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As the so-called Citizens Assembly continues to debate the rights of women, one particular drive is gathering considerable pace. 

#Strike4Repeal is taking place on March 8 – International Women's Day – and everyone is encouraged to get involved.

With video in support of the movement being released this morning, people in Ireland are being asked to strike in support of the many women who have to take time off work in order to travel abroad to access abortion services. 

"We have one demand to the Government," the video, which features seven different women, states, "call a referendum before the 8th of March – or there will be a national strike."

It adds: "We are asking you to show your solidarity… if a referendum is not called, strike."

It furthermore calls for women to refuse to complete domestic work, and to wear black.

"We won't wait," it concludes.

The official #Strike4Repeal Facebook page explains: "This strike is based on non-traditional strike actions for human rights that we have witnessed in other parts of the world.

"In October of last year, thousands of people in more than 60 cities in Poland went on strike to protect their access to abortion, and won."

The strike will not be an industrial strike in the traditional sense, with the movement stating that "we encourage participants to be imaginative in how they approach the the action". 

"If you can strike, do," it adds. "If it’s possible, book a day off work in advance. 

"Stage an event at 12 noon or on your lunch break to remember the 12 women who have been forced to travel for abortion that day, and every day.

"If you are a business owner, consider giving a day off to your employees or completely closing the business on that day, with no cost to your staff."

It concludes: "We encourage everyone to come up with their own ideas for participation on the day.

"Every person who has an abortion has to take at least a day, whether to travel or stay at home. Use this day to stand in solidarity with them, and demand change."

You can find out more about #Strike4Repeal on the related Facebook and Twitter pages – and make sure to watch the video below:

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Millions of people around the world – including some 5,000 in Dublin – took to the streets over the weekend to march in protest. 

Their grievance? The inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th president of the United States. 

Brandishing placards, banners, and signage, they made their voices heard loud and clear. 

And while there were numerous standout moments from the global movement (it took place on Saturday) one particularly adorable toddler is proving to be quite the little head-turner. 

Aged just 22 months her mother, Jenny Sowry, snapped her aloft upon her father's shoulders at the North Carolina march. 

The child, wrapped up warm against the city of Charlotte chill, can be seen in the image holding proudly above her head her very own contribution: a colourful collection of swiggles and lines set against a piece of brown cardboard. 

Jenny shared the picture on Facebook using the inspiring hashtags: #inherownwords #shespeaksforherself.

She was in attendance alongside her husband, Sam, and their two children – a nine-year-old son as well as the little girl in the photo. 

The toddler has already been turned into a meme (naturally), while numerous people have been taking to Twitter using the hashtag #wokebaby to share their joy at the sight of the small one.

“The word that keeps coming back to me is ‘hope,’” Ms Sowry told Buzzfeed.com in the aftermath. “It makes people hopeful that there is already a little one who is already speaking her mind.”

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She already has quite the profile as a kick-ass MUA. But Dubliner Megan Burke is a woman of many talents, because she is also the MOST amazing singer. 

In fact, she has over the last couple of years compiled some pretty expert renditions of a load of hit songs, including Christina Aguliera's Fighter, James Brown's I Feel Good, and Maroon5's Sunday Morning.

 

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And now, Megan has teamed-up with her sister, Sallyanne, to record a stunning selection of Beyonce's hits.  

Posting the video to the Megan Burke Facebook page, it has already notched up some 55K views. 

"So myself and my sister decided to do a video together," the makeup artist wrote in the accompanying caption. "We obviously wanted to sing our favourite Beyonce songs."

During the five-minute long clip, the Swords-based duo nod to the likes of Crazy In Love, Soldier, and Hailo. 

Watch their incredible talent below:

 

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In a move which she hopes will help to educate others on the importance of skin protection, one Irish woman has decided to document her journey since discovering she has pre-cancerous cells on her face as a result of years spent tanning.

Mags Murphy, who has taken to Facebook to highlight the repercussions of decades avoiding sunscreen and using sunbeds, has been inundated with support from the public in recent days.

"Guess if your reading this you'll know me, you'll know how much I love sunshine you'll know I've spent over a decade living in Crete tanning myself to "look good" thinking hey I'm brown I don't need high sun factor,(what a d*ck)", she wrote. (sic)

"I've spent summers doing sunbeds just for a tan in the sh*tty Irish weather and a childhood running the streets all day with not a thought for sunfactor."

In the post which has been shared hundreds of times, she continued: "Unfortunately all this lovely tanning has a price to pay cause now I have PRE cancerous cells on my face and have started treatment to remove them,"

"I've to use a cream that's going to burn them out,apparently it's quite painful and gruesome as the weeks go on but on the good side it should get rid of the cells and treatment and is only for a month."

Explaining that she intends to shares photos of her treatment and progress, Mags continued: "I heard all the warnings years ago and closed my eyes and ears to it all maybe someone will open their eyes to this if it's closer to home."

