Sophie Dunne
School
Carlow College, Ireland
Expertise
Feminism, Women's History, LGBTQ+ Identities
- Sophie is the co-founder and co-host of a Top 100 Global Podcast called "she. | shifting her experience." On this podcast, she interviews folks representing the LGBTQ+ community, feminist activists, sex educators, sex workers, and more.
- Sophie published a self-reflective journal with mindful prompts and poems titled "reflect."
- She spends most of her time researching forgotten women in history who made impactful contributions to society, particularly focusing on women in ancient and medieval Ireland.
Experience
Sophie has years of experience writing on various topics and has achieved bylines at Women's Health, WebMD, BetterHelp, Grunge, The New Feminist, The List, and more. Over the course of four years, she traveled to 70 countries while working as a cabin crew member for Emirates and writing as a freelancer during this time. After retiring from the skies, Sophie worked as a managing editor at an SEO writing agency for several years.
Education
Sophie has a B.A. (Hons) in Humanities from Carlow College in her home country, Ireland. As part of her degree, she studied English, history, theology, philosophy, ethics, feminist political thought, sexual politics, and psychology. These wide-ranging topics qualify her to report on a vast scale of subjects.
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Stories By Sophie Dunne
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Throughout the Bible, women have either experienced enormous injustice, been vilified, or exalted. But, by and large, their importance has been overlooked.
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Prison sentences for criminals were not that common. Instead, convicted criminals in ancient Egypt often suffered barbaric punishments
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The Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest codes of law that archeologists have found from ancient history.
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The British royal family has servants to do everything. However, working for the royals comes with very specific rules.