Sally Rooney

@sallyrooney

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  1. 5 Dec 2018

    ok some of the replies here making fun of other writing cliches are starting to feel too close to the bone. we've had our fun folks, let's go in peace

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  2. 5 Dec 2018

    much like a television character, I often pick up a framed photograph in order to experience a memory. then, after a wistful expression has played across my features, I put the photograph down again. it's very normal behaviour

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  3. 20 Aug 2018

    new book coming out soon so I'm going to deactivate this account for a bit. no cause for alarm! just imagine me liking all your tweets as usual, until I return.

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  4. 8 Aug 2018

    novelists are given too much cultural prominence. I know you could point out they're really not given a lot of prominence but... it's still too much

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  5. 4 Aug 2018

    I just feel like.... since the "white working class" have no real political interests distinct from those of the broader working class...... they're not a legitimate object of political discourse ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  6. 27 May 2018

    seems the tweet has been deleted without comment! here it is for posterity, in case Rachel Johnson ever tries to judge another literary prize while my fenian self is still living

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  7. 27 May 2018

    speaks very well of UK publishing & media that this person (who thinks Irish people can’t speak “clear English”) judged the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2013

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  8. 26 May 2018

    getting emotional thinking about the generation of kids who went to vote yes in their school uniforms yesterday, thank you precious children

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  9. 26 May 2018

    time to ask now why far-right think tanks like Iona dominate our public conversation – and why they are seemingly never taken to task for their tone or strategy, despite always losing

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  10. 26 May 2018

    we all had to bite our tongues through criticisms of the Yes campaign for being too female, too emotive, not reaching undecided voters, not reaching outside Dublin

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  11. 26 May 2018

    not suggesting the magnitude of the exit poll was foreseeable, but it would be good to see some humility and self-searching from certain sectors of Irish media today

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  12. 25 May 2018

    two weeks ago I wrote that we would not see a Yes vote over 67% – god please let me eat a gigantic portion of this unbelievably delicious humble pie

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    25 May 2018

    BREAKING: The exit poll predicts Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution by a landslide 68 per cent to 32 per cent.

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  14. 25 May 2018

    if you haven’t already voted yes, do it now!!!!! now!!! we have just over an hour to go, please please don’t miss this chance

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  15. 25 May 2018

    whatever happens, I will always admire the team behind the Yes campaign for what they’ve done. they are heroes to me. no you’re crying

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  16. 25 May 2018

    overwhelmed by the emotion of coming despite the fact I’ve been gone for precisely 2 days

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  17. 16 May 2018

    I've written a piece about Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum, providing some background and making the case for a YES vote:

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  18. 4 May 2018

    if you're undecided on how you're going to vote, and would like to have a friendly non-judgemental chat with someone who has been waiting her entire adult life to repeal the 8th amendment, my DMs are open!

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  19. 4 May 2018

    it's three weeks today until the referendum! if you haven't already, please register to vote now before registration closes on May 8th – and please please please vote yes.

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  20. 3 May 2018

    maybe the biggest (still unanswered) question here is whether Cervical Check smears are showing up false negatives at a higher rate than expected – as far as I can see, we still don't actually know if that's the case

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