"I'm not looking for sympathy just to raise awareness. PLEASE SHARE especially with your tan loving friends," Mags requested.

Since posting the initial message, Mags has gone onto share a number of images which highlight the treatment and the effect it is having on her wellbeing.

"Face starting to tingle and itch today. Marks that were already visible burn a little," she told her followers while encouraging them to share the images and posts online.

"You are such a brave and outstanding person," wrote one of Mag's followers this week while another added: "Well done you for creating so much awareness."

"Fair play to you mags for raising awareness. Best of luck with your treatment. we should all embrace our lovely blue irish colour but i am sure we have all been foolish with the sun over the years," wrote another member of the public. (sic)

Remarking on the impact her posts could have on countless individuals, Mags wrote: "Well over 12,000 views now. People if your just viewing please it only takes 2 seconds to share, after all this is about trying to raise awareness." (sic)

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Behold ladies, the internet has a new hero, and he comes in the form of Dan Howard from Maine in the United States.

Drawing on the tensions which occur within families around the holiday season, Dan decided to create a video diary of his daughter's return from college for the festive season, and we could not love it more.

In footage which has amassed a staggering 4,753,841 views on Facebook since its upload, Dan described his daughter's antics since ditching class for 2016.

The hilarious upload has been inundated with comments from Facebook users who can't get enough of Dan's deadpan delivery.

"The accuracy," wrote one Facebook user while another added: "Hilarious!"

We can't help feeling for our parents after clapping eyes on this…

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If the Loose Women team had set out to offend their viewers, they did a pretty good job of it yesterday.

Using their Facebook page to initiate debate on a variety of topics, the team yesterday decided to dedicate one post to 'gay best friends'.

And suffice to say, their approach to the matter did not go down well with thousands of their followers.

"Should every woman have a gay best friend?" they asked. "A new study has found that becoming friends with gay men may be a key part of women's ‘mating strategies’ by making them less threatening to other women – and more appealing to straight men."

"Do you think every woman should have a male gay best friend? Why do you think a friendship between a woman and a gay man is so special?" they asked in a move which resulted in serious backlash online.

Accusing the team of reducing gay men to little more than accessories, one Facebook user wrote: "Always love a good bit of casual homophobia from you lot."

"Belive it or not we are people and not just an "accessory", he continued. "How would you like it if it was "a menopausal best friend'? Absolute jokes."

"Please delete this question. This is disgusting and should not be endorsed by a national TV programme," added another.

"You should be ashamed of yourself. I'm no woman's 'gay best friend'. My sexuality has nothing to do with my freindship with anyone," he finished. (sic)

"Do you think every woman should have a male best friend?" Were they for REAL with that one?

 

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You'd think after 12 long years we'd have gotten the hang of Facebook.

And yet the site which has seen the revolution of our style, makeup and love life still manages to get the better of us… even now.

Whether it's a slip of the thumb, a drunken request or a mortifying exchange, Mark Zuckerberg really knows how to put us through the ringer.

Here are just 12 things every single one of us has done at least once.

1. Scrolled through your own page imagining what you look like to other people.

"I'm a real good-time girl, aren't I?"

2. Deleted a status after it didn't receive a single like.

"This is the most humiliating thing I've ever experienced."

3. Created an event and then agonised over how long it took people to accept their invite.

"Two hours? And she calls herself my BFF?"

4. Re-shared a status which bombed two years ago in the hopes it would perform better this time around.

"Nope, not funny in 2014, not funny now."

5. Liked a page, and then panicked over whether anyone would know you'd done it.

"The Best of the Golden Girls? I'll never live it down."

6. Blanked a kindly old relative who thinks her messages are private.

"Is she for real? AND she signed off with her name."

7. Accidentally added someone as a friend, and only found out after they accepted.

"OMG, when did I do that? How long has she kept me hanging?"

8. Tagged the wrong person in a photograph.

"Argh, they'll get a notification and it'll be my stupid face staring back at them."

9. Edited a Facebook status so many times, your so-called friends call you out on it.

"Nah, it was better the first time around, Put that one back up."

10. Wondered if you should update your relationship status… four years after getting into a relationship.

"Some people from school might  think I'm still single. They must know the truth."

11. Deleted a Facebook friend only to have them bring it up when you randomly bump into them.

"What?! I didn't! Maybe you deleted me…har, har, har…"

12. Got a secret thrill when the f*ckboy you fancied in school throws your profile picture a like.

"He could have had me back then, girls. And now look at him."

 

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Unless they're a particularly close friend or relative, it's difficult to muster up enthusiasm for the grainy ultrasound images which are appearing on our social media feeds with increasing frequency.

While we're thrilled for the happy mum or dad-to-be, we'd by lying if we said we could see more than a blurry outline nestled among even blurrier blobs.

(And no, we definitely can't see the similarity to your cousin Mick.)

But at the same time, we're generally able to see the difference between an ultrasound and a popular Italian dish…unlike one woman on Facebook whose recent remark is now going viral.

