ireland. Sign the petition for a Women's Safety Minister here: https://www.change.org/p/establish-a-dedicated-women-s-safety-minister-in-northern-...

Women are being failed by the Northern Irish judicial system as violent criminals who attack women are disproportionately handed suspended sentences, leaving women vulnerable to reattack and telling men that violence against women and girls is essentially decriminalised. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting compares three cases of domestic abuse in the Northern Irish judicial system with three...

Forget 'Stop the Boats': We Need to Stop The BOTS Causing Ireland's Disinformation Epidemic The rise of 'Irish Patriotism', when adopted and expressed alongside, and in alignment with, Anglo-American Patriotism and whiteness, is identity that is being pushed as being the 'true Irish' by bots targeting Irish social media: Where there are three times more bots accounts than there are real people. Wr...

Middle and upper class people are the gatekeepers of power. Changemakers, be that politicians, police, judges etc are often middle class. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting talks about why it benefits middle class and violent men to keep violent men in these positions, as well as exploring the relationship between porn consumption in young men and boys and gender based violence. Hosted on Aca...

Women are covering up Molly Malone's chest in Dublin in an act of sisterhood and respect. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting explore why this is happening now and responds to listeners feedback and reads a section from her debut novel, INFLUENCED, about having boobs, body dysmorphia and the weight of being perceived as a sexual being from a very early age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Irish Women Deserve the World! Ireland has, for a long time, sought to keep women from seeking more for themselves. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting calls for Irish women to be selfish, be materialistic and be rude as an act of patriarchal rebellion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where are the women? Ireland used to own women's bodies. Writer and journalist Goodwill Cxunting looks into why and how that happened.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.