Maura was both a symbol of modern Irish femininity, loudly opinionated with sexual agency to spare; and a colonial parody of the savage native, uncivilised and promiscuous… Maura went from an amusing and kind of embarrassing sideshow to the people’s princess, the Virgin Mary of not-virgins. Ciara O’Connor, reviewing Love Island in the Sunday Independent… Read more »
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