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Hello fellow denizens of the only social media platform that's still fun.

I have some block capitals too many exclamation marks NEWS!!!!

My first novel, Do It Yourself, will be published by Douglas and McIntyre later this year.

Do It Yourself is about Katy MacIsaac, a single mom in her 40s who reinvents herself as a DIY influencer, only to find her online life sparking chaos. It's funny and ideas-y. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 20, 2026 11:30

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	Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently 4.20 avg rating — 2,497 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can We All Be Feminists?: Seventeen Writers on Intersectionality, Identity and Finding the Right Way Forward for Feminism by June Eric-Udorie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Soofiya Andry (Contributor), Gabrielle Bellot (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Playboy of the Western World―A New Version: A Critical Edition by Bisi Adigun, Jason King (Goodreads Author) (editor), Matthew Spangler (editor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls will be girls - II ed.: travestirsi, interpretare ruoli e cambiare le regole (le sagge) by Emer O'Toole (Goodreads Author), Beatrice Gnassi (translator), Hanna Maria Suni (illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethical Exchanges in Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy (Themes in Theatre, 9) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls will be girls : À bas les stéréotypes de genre ! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Emer O'Toole has read A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My first Oyeyemi, not my last. You’ve got to enjoy this writing at the sentence level - so original and strange.
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Emer O'Toole has read The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society by Christine Estima (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“Just call us Lebaneezer Scrooge. Bah, Hummus.”
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Emer O'Toole has read We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2) by Mona Awad (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love Mona Awad - I've read everything she's written. This starts slow, with the intentionally grating individual (but not THAT individual) voices of the Bunnies offering versions of the backstory. It's laborious reading, and if I hadn't known Awad's ...more
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Emer O'Toole has read Esio Trot by Roald Dahl	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this as a kid, but forgot (repressed?) the narrative. Forgot, that is, until I read it to my 4-year-old last night. This is a story about a vicious incel psychopath who pet-naps the turtle his hot neighbour has loved for ten years because he’s ...more
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Emer O'Toole has read And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jesus Christ, Thomas, you’ve gone too far this time
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“our society is unequal, and bodily difference is used to justify that inequality.”
― Emer O'Toole, Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently

tags: bodies, feminism, inequality, intersexuality

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“Agency refers to the individual – to the choices she makes. Structure refers to society – to the context that produced the individual, and in which she continues to act. Which of these factors most determines the person I am and the behaviours I perform?”
― Emer O'Toole, Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently

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“Make-up shouldn't signify frivolity any more than a closely shaved chin or a well-trimmed beard. The problem is not skirts, stilettos or other symbols of femininity; rather, it's what the symbols of femininity mean in our sexist culture.”
― Emer O'Toole, Girls Will Be Girls: Dressing Up, Playing Parts and Daring to Act Differently

tags: feminism, feminist, sexism

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