That lasagna looks crisp…

After spotting an upload, she made the mistake of offering her opinion only to be told she had mistaken a foetus for a family dinner-time favourite.

Beneath an ultrasound on her newsfeed, she wrote: "That lasagna looks crisp" to which the person responsible for the upload replied: "That's my daugher."

And if you need us, we'll be lying in a darkened room. 

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Labouring over a college paper is not something many of us have ever relished.

From spending hours in the library researching the topic to pulling an all-nighter to get it in on time, preparing and ultimately completing an essay for university is no mean feat.

So, it's no real surprise that one female student from the States was left gobsmasked when her paper was returned to her with more than a passing implication that the work she handed up was not her own.

Tiffany Martinez took to Facebook to highlight her plight after her college professor suggested she had plagarised her paper by insisting that Tiffany would not have used the word 'hence' of her own accord.

No, seriously.

After being told to 'go back and indicate where she had copied and paste', Tiffany shared an image of the corrected paper online and wrote: "I was hurt badly this morning and publicly humiliated in front of my peers by a professor."

"They assumed I plagiarized my paper because it sounded too scholarly. How many degrees do I need for someone to believe I am an academic?" Tiffany asked.

In a blog post which followed the incident, Tiffany insisted that her professor's impression of the paper was based on her last name.

"My last name and appearance immediately instills a set of biases before I have the chance to open my mouth. These stereotypes and generalizations forced on marginalized communities are at times debilitating and painful," Tiffany wrote in a post which has been shared thousands of times.

"As a minority in my classrooms, I continuously hear my peers and professors use language that both covertly and overtly oppresses the communities I belong to. Therefore, I do not always feel safe when I attempt to advocate for my people in these spaces…My professor assumed someone like me would never use language like that."

"As I stood in the front of the class while a professor challenged my intelligence I could just imagine them reading my paper in their home thinking could someone like her write something like this?"

Tiffany's post has resonated with thousands online, with one social media user writing: "I got an ‘F’ with the word ‘PLAGIARIZED’ written at the top in bold red letters."

"She proceeded to yell at me and tell me to shut up (in front of my peers) when I protested,” they continued. “I’m 30 and I still think of that sometimes."

According to BuzzFeed, Tiffany has not spoken with the professor since the incident, but the incident has been brought to the attention of the chair of Suffolk University’s sociology department, who has launched an investigation.

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Ever been so worse for wear that even ordering a takeaway feels like effort?

Well, at long last the heroes at Domino’s have found a solution.

The pizza giant has launched a new facility which allows customers to order food through Facebook simply by messaging the word “PIZZA” to a contact called “Dom”.

“Dom” – who is in fact an artificially intelligent chatbot – enables Facebook users to satisfy their cravings near instantaneously by automatically ordering a user’s favourite pizza upon receiving the word “PIZZA” or – if you’re really suffering – its emoji equivalent.

To get set up, all you need to do is open an “Easy Order” account with Dominos and link it to your Facebook profile.

Then, open your messages, find “Dom” and let him take care of the rest.

Sundays just got a whole lot better.

 

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Take a moment to consider the photo for your college ID.

At best, it’s passable, and at worst, it should never see the light of day again and definitely shouldn’t be something you have to present to people for the guts of four years, right?

Yeah, we thought as much.

But, no matter how hideous you might believe yours to be, it has nothing – and we mean nothing – on the photo this lad had to use after he decided to provide officials with a Snapchat-filtered image which was, in turn, accepted.

That’s right ladies, it was actually accepted.

Taking to Facebook to share his distress, Dáire wrote: ”Jesus Christ I drunkenly applied for my NUS card and it asked for a photo so I picked one with a Snapchat filter.”

Asking what we’re all thinking, he added: “Why did they accept this? I can never use it as ID.”

Unsurprisingly, Facebook had an absolute field day with thousands of social media users taking the time to like, share and tag their mates in the post.

“This is amazing,” wrote one while another missed the point entirely, writing: “I’m going to do this!”

You can’t help some people…

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Social media has created a world that is more connected than ever before.

People can share life experiences with friends, family and communities across the globe.

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Despite the obvious advantages to social media, there are some risks that come with putting personal information on the Internet.

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Women’s Aid have teamed up with Facebook to offer tips on how you can maintain safety and control over your information online.

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"The first line of defence: select strong account security settings and notifications" is the first point made in the guide to staying safe on Facebook. 

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The second line of defence is outlined as taking "control of your privacy settings," as it is important to know who can see what you post. 

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The guide says that the third line of defence is defining your trusted community. 

If someone is abusing, harassing or threatening you, remember to take it one step at a time.

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Women's Aid have put together some further information on digital safety, which outlines your legal options with regards to online abuse, safety planning and how to report assaults. 

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If you have a concern you wish to discuss in detail, call the 24 hour National Free-phone Help line 1800 341 900.

Find out more on how Women’s Aid can help at womensaid.ie/services.

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