Erin Darcy – författare & böcker

In Her Shoes

Women of the Eighth: A Memoir and Anthology

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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In early 2018, Erin Darcy created an online art project, In Her Shoes – Women of the Eighth, to safely and anonymously share private stories of the real and devastating impact of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland. In the five months leading up to the referendum on abortion, the project asked a simplequestion of undecided voters: put yourself in her shoes. Within weeks, Erin was receiving hundreds of stories from a broad spectrum of experiences of planned and unplanned terminations. By the time Ireland historically voted Yes to Repeal the Eighth on 25 May 2018, the page had gathered over 100,000 followers, was reaching over four million readers each week and had been featured by international news outlets.What began as a solo act of grassroots activism by a mother and an artist had unleashed a national conversation on human rights that would change Ireland forever. Where once there had been silence and shame, now there was honesty and empathy. For 43 per cent of voters, it was ‘stories in the media’ that influenced their decision to vote Yes. But for Erin Darcy, In Her Shoes was also a distraction from her own heartbreaking loss, loneliness and depression as she grieved her mother’s death and sought a communityof her own. In time, it became an act of healing, as she connected with other women, mothers and campaigners who felt the same overwhelming need to do something.Here, In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth reproduces thirty-two of those anonymous stories, representing the entire island of Ireland. Published with their authors’ consent and illustrated by Erin, they are powerful testimonies to storytelling as salvation from heartache, stigma and threat. Together, they record lived truthspreviously omitted from history and signal a monumental change in the social landscape of our country.

In Her Shoes: Women of the Eighth — Stories of Courage, Reproductive Rights, and the Movement that Transformed Ireland

Women of the Eighth: A Memoir and Anthology

AvErin Darcy

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Engelska, 2026

193 kr

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What happens when silence turns into solidarity?

In 2018, artist and activist Erin Darcy launched 'In Her Shoes – Women of the Eighth', an online project where Irish women anonymously shared the realities of abortion under the Eighth Amendment. Within months, hundreds of stories poured in, breaking decades of taboo and helping shift public opinion before Ireland’s historic vote to repeal the Amendment that May. Garnering over 100,000 followers and global media attention, the project became both a national reckoning and a personal act of healing for Darcy, who transformed grief into activism.

Seven years on, as reproductive rights worldwide face renewed political pressure, 'In Her Shoes' remains a landmark in digital activism: proof that storytelling can shape legislation and a reminder that change begins when we dare to listen — and to step, gently, into another's shoes.

Please note that this audiobook includes graphic descriptions and lived experiences that some listeners may find upsetting.

Erin is a self-taught artist and activist. Inspired by women and children, Erin's paintings and writing often reflect the taboo subjects of miscarriage, grief, mother-loss, abortion, depression, and radical self-love.