Bits and pieces from around the internet

What I’ve been reading lately, a mix of rage-inducing pieces, writerly insights and other bits of interest:

everything you needed to know about poetry cliques but were afraid to ask
literary goddess Anne Enright on Irish writing
why fangirls are mocked for what they love, but sports fans are validated (hint: the patriarchy!)
Persephone and punishing women for their desires, with a cocktail recipe
Ireland and its ongoing awfulness at supporting survivors of sexual assault
Ireland and its ongoing awfulness at supporting pregnant women
anxieties about the much-discussed ‘beach body’
as kids’ media gets more complex, are we forgetting the actual kids?
YA legend Sarah Dessen also saves lives – seriously
critical reviews versus attacking authors in kidlit-land
why abortions are good for women and society
some kind of satirical point being made here about censorship, perhaps
why the Catholic Church is not great about the gays
an Irish sex worker talks about the industry and asks us to listen
when pornography is a problem (and when it isn’t)
the trouble with telling people you’re bisexual
the science of ‘Inside Out’ and All The Feelings
YA writer Holly Bourne on teen mental health and relapses
on renting in Dublin (doom)
an amazing Babysitters Club/Buffy crossover fanfiction that will crack. you. up.

I feel like this is an eerily accurate snapshot of my brain most weeks, actually.